Mormon Typo Turns Apostles into Apostates
Oh dear. Hey kids, this sort of typo is why we all have to sweat the details every day.
Typo circled in red.
Papers pulled after typo
chicagotribune.com | Paul Richter, Washington Bureau | April 8, 2009 | Utah
PROVO — Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University’s student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.
An apostate is a person who has abandoned religious faith, principles or a cause.
The photo in The Daily Universe on Monday was of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the weekend general conference.
The caption called the group the “Quorum of the Twelve Apostates.” The mistake happened when a copy editor ran a computer spell check and apostate was suggested as the replacement for a misspelling of apostle.