Seventh-day Adventism cannot change its views on the Catholic Church being the Whore of Babylon without admitting that it was wrong on Sunday worship. It cannot admit that Sunday worship is not the mark of the beast without changing its views on the Jewish Sabbath. Seventh-day Adventism cannot cease to be anti-Catholic without ceasing to be
Seventh-day Adventism.
Seventh-day Adventism
ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS ASSERTED BY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FOUNDRESS AND SDA’S FOREMEOST HISTORIAN
By Dr. Rey V. Entila, Ph.D
The read is long and boring. Bottom line: the SDA church refuses to listen to its own scholars begging for updates and edits on its false histories. Assassinating the character of Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi was how the SDA leaders chose to settle the controversy.
Since the 1911 edition (The Great Controversy) over a 100 years ago, it has not been updated in any form. Thus, the book that historically had been the pace-setter for Adventist theology has become dormant, effectively freezing Adventist theology in its tracks. What this situation has fostered is a perpetuation, and in some instances codification, of many 19th and early 20th century EGW understandings of our world and our place in it which some believe should not be “disturbed.” Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, the book’s subject and viewpoints beg for engagement, both inside and outside the church. There are several issues arising from the GC that have defied, and continue to defy, settlement within the church, periodically erupting into open conflicts.
“The Great Controversy” Shackles Adventist Theology
An SDA publication