Summary
Talmage examines the apostasy of the early Christian Church and the need for a restoration, working through scripture and the histories of the first centuries. Each chapter closes with notes in which he quotes historians, church fathers and reformers at length; those quoted writers are given a voice of their own.
The book
- Author
- James E. Talmage
- Date of the work
- 1909
- Edition recorded
- Deseret News edition, 1909
- Listening time
- 6 h 5 min
- Chapters
- 11
Where this text comes from
First issued by the Deseret News in Salt Lake City in November 1909, in a printing of ten thousand copies. The notes at the end of each chapter are read aloud; the pointers to them (“See Note 3”) appear as small numbers you can tap.
Text produced for Project Gutenberg by the Mormon Texts Project and its volunteers (released March 7, 2011).
Public domain
Public domain, free to share. The text of The Great Apostasy is in the public domain in the United States. It was first published in 1909. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright there.
This site claims no copyright or trademark in the text. It uses no logos, trademarks or modern artwork of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or anyone else, and the cover picture is also in the public domain. Names such as “Book of Mormon” or the Church’s own name appear only to identify the book and its subject, and belong to their owners.
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