Early Christians in Disarray: Contemporary Lds Perspectives on the Christian Apostasy

By Noel B. Reynolds

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934893020
• ISBN13: 9780934893022
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Maxwell Institute
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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Apostasy: Examined in New Light

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...