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Apostasy is the rejection of Christ by one who has been a Christian. …" [3] "Apostasy is a theological category describing those who have voluntarily and consciously abandoned their faith in the God of the covenant, who manifests himself most completely in Jesus Christ." [4] "Apostasy is the antonym of conversion; it is deconversion." [5]
LDS Church members believe that Joseph Smith was called by God to restore the true teachings of Jesus Christ. According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Great Apostasy started not long after the ascension of Jesus and continued until Joseph Smith's First Vision in 1820. [32]
"Apostasy is the antonym of conversion; it is deconversion." [36] B. J. Oropeza states that apostasy is a "phenomenon that occurs when a religious follower or group of followers turn away from or otherwise repudiate the central beliefs and practices they once embraced in a respective religious community."
Logo of The Campaign for Collective Apostasy in Spain, calling for defection from the Catholic Church. A formal act of defection from the Catholic Church (Latin: actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia catholica) was an externally provable juridic act of departure from the Catholic Church that existed between 1983 and 2010. [1]
According to the LDS Church, the Great Apostasy in Christianity began not long after the ascension of Jesus Christ. [6] It was marked with the corruption of Christian doctrine by Greek and other philosophies, [7] with followers dividing into different ideological groups, [8] and the martyrdom of the apostles [9] which led to a loss of priesthood authority to administer the church and its ...
William Law (September 8, 1809 – January 19, 1892) [2] was an important figure in the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement, holding a position in the church's First Presidency under Joseph Smith Jr. Law was later excommunicated for apostasy from the church and was founder of the short-lived True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day ...
Researchers employ a variety of often pejorative terms to describe disaffiliation, including [2] defection, apostasy [3] and disengagement. [4] This is in contrast to excommunication, which is disaffiliation from a religious organization imposed punitively on a member, rather than willfully undertaken by the member.
The doctrine of the remnant is outlined in the 28 fundamental beliefs of the Adventist church, as follows. [3]13. Remnant and Its Mission: The universal church is composed of all who truly believe in Christ, but in the last days, a time of widespread apostasy, a remnant has been called out to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.