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Originally Posted by Archaea
To me there was no Great Apostasy, just a loss of priesthood authority. That was my convoluted point, and I agree with you that Western Civilization is not what I was challenging.
What do you believe Church members actually mean or should mean when they use that misnomer?
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They mean what the word itself means-- that there was falling away from the church as it was authoritatively established by Christ. The restoration is of that priesthood authority-- which, parenthetically, does not require doing away with anything good that happened in the interim.
It's not a misnomer at all. The definition, from the middle Liddell: 1. a defection, revolt; 2. departure from. The loss of priesthood authority IS the great apostasy.