Great Apostasy Was Foretold

     We affirm that the great apostasy was foretold by the Savior Himself while He lived as a Man among men, and by His inspired prophets both before and after the period of His earthly probation.  And further, we affirm that a rational interpretation of history demonstrates the fact of this great and general apostasy.

     If therefore the Church of Christ is to be found upon the earth today it must have been re-established by divine authority; and the holy priesthood must have been restored to the world from which it was lost by the apostasy of the Primitive Church.
-James E. Talmage

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