Apostasy

Recently we have studied the apostasy. It is fascinating to realize that the Lord started preparing for the restoration of His church many, many centuries before Joseph Smith was on the earth.

In 382 the Latin Vulgate, Pope Damascus persuaded one of the most capable Bible scholars of the time to translate the Bible into Latin, the language of the common people. It was from this translation that John Wycliffe made his translation of the Bible into English.

Other people like Martin Luther, Johannes Gutenberg, Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the founding fathers of the nation played a huge role in making it possible that the restoration could take place.

Ethan- The apostles were killed.

Maddie- The priesthood was taken from the earth becuase there were no apostles.

Ethan & Maddie- It was a very dark time because there was no church with all the truth.

Maddie- The chruches were all wicked. They all wanted to get power,

Ethan- but not the right power.

Maddie- Satan slowly got power over their hearts.

Ethan- He tricked them.

Maddie- So they made up their own laws and commandments. They persecuted the poor to get gain.

When the time was right, Heavenly Father sent Joseph Smith. Through Joseph Smith, Heavenly Father was able to restore his priesthood power and restore His church and gospel.

Maddie- The thing that surprised me was that Nephi, a Book of Mormon prophet, saw Christopher Colombus. He saw the Holy Ghost come to Christophor Colombus and tell him to go to America. If Christopher Colombus had not come to America then Joseph Smith would not have been able to transilate the Book of Mormon.

Ethan- I learned that an apostasy will never happen again.