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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 9: "The Only True and Living Church"

Close behind the organization of the Church in the meridian of time came the apostasy, accompanied by a diversification of beliefs that would lead ultimately to thousands of different Christian denominations. Every doctrinal disagreement seemed to be a cause for reorganization: perhaps the only cause. In any religious organization where doctrine does not matter, or where there is unity of opinion about the doctrine, splinter groups are not likely to break off from the main body. But thousands had broken off and now, on the 6th of April of 1830, the time had finally come for the Lord to put things right and to restore “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth . . .” (D&C 1:30).

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New Testament Sunday School Lesson 42: "Pure Religion"

By Ted L. Gibbons

(James)

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New Testament Lesson 42: "Pure Religion"

By Ted L. Gibbons

James

D&C Lesson 9: "The Only True and Living Church"

By Ted L. Gibbons

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