restorationism refers to the belief that a purer form of christianity should be restored using the early church as a model. in many cases restorationist groups believed that contemporary christianity in all its forms had deviated from the true original christianity which they then attempted to reconstruct often using the book of acts as a guidebook of sorts.
restorationism refers to various unaffiliated movements that considered contemporary christianity in all its forms to be a deviation from the true original christianity which these groups then attempted to reconstruct often using the book of acts as a guidebook or sorts.