The Great Apostasy, Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History
CHAPTER III.
_Early Stages of the Apostasy_.
The apostasy recognized in apostolic age.--Testimony of Paul.--"Mystery of iniquity."--Summary of Paul's utterances concerning early apostasy.--Testimony of Jude.--Of John the Revelator.--Messages to the churches of Asia.--Nicolaitanes denounced.--Testimonies of Hegesippus.--Early schisms in the Church.--Declension of the Church before close of first century.--Apostasy on the western hemisphere.--Destruction of Nephite nation by the Lamanites.