_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.