The Apostasy

The Apostasy

• Really??? Doctrine and Covenants 1:30??? Sounds so… rude.

Wilford Woodruff VideoA Search for Truth (15mins)

http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-07-02-a-search-for-truth?lang=eng

The Apostasy• The Piano was invented in 1698 by an

Italian, Bartolomeo Cristofori.

• There are over 12,000 parts in a piano, 10,000 which are moving.

• There is approximately 18 tons of pressure being exerted by the stretched piano strings.

• The first note is A and the last note of the keyboard is C.

• "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish"

Which keys could we do away with?

How is the gospel like a piano?

17 points of the true church (story).

The Apostasy

• The true church must bear the name of Jesus Christ (Eph 5:23)• The true church must have a foundation of Apostles and Prophets (Eph 2:19-20)• The true church must have the same organization as Christ's Church (Eph 4:11-14)• The true church must claim divine authority (Heb 4:4-10)• The true church must have no paid ministry (Acts 20:33-34; John 10:11-13)• The true church must baptize by immersion (Matt 3:13-16)• The true church must bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands (Acts 8:14-17)• The true church must practice divine healing (Mark 3:14-15)• The true church must teach that God and Jesus are separate and distinct individuals (John 17:11; 20:17)• The true church must teach that God and Jesus have bodies of flesh and bone (Luke 23:36-39; Acts 1:9-11;

Heb 1:1-3)• The officers must be called by God (Heb 5:4; Ex 28:1; 40:13-16)• The true church must claim revelation from God (Amos 3:7)• The true church must be a missionary church (Matt 28:19-20)• The true church must be a restored church (Acts 3:19-20)• The true church must practice baptism for the dead (1Cor 15:16&29)• "By their fruits ye shall know them." (Matt 7:20)

17 Points of the True Church

The Foundation

Ephesians 2:19-21, 4:11-14

What evidences do we have that an Apostasy occurred?

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3

APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS

0 Christ born30 Began ministry33 Crucified33-96 Apostles taught and were killed off

“James was killed in Jerusalem by Herod. Peter and Paul died in Rome. Tradition holds that Philip went to the East. Much more than this we do not know.“They scattered; they taught, testified, and established the Church. And they died for their beliefs, and with their deaths came the dark centuries of apostasy.“The most precious thing lost in the Apostasy was the authority held by the Twelve—the priesthood keys. For the Church to be His Church, there must be a Quorum of the Twelve who hold the keys and confer them on others”(“The Twelve,” Ensign orLiahona, May 2008, 84).

APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS

0 Christ born30 Began ministry33 Crucified33-96 Apostles taught and were killed off320 Constantine holds council at Nicea785 Second Nicean Council- Saint Worship1000 Pope Joan (?)1100 Great Schism

APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS (con’t)

1200 Pope Innocent III – Indulgences / Printing Press1300 Renaissance 1492 Columbus 1515 Martin Luther1523 Martin Luther excommunicated 1534 Henry VIII – Episcopalian Church1540 John Calvin - Presbyterians1560 John Knox – Puritans

“As the centuries passed, the flame flickered and dimmed. Ordinances were changed or abandoned. The line was broken, and the authority to confer the Holy Ghost as a gift was gone. The Dark Ages of apostasy settled over the world” (“The Cloven Tongues of Fire,” Ensign, May 2000, 8).

APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS (con’t)

1620 Puritans move to Boston1776 Revolutionary War1805 Joseph Smith born1820 First Vision1829 The Priesthood is Restored1830 The Church is Restored

Who has a testimony of the Apostasy and Restoration?

The Apostasy and Restoration

Elder Holland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDYJ5Ql-Qhc (2min clip)

The Apostasy and Restoration

Elder Holland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDYJ5Ql-Qhc (2min clip)