http://www.mormonbeliefs.org What Mormons believe about Jesus Christ, Bible, Book of Mormon, and more Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:34:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/mormon_beliefs/mormon-beliefs-the-great-apostasy-and-the-restoration/comment-page-1#comment-2895 Gale Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:51:43 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=464#comment-2895 Thanks for this question, Steve. All the apostles knew there would be a "falling away" before Christ would come again. But Christ was not referring to the earthly church as it stood, but to the eternal gospel -- God's plan of salvation for His children. The eternal gospel was established before this earth was created and will go on eternally. Nothing can prevail against it. How we on earth accept or reject it does not affect that truth. The Church Christ founded upon the rock of revelation and the eternal gospel will always exist, but the early Christian church on earth foundered when it lost its apostles and prophets (who got their information and authority directly from the Lord). Men began to counsel with themselves to legislate doctrine. The result is thousands of Christian churches, all with differing beliefs and organizations. We believe the Lord has restored the original authority and reveals truths through direct revelation. There is no doctrine in the Mormon Church that has not been known and taught by all the prophets and apostles anciently. Thanks for this question, Steve. All the apostles knew there would be a “falling away” before Christ would come again. But Christ was not referring to the earthly church as it stood, but to the eternal gospel — God’s plan of salvation for His children. The eternal gospel was established before this earth was created and will go on eternally. Nothing can prevail against it. How we on earth accept or reject it does not affect that truth. The Church Christ founded upon the rock of revelation and the eternal gospel will always exist, but the early Christian church on earth foundered when it lost its apostles and prophets (who got their information and authority directly from the Lord). Men began to counsel with themselves to legislate doctrine. The result is thousands of Christian churches, all with differing beliefs and organizations. We believe the Lord has restored the original authority and reveals truths through direct revelation. There is no doctrine in the Mormon Church that has not been known and taught by all the prophets and apostles anciently.

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