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The Great Apostasy
James Edward Talmage
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Elder James E. Talmage, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, makes a survey of the Latter-day Saint view of the Great Apostasy. The book's subtitle states that it is a study "considered in the in the light of scriptural and secular history," and includes a discussion of the establishment of Christ's church in the meridian of time, the predictions and causes of its apostasy, or falling away, and the restoration of Christ's church in the Latter-days by a modern prophet.
Elder James E. Talmage, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, makes a survey of the Latter-day Saint view of the Great Apostasy. The book's subtitle states that it is a study "considered in the in the light of scriptural and secular history," and includes a discussion of the establishment of Christ's church in the meridian of time, the predictions and causes of its apostasy, or falling away, and the restoration of Christ's church in the Latter-days by a modern prophet.
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33. Jude, the brother of James, in his general epistle to the saints, reminds them of earlier warnings: "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts."—(Jude 17, 18.)
34. John, who is called the Revelator, saw in vision the state of the world in the days then future. Describing the spirit of unrighteousness as a hideous beast, and its author, Satan, as the dragon, he says: "And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is l. . . Read More
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It's a little too reliant on the anti Catholic protestant modernist histories that were popular around the time Elder Talmadge wrote it. I would recommend it as an illustration of how the church thought of the apostasy around the turn of the century, but wouldn't take it as the last word on the hist
Most Mormons would be surprised I gave this book a two, but the book suffers from a few problems, most notably a huge reliance on Protestant historical propaganda. As a result, the image of the Catholic Church is grossly exaggerated; this is, of course, not Elder Talmage's fault as he was surely lim
This took longer for me to read than I anticipated. It's not a long book, and it's not hard to read. But I found myself stopping to ponder, sometimes not returning to the text for several days. I found myself thinking about the internal and external causes of the Great Apostasy and considering them
The one word I would use to describe this book is j u i c y. I thoroughly enjoyed Talmage's break down of the apostasy, it felt like sitting in a really engaging very insightful lecture or fireside. So yeah it was juicy.
This was a pretty good book.Except I didn't understand all the words in it.
I honestly don't love Elder Talmage's writing style that much when compared to more recent works by LDS authors. He cites himself a lot, especially in this work, there's not a lot of nuance or understanding for opposing points of view, but the work is a product of its time and a lot of the scholarly
Talmage tears down the Catholic Church's claim to spiritual authority based on historical discrepancies in order to make a claim for Mormonism's spiritual authority based on anecdotal drivel.
I happened to ask my dad about a book that explained the evolution of the Catholic Church. This was the perfect book. It was not too much information. Very well documented and answered my questions good enough. Now I want to find something about the non-Christian religions.