Alma 4:9-10
In the eighth year of the reign of the judges, the people of the church began to be overcome by their renewed pride and their contentions and malice one with another. Their pride wihin he church exceeded the pride of those outside the church and became a great stumbling block and hindrance to the church progress. The church failed to progress because the pride of the members of the church overshadowed the truth of the church in the eyes of those who were not members of the church.