Restoration (Latter Day Saint)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, the restoration refers to the return of the priesthood and the Church of Christ to the earth after a period of apostasy. While in some ways the term may refer solely to the early history of the religion, in other contexts the term is used in a way to include the time that has elapsed from these early days until the present. Especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) "the restoration" is often used as a term to encompass the religious messages of the church down to the present.