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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.
truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."—(II Peter 2:1-3. Read the entire chapter, noting the description of conditions existing in the world today.)

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 like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? * * * And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear."—(Rev. 13:4,6-9.)

35. Note another prophecy based on the vision of John the Revelator. Again referring to latter-day conditions he declares: "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of hi

Aaron 11/01/2021
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
Tom 08/24/2020
This was a pretty good book.Except I didn't understand all the words in it.
Alisa 03/03/2020
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.
Russell 12/16/2018
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
Jared 09/26/2016
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
Debbie 08/11/2016
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.
Vanni 12/31/2011
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.
Tom 07/02/2010
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

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