Apostacy

Both these countries were in a 500 year period known as The Apostacy, or falling away from God.

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At a time when it was looked upon by the Protestants as a kind of Apostacy, to speak with decency and temper of the sovereign Pontiffs, he ventured to commend Pope Urbin VIII in some verses made in honour of the blessed Virgin.

The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Burigny, Jean L De 1754

At a time when it was looked upon by the Protestants as a kind of Apostacy, to speak with decency and temper of the sovereign Pontiffs, he ventured to commend

The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Jean L��vesque de Burigny 1738

God warned about the False Apostacy that will appear to have a form of Godliness but it isn't Godliness at all.

OpEdNews - Diary: George W. Bush, Jesus, and Imaginary Friends 2009

In the strong and mounting scenes of Caesar's Apostacy, the rapidity with which the incidents succeed one another, their inherent significance, the innocent splendor of Julian's mind in its first emancipation from the chains of false faith, combine to produce an effect of high dramatic beauty.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

In the strong and mounting scenes of Caesar's Apostacy, the rapidity with which the incidents succeed one another, their inherent significance, the innocent splendor of Julian's mind in its first emancipation from the chains of false faith, combine to produce an effect of high dramatic beauty.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

This therefore was very pertinently shaddowed out in the exordium to the Prophesy of that Apostacy.

Newton against the Trinity 2006

On Newton's view, the primary purpose of Revelation was "to describe & obviate the great Apostacy," which "was to begin by corrupting the truth about the relation of the Son to the Father in putting them equal."

Newton against the Trinity 2006

As Eli said before, though it is, technically, true that Mormons believe that there was a period of the "Great Apostacy" during which the true church was not on the earth, it is NOT true that Mormons believe therefore that the non-Mormon guy walking down the street is heretical and an apostate as defined by a Catholic.

"If people shine light on our religion, they will find some strange things, they will find some unsavory things..." Ann Althouse 2006

This was the religion to be corrupted by the Apostacy.

Newton against the Trinity 2006