I don’t know if this is the right place to contact you with this question.
I’m trying to figure out how Mormons link apostacy to the end of the apostolic line after the first generation.
From the stuff on FAIR, and from my discussion with various sets of missionaries, it doesn’t seem to me that they insist that the apostacy was the complete loss of faith in every Christian. They grant some believers continued.
But if that’s granted, I have a hard time figuring out why the apostolic line would necessarily end. I mean, you’d really only need twelve (male) Christians to continue the apostolic line. Unless the Mormons claim that the apostles all apostacized as well.
So why didn’t the original apostolic line continue? Do you know any sources that discuss that question in particular?
Hey Joel,
I don’t know if this is the right place to contact you with this question.
I’m trying to figure out how Mormons link apostacy to the end of the apostolic line after the first generation.
From the stuff on FAIR, and from my discussion with various sets of missionaries, it doesn’t seem to me that they insist that the apostacy was the complete loss of faith in every Christian. They grant some believers continued.
But if that’s granted, I have a hard time figuring out why the apostolic line would necessarily end. I mean, you’d really only need twelve (male) Christians to continue the apostolic line. Unless the Mormons claim that the apostles all apostacized as well.
So why didn’t the original apostolic line continue? Do you know any sources that discuss that question in particular?
Thanks.
I like the question of loneliness in the age of communication you pose in the subtitle. Fascinating when you stop to think of it.
peace
Kin, it’s a quote from Pope Benedict.
Just stumbled on here due to Alpha Inventions. I’ll see reading, Joel – and hey, great name!
– Joel