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Early Christians in Disarray: Contemporary LDS Perspectives on the Christian Apostasy Paperback – January 1, 2005

by Noel B. Reynolds (Author, Editor)

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This book takes a fresh look at the apostasy of the early Christian church. Most Latter-day Saint scholars and leaders previously based their understanding of the Christian apostasy on the findings of Protestant scholars who provided a seemingly endless array of evidences of apostasy in Christian history.

Since the classic treatments of this topic were written, many newly discovered manuscripts written during the first Christian centuries have come to light, giving a clearer picture of what the early Christian experience was like. Drawing on this material, LDS scholars today are able to shift the focus of study to the causes of the apostasy rather than the effects.

This volume of essays reports new research by several LDS scholars in different fields. They identify common myths and misconceptions about the apostasy and promote better understanding of when and why the apostasy occurred.

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397 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Publication date

January 1, 2005
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5.9 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches
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0934893020
ISBN-13

978-0934893022
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship; Illustrated edition (January 1, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 397 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0934893020
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0934893022
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.9 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches

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Edited by Noel Reynolds and published jointly by FARMS and BYU Press, Early Christians in Disarray: Contemporary LDS Perspectives on the Christian Apostasy is the culmination of several years' work by BYU scholars to build on the formative research on the Christian apostasy by James E. Talmage, Joseph Fielding Smith, and B. H. Roberts using manuscripts written during the first few centuries of Christianity but not discovered until after their time.

As Reynolds writes in his introduction, "The great difference between the first Christian apostasy and the many other apostasies [is that] it did not consist only in widespread rejection of God, but was accompanied by the disastrous loss of priesthood authority.

Why was there an apostasy?

How did it come about?

What does it mean?

What is the significance of new discoveries on the study of the apostasy?

These are among the questions discussed in this book, and "which we hope will be given new life with these essays" (p. 26).

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This is a really good book about early Christianity and the challenges faced by early Christians.

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