Not right after Christ died but after all the apostles died?
2007-12-23 14:35:24 · 11 answers · asked by J T 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes there was an apostasy see lds.org and find out what they call the restoration of all things starting with the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints. also see Amos 3:7 God spoke to prophets of old just as he does in present times. God is the same yesterday today and always
2007-12-23 14:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by ryandonel11 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There always has been and always will be apostasy to some degree: "Demas has left me, having loved this world." The note is that this apostasy increases towards the end, such that the penultimate church "has a little strength" (only) and the last church has its supposed head knocking on the door to be let in.
Personally, I think that when the rapture happens, not many will notice. But the thought of the churches meeting the next Sunday as if nothing happened is truly creepy.
2007-12-23 14:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Much of the apostasy is embodied in the Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church contends that its origin is the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ in approximately 30 A.D. The Catholic Church proclaims itself to be the Church that Jesus Christ died for, the Church that was established and built by the Apostles. Is that the true origin of the Catholic Church? On the contrary. Even a cursory reading of the New Testament will reveal that the Catholic Church does not have its origin in the teachings of Jesus, or His apostles. In the New Testament, there is no mention of the papacy, worship / adoration of Mary (or the immaculate conception of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the assumption of Mary, or Mary as co-redemptrix and mediatrix), petitioning saints in Heaven for their prayers, apostolic succession, the ordinances of the church functioning as sacraments, infant baptism, confession of sin to a priest, purgatory, indulgences, or the equal authority of church tradition and Scripture. So, the origin of the Catholic Church is not in the teachings of Jesus and His apostles, as recorded in the New Testament.
The Catholic Church is the mother of "Christian" apostasy. In addition to what I have already mentioned, the Church also introduced the trinity, the hellfire doctrine, the immortality of the human soul, and pagan holidays like Christmas into Christianity.
2007-12-23 14:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In fact, in the history of the world there have been many cycles of apostasy followed by a restoration of the Gospel. The most recent restoration occurred in 1830 through the prophet Joseph Smith.
2007-12-24 02:58:02 · answer #4 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was happening even during the time of the Apostles. Paul comments that people were following the teaching of others. Revelation is full of criticism of various churches.
2007-12-23 17:04:00 · answer #5 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it's caused by God Himself.
Indoctrination does not make you believe. The Holy Spirit reveals your trust. The more that a Church tries to deny you the Holy Spirit, the more that God will make Himself known.
Is apostasy the truth? I think not. The Churches used apostasy as an excuse to kill/ ostracize/ demoralize supposed nonbelievers and threaten Church members from ever defecting and forming their own competing Churches.
2007-12-23 14:58:10 · answer #6 · answered by wise1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No because everyone including the Apostles were still Jewish. In the First Century A.D. a requirement for becoming Christian was that a person had to first become Jewish. In the Second Century, the division of beliefs started.
2007-12-23 14:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The apostacy started yes, but has yet to climax.
For details about the coming Apostasy go here:
http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/apostasy.html
2007-12-23 14:58:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were aberrant groups that sprung up in the first century, Gnostics being one of them. In the first epistle of John, he speaks to this issue:
1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is a last hour, and as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which you know that it is a last hour.
1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they were of us, they would have remained with us; but they left so that it might be revealed that they all are not of us.
2007-12-23 14:41:23 · answer #9 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look around you! All of the different denominations (divisions) didn't come from God's word.
2007-12-23 14:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋