When the Lights Went Out: Three Studies on the Ancient Apostasy

Title

When the Lights Went Out: Three Studies on the Ancient Apostasy

Publication Type

Book

Year of Publication

2001

Authors

Nibley, Hugh W. (Primary)

Number of Pages

149

Publisher

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, Brigham Young University

City

Provo, UT

ISBN Number

0-934893-60-8

Abstract

When the Lights Went Out contains reprints of three classic Nibley essays on the fate of the primitive Christian church and its institutions and beliefs. In “The Passing of the Primitive Church,” Nibley presents forty striking and often neglected facets of church history. “The Forty-Day Mission of Christ” deals with the historical relevance of Acts 1:3, which claims that after Christ’s resurrection, he was “seen of them forty days, and [spoke] of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” Nibley discusses the implications of the loss of the temple during the fall of Jerusalem in his “Christian Envy of the Temple.” Each of these three articles appeared separately in scholarly journals, 1959–66.

Subject Keywords

Great Apostasy
Early Christian History
Early Christianity
Two Ways
Apostolic Fathers
Twelve Apostles
Martyrdom
Persecution
Gnosticism
Forty Day Literature
Resurrection
New Testament Apocrypha
Ordinance
Destruction of Jerusalem
Destruction of temple
Temple Worship

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