February 1, 1981 by •
Agathias,
angel(s),
aristocracy,
Asia,
Attila,
Augustine,
barbarians,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
churchmen,
civilized man,
conformity,
Constantine,
culture(s),
demands,
devil(s),
East and West,
education,
Emperor,
Empire,
fourth century A.D.,
free men,
freedom,
God,
Greece,
Greek,
internal decay,
Jesus Christ,
Khan(s),
landowners,
loyalty,
opposition,
oversimplification,
pagan(s),
panegyrics,
Persia,
persuasion,
polarized loyalties,
Priscus,
rhetoric,
Romanitas,
Romans,
Rome,
scholar(s),
Scythians,
society,
super-weapon,
the Church,
the Faith,
the nobles,
Two Worlds,
Vandals,
Western civilization
Western Political Quarterly 6:4 (1953):631-657; CWHN 10:195. An examination of the problem of loyalty in the 4th century, with obvious significance for our own time. — Midgley
January 2, 1978 by •
adversary,
anti-Mormon literature,
Bible scholars,
Book of Mormon,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
debate,
debating,
devil(s),
disputation,
divine origin,
Eduard Meyer,
existence,
God,
Greek,
Hebrew(s),
Higher Critic,
Jesus Christ,
Joseph Smith,
literary critic,
Mormonism,
murmuring,
New Education Testament,
religion,
resurrection,
scholar(s),
scholarship,
schoolmen,
Soren Kierkegaard,
testimony,
the Church,
the critic(s),
the Higher critic(s),
The Terrible Questions,
vanity
in Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars, edited by Susan Easton Black (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996): 139-154. Reprinted from a talk given October 31, 1994
July 2, 1975 by •
baptism,
bishop(s),
center,
center drama,
Christian(s),
Christian(s) church,
Christianity,
corrupt,
creation(s) drama(s),
Cyril,
earth,
Egypt,
Elijah,
fourth century,
Gentile rites,
God,
heaven,
Holy Sepulcher,
interpretation,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish rites,
Jews,
Kaaba,
Mormon(s),
Moslem(s),
motif,
mythology,
Nimrod,
North Star,
of the earth,
Old Law,
ordinances,
Osiris,
pagan(s),
Patrologiae,
place of contact,
Plan of Salvation,
Primitive Church,
religious ritual,
rites,
Salt Lake Temple,
salvation,
sanctuary,
scholar(s),
secrecy,
symbolic,
synagogue,
Talmud,
Temple,
temple(s),
temple(s) rites,
the Church,
the Initiation,
three levels,
tradition(s),
universe,
usurper,
Year drama,
Ziggurat
Millennial Star 120:8 (August 1958):228-237, 247-249. Reprinted as What Is a Temple? The Idea of the Temple in History (1963 and 1968); and under the title “What is a Temple?” in The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives, ed. by Truman G. Madsen (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1984), 19-37; and in CWHN 4: …
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January 2, 1972 by •
ancient writings,
apocrypha,
baptism,
Bible,
biblical manuscripts,
Book of Mormon,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
desert,
Essene documents,
Jewish,
John the Baptist,
Manual of Discipline,
New Education Testament,
Old Testament,
Qumran caves,
Sectarian documents,
Septuagint,
the Gospel of John
Instructor 91:3 (March 1956):71-72,74; CWHN 1:239-244. Some brief references to the Dead Sea Scrolls. — Midgley
January 2, 1970 by •
Acts of the Apostles,
apocryphal works writings,
ascension,
baptism,
Christian(s),
Descensus,
Forty Days mission,
Jesus Christ kerygma,
Messiah,
resurrection,
ritual,
Satan,
secrecy,
temple(s),
The LORD,
Two Ways doctrine of the
“Evangelium Quadraginta Dierum: The Forty-day Mission of Christ– The Forgotten Heritage,” Vigiliae Christianae 20:1 (1966): 1-24; reprinted under the title “The Forty-day Mission of Christ — the Forgotten Heritage,” in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001): 33-54; 49-90; CWHN 4:10-44. A study of evidences of the teachings of Jesus to his disciples in the …
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January 2, 1967 by •
adversary,
apologists,
apostasy,
apostles,
Apostolic Church,
Apostolic Fathers,
betrayal,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
darkness,
defeat,
disciples,
doctrine of Christ,
Early Christians,
eschatology,
eschaton,
failure,
future,
Gentiles,
gnosis,
gnostic,
God,
Great Assembly Gap,
history,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
John Chrysostom,
martyr(s),
martyrdom,
message,
mysteries,
neglect,
passing of the Church,
Paul,
perverters,
prince of this world,
reticence,
scholar(s),
social gospel,
spiritual decline,
survival,
temple(s),
the Church,
the Church history,
the critic(s),
the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
the Kingdom,
the Light,
The LORD,
the Primitive Church,
the Prophets,
the two ways
Church History 30: 2 (June 1961): 84-85; reprinted in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001), and later in BYU Studies 16:1 (Autumn 1975): 139-164; and CWHN 4:168-208. Nibley presents forty arguments for the apostasy in an examination of the expectation of early Christian writers of the fading of the Church. Professor Hans J. Hillerbrand …
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