MormonGirl02

What I was referring to is that they actually have a line of bishops going back all the way to the apostles. They can actually show name by name a line of bishops going all the way back to the apostles. That is waht I was referring to. This has me deeply confused because if they the apostles ordained other men and they ordained other men and so on and so forth then the church has continued till this day. Or am I wrong? Please explain to me what I am getting wrong here. As for whether the apostles "let" the Church fall into apostasy or not, I don't really know what to believe about that but I suppose that they probably did the best they could to keep the church alive but yet it fell into apostasy anyway. I have no comment about your last paragraph and agree with it. Thank you for the suggestion of learning about Constantine. I will try and learn about him. Anyway, I have another question for you all. What are some examples of the Great Apostasy? What I mean is, what are some examples of how doctrine changed from Biblical doctrines to unBiblical doctrines thereby showing that the Great Apostasy occurred that way? Thanks everyone for your help!

Hi everyone. I am struggling with some issues related to the Great Apostasy. The main thing is apostolic succession, the claim made by the Catholic Church that their bishops all go back to the apostles. They seem to have even documented how their bishops go all the way back to the apostles. How does one explain this in light of the Great Apostasy? Also, wouldn't the apostles have had some sort of plan for the church to continue rather than to let it fall into apostasy? Help!

Thank you gvr for your post. I do appreciate it. I will try my best to receive the power that is coming my way. :)

Thank you for this kind reply. I do hope that I find a new boyfriend within the next couple of years and preferably that boyfriend will be a Mormon.

Thank you to both of you for your kind replies. I do appreciate it. Just so you know, the mistake I made, I made that mistake after he broke up with me. Well anyway, I am trying to heal from it and move on. I am just finding it very hard to forgive myself for what I did because I feel I ruined my relationship with my soulmate. However, he must not have been my soulmate if he wouldn't take me back. If he was truly my soulmate, he would have taken me back and we would have continued on to marriage. Also, he was not Mormon so we never could have gotten married in the temple. That is something I would have wanted. Maybe I will find a good Mormon man to marry someday.

Hi everyone. A few weeks ago my boyfriend broke up with me because he didn't have enough time to spend with me. At the time there was a chance that he'd take me back in the future. Well, I went and made a mistake (I'd rather not say what) and he can't seem to forgive me for it. I asked him if we could start over our friendship like it never happened before and he said yes so that gave me hope that he'd eventually take me back. Then today he told me he probably would not take me back in the future even if he did have more time to spend with me. I cried for a good 30 minutes and am crying again now. I bawled my eyes out and was crying so hard I was even hyperventilating. I'm so depressed that he won't take me back. Him and I were going to get married some day. He had even gotten a wedding ring for me. Now that's all over and I have to move on. Thankfully him and I are still friends. Please pray for me that my depression would go away. I'm thinking about asking for a priesthood blessing over this on Sunday.

Thanks everyone for your kind replies. I do appreciate them. :)

Thanks. :) Unfortunately your link isn't working for me. Are you sure you meant for that to be a link?

I don't know if I should be welcoming you or not Lynn because I am such a new member myself but welcome anyway! I was raised Southern Baptist and while I wouldn't leave the Mormon church for anything, I find your position to be very interesting! You seem like a wonderful person. :)

Hi everyone. My name is Holly. I am a 25 year old convert to Mormonism. I was baptized back on July 1st, 2007 and confirmed the Sunday after that. I came to the Mormon church after having been to a number of churches and even converting to Catholicism because at the time I thought Catholicism was the truth. I had not yet investigated Mormonism though and there were questions that Catholicism simply could not answer. Also, Catholicism seemed unreasonable when it came to things like birth control. I first went to a Mormon church about 3 or 4 weeks before my baptism. I went there because I wanted to check it out and so I checked it out. I found the church to be very welcoming and friendly. I was quickly introduced to the missionaries who began coming to my apartment shortly after my visit to the church. I welcomed them with open arms. As they taught me, I quickly realized that what I was learning was the truth. Needless to say, I was quite happy with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and instantly fell in love with it. It was such a relief when I was baptized and confirmed. Shortly after I was baptized and confirmed, somehow I got some anti-Mormon ideas stuck in my head and I lost my testimony. I fell away from the church. After a couple of monts, I started looking in to the Mormon church again and found the answers to the anti-Mormon things I was taught. I then began to go back to church. Unfortunately, I shortly fell away again. This time it was due to my own sinfulness and wanting to be able to sin without worrying about the consequences. So I fell away for a couple weeks and sinned to my heart's consent. I am going back to church this Sunday and will be confessing my sins to the bishop again in the hopes that I do not get disfellowshipped this time. Anyway, that is my testimony. I know its not a very good one but there it is. I hope you all will welcome me with open arms and will not judge me for my bad testimony. Anyway, you can learn more about me in my profile. :)