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RE: Theosis is an interesting idea

Comment comment by Brandon on 30 July 2007

Just to provide some background for those who may be unfamiliar with LDS beliefs, "apostasy" means turning away from the gospel. The "Great Apostasy" refers to this happening on a general scale following the deaths of the Savior and His Apostles as unauthorized changes were made by men in the church to essential principles of the gospel, Church organization and priesthood ordinances. This resulted in God withdrawing the authority of the priesthood - the restoration of which was key to establishing the LDS Church.

As for us all having a "bit" of God within us, this concept seems similar to the LDS belief that all mankind was created in the image of God and has within them the light of Christ. The concept of being ruled by an "evil god," however, is totally foreign to LDS beliefs.

The goal of being reunited with God is similar, but not to the extent that it would result in the dissolution of the individual. The idea is to be "one" with God as Christ is - a relationship of perfect love and unity of purpose, power, etc.

(It's worth noting there is more information on many of the terms and concepts used above (e.g., restoration, creation, light of Christ, etc.) online. I would link to such in-line, but the URLs are funky.)

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RE: Theosis is an interesting idea by scottb :: NR7

The "Great Apostasy" refers to this happening on a general scale following the deaths of the Savior and His Apostles as unauthorized changes were made by men in the church to essential principles of the gospel, Church organization and priesthood ordinances.

So there's no specific timeline or events identified? It's just something that happened "following the deaths of the ... apostles"? Do they at least point to specific early church figures (Origen, Papias, Eusebius, Clement, etc) as specific apostates?

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