Essentials in Church History. Joseph Fielding Smith

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       Joseph Fielding Smith

      Essentials in Church History

      A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664592293

Table of Contents

       Preface

       Part One — Introductory: The Gospel in Ancient and Mediaeval Times

       Part Two — Opening of the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times

       Part Three — The Ohio and Missouri Period

       Part Four — The Nauvoo Period

       Part Five — The Settlement in the Rocky Mountains

       Part Six — Recent Development

       Appendix

       Part One

       Introductory: The Gospel in Ancient and Mediaeval Times

       Chapter 1

       The Gospel Older than the Law

       The Fall of Man and His Redemption

       Individual Salvation Taught to Adam

       The Gospel Rejected in Days of Noah

       The Covenant with Abraham

       The Higher Priesthood and the Carnal Law

       Dispensation of the Meridian of Time

       Commission of the Apostles

       Essential Offices in the Church

       Chapter 2

       The Body of the Church Destroyed

       The Falling Away Predicted

       The Prophecies of Isaiah and Amos

       The Vision of Daniel

       Apostasy Commenced in Days of Apostles

       The Predictions of Paul

       Prophecy of Peter

       The Mystery of Iniquity

       Decline of Spiritual Gifts

       Changes in Church Government

       The Church Taken from Among Men

       Rise of the Church of Rome

       Changes in the Doctrines of the Church

       Temporal Power of the Pope

       Power of the Clergy

       Sale of Indulgences

       Chapter 3

       The “Dark Ages”

       The Revival of Learning

       Early Translations of the Bible

       Scripture-Reading Forbidden

       The Inquisition

       Dawning of a Better Day

       The Mission of Columbus

       The “Reformation”

       Martin Luther

       The Protestant Revolution a Preparatory Work

       Disagreement Among “Reformers”

       America a Land of Freedom

       Part