The 28 Fundamental Principles of The Seventh Day Adventist Church

The 28 Fundamental
Principles of the
Seventh Day Adventist
Church
In Search For the True Landmarks: A

Synopsis of the Alpha and Omega of
Deadly Heresies
(Prov 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy
fathers have set.)
By Brian Tsikada
An Introduction:
This is a question & answer format manuscript that

shows Satan’s subtle and specious attack to uproot
the foundational principles of the third angel’s
message. The paper seeks to show how Satan has
sought to hurl the Seventh Day Adventist
organization headlong into the Omega of deadly
heresies by overturning the Adventist landmarks and
setting up a counterfeit belief system.
“We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we

shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and his
teaching in our past history.”GCB Jan 29, 1893
(You are much encouraged to look up each quotation

to understand it in its original context – All emphasis
not in original).
Elder Brian Tsikada

bmtsikada@yahoo.co.uk
First publication :16 December 2009

Second Edition : 28 July 2010
1. Q : What are the pillars of faith?
a) “ …. The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the

supposition that a great reformation was to take
place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this
reformation would consist in giving up the
doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith,
and engaging in a process of
reorganization. Were this reformation to take place
what would result? The principles of truth that
God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church
would be discarded. Our religion would be changed.
The
fundamental principles that have sustained the
work for the last fifty years would be accounted as
error. …” Battle Creek letters. pg 81
b) “Those who seek to remove the old landmarks

are not holding fast; they are not remembering how
they have received and heard. Those who try to
bring in theories that would remove the pillars of
our faith concerning the
sanctuary or concerning the personality of God or of
Christ are working as blind men. They are seeking to
bring in uncertainties and to set the people of God
adrift without an anchor.”. {YRP 235.3}
d) “ The leading points of our faith as we hold

them today were firmly established. Point after point
was clearly defined, and all the brethren came into
harmony.” {3MR 412.4}
e) “I have been instructed by the heavenly

messenger that
some of the reasoning in the book Living Temple is
unsound, and that this reasoning would lead astray
the minds of those who are not thoroughly
established on the foundation principles of
present truth. It introduces that which is nought
but speculation in regard to the personality of God
and where His presence is. {1SM 201.3}
“The pillars of faith” or “landmarks” are “doctrines”

that constitute “the leading points of our faith” they
are “the
fundamental principles” or the “the foundational
principles of present truth”.
3. When were these landmark principles of truths

“revealed” by God to His people?
a) “After the passing of the time, God entrusted

to his faithful followers the precious principles of
present truth…”. Ms 129, 1905, p. 2. ("Steadfast
unto the End," December 24, 1905.) {1MR 58.1}.
b) “But we must firmly refuse to be drawn away from

the
platform of eternal truth, which since 1844 has
stood the test. 1SM 200
The landmark doctrines were revealed by God soon
after the passing of time in 1844. (The passing of
time refers to the passing of the 2300 days prophecy
of Dan 8.14 on October 22 1844).
4. To whom were the principles of truth specifically

entrusted?
“After the passing of the time, God entrusted to His

faithful followers the precious principles of present
truth. These principles were not given to those who
had had no part in the giving of the first and second
angels' messages. They were given to the
workers who had had a part in the
cause from the beginning. “ {2SM 389.4}.
God entrusted the landmark doctrines only to the

faithful servants who had acted their part in the
proclamation of the 1st and 2nd angel’s messages. The
1st and 2nd messages were proclaimed prior to
October 22, 1844 in the years 1842 1843 through to
the summer of 1844.
5. Under which message were these principles or

pillars of faith discovered by God’s people?
“We must let the great principles of the third

angel's message stand out clear and distinct. The
great pillars of our faith will hold all the weight that
can be placed upon them. “Letter 207, 1899, p. 2.
(To Elder S. N. Haskell and Elder G. A. Irwin,
December 15, 1899.) {1MR 53.3}
“In the early days of the message, when our
numbers were few, we studied diligently to
understand the meaning of many Scriptures. At
times it seemed as if no explanation could be given.
My mind seemed to be locked to an
understanding of the Word; but when our brethren
who had assembled for study came to a point where
they could go no farther, and had recourse to
earnest prayer, the Spirit of God would rest upon me,
and I would be taken off in vision,
and be instructed in regard to the relation of
Scripture to Scripture. These experiences were
repeated over and over again. Thus many truths
of the third angel's message were established,
point by point.”
The great landmarks or pillars of Adventism were

established point by point during the early days
of the third angel’s message. The third angel’s
message began to be proclaimed soon after October
22, 1844. It is important to note that EGW says that
many truths of the 3rd angel’s message were
established when the numbers were still few.
6. What is the relationship between these landmark

doctrines and what Ellen White often called the
platform of truth or the foundation of truth?
“… Step by step had God brought them along, until

he had placed them upon a solid, immovable
platform. “{1SG 168.2} 1858.
“ In a vision of the night I was shown distinctly that
these sentiments have been looked upon by some as
the grand truths that are to be brought in and made
prominent at the present time. I was shown a
platform, braced by solid
timbers,-- the truths of the Word of God. Some
one high in responsibility in the medical work was
directing this man and that man to loosen the
timbers supporting this platform. Then I heard a
voice saying, "Where are the
watchmen that ought to be standing on the walls of
Zion? Are they asleep? This foundation was built
by the Masterbuilder.” {SpTB02 54.2}
In the above vision, Ellen White was shown that the

landmark doctrines, the truths of the Word of God,
were like solid timbers that supported the platform of
eternal truth. This platform is also called a
foundation.
7. What is this platform of eternal truth or foundation

that was supported by the fundamental principles ?
“God is leading out a people and establishing them

upon the one great platform of faith, the
commandments of God and the testimony of
Jesus. …{3T 447.1}
“I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm,

and would give no countenance to those who would
unsettle the established faith of the body. God
looked upon them with approbation. I was shown
three steps--one, two and
three--the first, second and third angels'
messages. Said the angel, Woe to him who shall
move a block, or stir a pin in these messages. The
true understanding of these messages is of vital
importance. The destiny of souls
hangs upon the manner in which they are received. I
was again brought down through these messages,
and saw how dearly the people of God had
purchased their experience. It had been obtained
through much suffering and severe
conflict. Step by step had God brought them
along, until he had placed them upon a solid,
immovable platform.” 1 SG pg169, 1858.
By combining this vision and the one in question 6,

we see here that God led the remnant step by step
from the 1st message to the 2nd, and then to the 3rd
angel’s message. The 1st and 2nd messages led up to
and supported the 3rd message. The messages were
“braced up” by certain landmark teachings or
fundamental principles. By 1858, the people of God
had experienced all three messages and were now
standing on the platform of eternal truth….. “the law
of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ”. Through a
vision, God warned that none is to move or stir any
component (doctrine) that supported the platform
upon which the remnant of God were standing on.
8. Who were some of the people involved in the

laying of this foundation of faith soon after 1844 and
what was their experience?
“Many of our people do not realize how firmly the
foundation of our faith has been laid. My husband,
Elder Joseph Bates, Father Pierce, Elder Edson,
and others who were keen, noble, and true, were
among those who, after
the passing of the time in 1844, searched for the
truth as for hidden treasure. I met with them, and
we studied and prayed earnestly. Often we
remained together until late at night, and
sometimes through the entire night, praying
for light and studying the word. Again and
again these brethren came together to study
the Bible, in order that they might know its
meaning, and be prepared to teach it with
power. When they came to
the point in their study where they said, "We
can do nothing more," the Spirit of the Lord
would come upon me, I would be taken off in
vision, and a clear explanation of the passages
we had been studying would be given me, with
instruction as to how we were to labor and
teach effectively. Thus light was given that
helped us to understand the scriptures in
regard to
Christ, His mission, and His priesthood. A line
of truth extending from that time to the time
when we shall enter the city of God, was made
plain to me, and I gave to others the
instruction that the Lord had given me.
{SpTB02 56.4}.
“During this whole time I could not understand

the reasoning of the brethren. My mind was
locked, as it were, and I could not comprehend
the meaning of the scriptures we were
studying. This was one of the greatest sorrows
of mylife. I was in this condition of mind until
all the principal points of our faith were made
clear to our minds, in harmony with the word
of God. The brethren knew that when not in
vision, I could not understand these matters,
and they accepted as light direct from heaven
the revelations given. {SpTB02 57.1}
“My husband, Elder Joseph Bates, Father

Pierce, Elder Edson, a man who was keen,
noble, and true, and many others whose
names I can not now recall, were among those
who, after the passing of the time in 1844,
searched for truth.
“…..My mind was locked, as it were, and I

could not comprehend what we were studying.
……..
….For two or three years my mind continued to
be locked to the Scriptures. In 1846 I was
married to Elder James White. It was some
time after my second son was born that we
were in great perplexity regarding certain
points of doctrine. I was asking the Lord to
unlock my mind that I might understand His
Word. Suddenly I seemed to be enshrouded in
clear, beautiful light, and ever since, the
Scriptures have been an open book to me.
“ I was at that time [early December 1850] in

Paris, Maine. Old Father Andrews was very
sick. For some time he had been a great
sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism. He
could not move without intense pain. We
prayed for him. I laid my hands on his head
and said, "Father Andrews, the Lord Jesus
maketh thee whole." He was healed instantly.
He got up and walked about the
room, praising God, and saying, "I never saw it
on this wise. Angels of God are in this room."
The glory of God was revealed. Light seemed
to shine all through the house, and an angel's
hand was laid upon my head. From that time to
this, I have been enabled to understand the
Word of God.--Ms 135, 1903, pp. 1-3.
("Establishing the Foundation of Our Faith." Typed
Nov. 4, 1903.) {3MR 414.1}.
“ For two or three years my mind continued to

be locked to an understanding of the
Scriptures. In the course of our labors, my
husband and I visited Father Andrews, who
was suffering intensely with inflammatory
rheumatism. We prayed for him. I laid my
hands on his head, and said, "Father Andrews,
the Lord Jesus maketh thee whole." He was
healed instantly. He got up, and walked about
theroom, praising God, and saying, "I never
saw it on this wise before. Angels of God are in
this room." The glory of the Lord was revealed.
Light seemed to shine all through the house,
and an angel's hand was laid upon my head.
From that time to this I have been able to
understand the word of God. {SpTB02 57.2}
“I was again brought down through these messages,
and saw how dearly the people of God had
purchased their experience. It had been obtained
through
much suffering and severe conflict. Step by step
had God brought them along, until he had placed
them upon a solid, immovable platform.” {1SG
168.2} 1858.
“ God is leading out a people and establishing them

upon the one great platform of faith, the
commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus.
He has given His people a straight chain of Bible
truth, clear and connected. This truth is of heavenly
origin and has been searched for as for hidden
treasure. It has been dug out through careful
searching of the Scriptures and through much
prayer. {3T 447.1}
“What influence is it that would lead men at this

stage of our history to work in an underhanded,
powerful way to tear down the foundation of our
faith,-- the foundation that was laid at the
beginning of our work by prayerful study of
the word and by revelation? Upon this foundation
we have been building for the past fifty years. Do
you wonder that when I see the beginning of a work
that would remove some of the pillars of our faith, I
have something to say? I must
obey the command, "Meet it!" {SpTB02 58.1}.
Elders James White, Edson, Bates and Ellen White

herself were among the earliest pioneers that
laboured in the raising up of the platform of truth.
The period of time when the foundation was laid in
earnest was between the years1846, and 1850.
During this time, the brethren would meet to study

the scriptures, sometimes spending the entire night
in prayer and study. When they would come to
places of perplexity, God would reveal through the
spirit of prophecy the line of truth and they would
unite on that truth. But though God would reveal the
light of truth by Ellen White when the brethren were
in hard places, Ellen herself could not understand the
discussions of the brethren - her mind was locked to
the understanding of scriptures. Therefore the
brethren knew that when she spoke, it was only by
direct revelation. The labours of the brethren in the
scriptures were sealed by the gifts of miracles and a
marked presence of the power of God. It was only in
December of 1850 after about three years of labour
in raising up the foundation, that Ellen’s mind was
miraculously opened to the understanding of the
scriptures.
9. Who was the actual master builder of the

foundation of faith ?

unsettle the established faith of the body. God
looked upon them with approbation. I was shown
three steps--one, two and
three--the first, second and third angels' messages.
Said the angel, Woe to him who shall move a block,
or stir a pin in these messages. The true
understanding of these messages is of vital
importance. The destiny of souls hangs upon the
manner in which they are received. I was again
brought down through these messages, and saw how
dearly the people of God had purchased their
experience. It had been obtained through much
suffering and severe conflict.
Step by step had God brought them along, until he
had placed them upon a solid, immovable platform.
Then I saw individuals as they approached the

platform, before stepping upon it examine the
foundation. Some with rejoicing immediately stepped
upon it. Others commenced to find fault with the
laying of the foundation of the platform. They wished
improvements made, and then the platform would
be more perfect, and the people much happier.
Some stepped off the platform and examined it, then
found fault with it, declaring it to be laid wrong. I saw
that nearly all stood firm upon the platform, and
exhorted others who had stepped off to cease their
complaints, for God was the
master-builder, and they were fighting against
him. They recounted the wonderful work of God,
which had led them to the firm platform, and in
union nearly all raised their eyes to heaven, and with
a loud voice glorified God. This
affected some of those who had complained, and left
the platform, and again they with humble look
stepped upon it.” {1SG 168.2} 1858.
“They are not to give heed to seducing spirits. They

are not to remove one pin from the foundation
of truth that the Lord has built up from point
to point by the ministration of the Holy Spirit.
If one point is yielded, there is no surety that other
points will not be discarded; and point by point, the
structure of truth will be assailed and discarded.” MR
784
“During the past night, I have been shown more

distinctly than ever before that these sentiments
have been looked upon by some as the grand truths
that are to be brought in and made prominent at the
present time. I was shown a
platform braced by solid timbers, -- the truths of the
words of God. Some on high in responsibility in the
medical work was directing this man and that man to
loosen the timbers supporting this platform. Then I
heard a voice saying, "Where are the watchmen that
ought to be standing on the walls of Zion? Are they
asleep? How can they be silent? This foundation
was built by the Master worker, and will stand
storm and tempest. Will they permit this man to
present doctrines that deny the past experience of
the people of God? The time has come to take
decided action.” {BCL 80.2}
“ I am instructed to say that those who would

tear away the foundation that God has laid are
not to be accepted as the teachers and leaders
of His people. We are to hold the beginning of our
confidence steadfast unto the end.
Words of power have been sent by God and by
Christ to this people, bringing them out from the
world point by point, into the clear light of present
truth. With lips touched with holy fire, God's servants
have proclaimed the message. The divine
utterance has set its seal to the genuineness
of the truth proclaimed. {BCL 82.5}
“When men come in who would move one pin

or pillar from the foundation which God has
established by His Holy Spirit, let the aged men
who were pioneers in our work speak plainly, and let
those who are dead speak also, by
the reprinting of their articles in our periodicals. Ms
62, 1905, p. 6. ("A Warning against False Theories,"
May 24, 1905.) {1MR 55.1}
God Himself by His Holy Spirit was the Master builder

of the platform or foundation of faith of Seventh Day
Adventists. The pioneers were only instruments by
which God was revealing the pillars of faith that hold
up that foundation.
11. Which doctrines in particular supported the

foundation and constituted the pillars of faith or
landmarks of the Adventist faith?
“The passing of the time in 1844 was a period of

great events, opening to our astonished eyes the
cleansing of the sanctuary transpiring in heaven, and
having decided relation to God's people upon the
earth, [also] the first and second angels' messages
and the third, unfurling the banner on which was
inscribed, "The commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus." One of the landmarks under
this message was the temple of God, seen by His
truth-loving people in heaven, and the ark containing
the law of God. The light of the Sabbath of the fourth
commandment flashed its strong rays in the pathway
of the transgressors of
God's law. The nonimmortality of the wicked is an old
landmark. I can call to mind nothing more that can
come under the head of the old landmarks.” 1888
materials p518
Please note that Ellen White here lists the old

landmarks that she could recall at the time of writing
the above statement.
These are 1) the cleansing of the sanctuary in

heaven, 2) the 1st,2nd and 3rd angel’s messages 3) the
temple of God in heaven 4) the law of God and the
Sabbath 6) the non-immortality of the wicked.
It can readily be seen that she did not say these were
the only landmarks….but that she said that she could
“call to
mind nothing” more that came under the heading of
the old landmarks”.
In another place, she mentions the personality of

God and Christ as being another landmark teaching:
“Those who seek to remove the old landmarks are

not holding fast; they are not remembering how they
have received and heard. Those who try to bring in
theories that would remove the pillars of our faith
concerning the sanctuary or concerning the
personality of God or of Christ are working as
blind men.They are seeking to bring in uncertainties
and to set the people of God adrift without an
anchor. {YRP 235.3}. "A Warning Against False
Theories," May 24, 1905.) {MR760 12.2}
Other landmarks which were unanimously held by

the Adventist believers (which Ellen White did not
specifically mention in the above passage) included
“the closing of the 2300 days”, “the authority of the
scriptures”, “the doctrine of God”, the second advent
of Jesus”, “the millennium”, “the judgment of the
wicked”, the “resurrection of the dead”, etc. These
landmark teachings were consolidated into a concise
statement published by Battle Creek Steam Press in
1872 under the title “A Declaration of Fundamental
Principles Taught & Practised by Seventh Day
Adventists.”
A careful comparison of these “Fundamental

Principles” with the teachings in the book “Word to
the Little Flock” written in 1847 by the pioneer
laborers, James White, Joseph Bates and Ellen White
shows that the “Fundamental Principles” of 1872
were a clear development of the teachings in the
“Word to the Little Flock”. It is of special note that
the “Word to the Little Flock” was authored in 1847
at the very time when the foundation was being
raised. It is the earliest document detailing the points
of present truth that God was revealing to the little
flock of Adventist believers.
The following is the full original statement of the

1872 “Fundamental Principles” with the original title
and full pre-amble included:
“A DECLARATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
TAUGHT AND
PRACTICED
——— BY ———
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
“Built upon the foundation of the apostles and

prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone.” EPHESIANS
2:20””
“IN presenting to the public this synopsis of our faith,

we wish to have it distinctly understood that we have
no articles of faith, creed, or discipline, aside from
the Bible. We do not put forth this as having any
authority with our people, nor is it designed to
secure uniformity among them, as a system of faith,
but is a brief statement of what is, and has been,
with great unanimity, held by them. We often find it
necessary to meet inquiries on this subject, and
sometimes to correct false statements circulated
against us, and to remove
erroneous impressions which have obtained with
those who have not had an opportunity to become
acquainted with our faith and practice. Our only
object is to meet this necessity.
As Seventh-day Adventists we desire simply that our

position shall be understood; and we are the more
solicitous for this because there are many who call
themselves Adventists who hold views with which we
can have no
sympathy, some of which, we think, are subversive
of the plainest and most important principles set
forth in the word of God.
As compared with other Adventists, Seventh- day

Adventists differ from one class in believing in the
unconscious state of the dead, and the final
destruction
of the unrepentant wicked; from another, in believing
in the perpetuity of the law of God as summarily
contained in the ten commandments, in the
operation of the Holy Spirit in the church, and in
setting no times for the advent to occur; from
all, in the observance of the seventh day of the week
as the Sabbath of the Lord, and in many applications
of the prophetic scriptures.
With these remarks, we ask the attention of the

reader to the following propositions, which aim to be
a concise statement of the more prominent features
of our faith.”
I. That there is one God, a personal, spiritual being,

the creator of all things, omnipotent, omniscient, and
eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice,
goodness, truth, and mercy; unchangeable, and
everywhere present by his
representative, the Holy Spirit. Ps. 139:7.
II. That there is one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the
Eternal Father, the one by whom God created all
things, and by whom they do consist; that he took on
him the nature of the seed of Abraham for the
redemption of our fallen race; that he dwelt among
men full of grace and truth, lived our example, died
our sacrifice, was raised for our justification,
ascended on high to be our only mediator in the
sanctuary in Heaven, where, with his own blood he
makes atonement for our sins; which atonement so
far from being made on the cross, which was but the
offering of the sacrifice, is the very last portion of his
work as priest according to the example of the
Levitical priesthood, which foreshadowed and
prefigured the ministry of our Lord in Heaven. See
Lev. 16; Heb. 8:4, 5; 9:6, 7; &c.
III That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New

Testaments, were given by inspiration of God,
contain a full revelation of his will to man, and are
the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
IV. That Baptism is an ordinance of the Christian

church, to follow faith and repentance, an ordinance
by which we commemorate the resurrection of
Christ, as by this act we show our faith in his burial
and resurrection, and through that, of the
resurrection of all the saints at the last day; and that
no other mode fitly represents these facts than that
which the Scriptures prescribe, namely, immersion.
Rom. 6:3-5; Col. 2: 12.
V. That the new birth comprises the entire change

necessary to fit us for the kingdom of God, and
consists of two parts: first, a moral change, wrought
by conversion and a Christian life; second, a physical
change at the second coming of Christ, whereby, if
dead, we are raised incorruptible, and if living, are
changed to immortality in a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye. John 3:3, 5; Luke 20:36.
VI. We believe that prophecy is a part of God’s

revelation to man; that it is included in that scripture
which is profitable for instruction, 2 Tim. 3: 16; that it
is designed for us and our children, Deut. 29: 29;
that so far from being enshrouded in impenetrable
mystery, it is that which especially constitutes the
word of God a lamp to our feet and a light to our
path, Ps. 119: 105, 2 Pet. 2:19; that a blessing is
pronounced upon those who study it, Rev.1:1-3; and
that, consequently, it is to be understood by the
people of God sufficiently to show them their position
in the world’s history, and the special duties required
at their hands.
VII. That the world’s history from specified dates in

the past, the rise and fall of empires, and
chronological succession of events down to the
setting up of God’s everlasting kingdom, are outlined
in numerous great chains of prophecy; and
that these prophecies are now all fulfilled except the
closing scenes.
VIII. That the doctrine of the world’s conversion and

temporal millennium is a fable of these last days,
calculated to lull men into a state of carnal security,
and cause them to be overtaken by the great day of
the Lord as by a thief in the
night; that the second coming of Christ is to precede,
not follow, the millennium; for until the Lord appears
the papal power, with all its abominations, is to
continue, the wheat and tares grow together, and
evil men and seducers wax
worse and worse, as the word of God declares.
IX. That the mistake of Adventists in 1844 pertained

to the nature of the event then to transpire, not to
the time; that no prophetic period is given to reach
to the second advent, but that the longest one, the
two thousand and three hundred
days of Dan. 8:14, terminated in that year, and
brought us to an event called the cleansing of the
sanctuary.
X. That the sanctuary of the new covenant is the

tabernacle of God in Heaven, of which Paul speaks in
Hebrews 8, and onward, of which our Lord, as great
High Priest, is minister; that this sanctuary is the
antitype of the Mosaic tabernacle, and that the
priestly work of our Lord, connected therewith, is the
antitype of the work of the Jewish priests of the
former dispensation. Heb. 8:1-5, &c.; that this is the
sanctuary to be cleansed at the end of the 2300
days, what is termed its cleansing being in this case,
as in the type, simply the entrance of the high priest
into the most holy place, to finish the round of
service connected therewith, by blotting out and
removing from the sanctuary the sins which had
been transferred to it by means of the ministration in
the first apartment, Heb. 9:22,23; and that this work,
in the antitype, commencing in 1844, occupies a
brief but indefinite space, at the conclusion of which
the work of mercy for the
world is finished.
XI. That God’s moral requirements are the same
upon all men in all dispensations; that these are
summarily contained in the commandments spoken
by Jehovah from Sinai, engraven on the tables of
stone, and deposited in the ark, which was in
consequence called the “ark of the covenant,” or
testament. Num. 10:33, Heb. 9:4, &c.; that this law is
immutable and perpetual, being a transcript of the
tables deposited in the ark in the true sanctuary on
high, which is also, for the same reason, called the
ark of God’s testament; for under the sounding of
the seventh trumpet we are told that “the temple of
God was opened in Heaven, and there was seen in
his temple the ark of his testament.” Rev. 11:19.
XII. That the fourth commandment of this law

requires that we devote the seventh day of each
week, commonly called Saturday, to abstinence from
our own labor, and to the performance of sacred and
religious duties; that this is the
only weekly Sabbath known to the Bible, being the
day that was set apart before Paradise was lost, Gen.
2:2,3, and which will be observed in paradise
restored, Isa. 66:22, 23; that the facts upon which
the Sabbath institution is based confine it to the
seventh day, as they are not true of any other day;
and that the terms, Jewish Sabbath, and Christian
Sabbath, as applied to the weekly rest-day, are
names of human invention, unscriptural in fact, and
false in meaning.
XIII. That as the man of sin, the papacy, has thought

to change times and laws (the laws of God), Dan.
7:25, and has misled almost all Christendom in
regard to the fourth commandment, we find a
prophecy of a reform in this respect to be wrought
among believers just before the coming of Christ.
Isa. 56:1, 2, 1 Pet. 1:5, Rev. 14:12, &c.
XIV. That as the natural or carnal heart is at enmity

with God and his law, this enmity can be subdued
only by a radical transformation of the affections, the
exchange of unholy for holy principles; that this
transformation follows repentance and faith, is the
special work of the Holy Spirit, and constitutes
regeneration or conversion.
XV. That as all have violated the law of God, and

cannot of themselves render obedience to his just
requirements, we are dependent on Christ, first, for
justification from our past offenses, and, secondly,
for grace whereby to render
acceptable obedience to his holy law in time to
come.
XVI. That the Spirit of God was promised to manifest

itself in the church through certain gifts, enumerated
especially in 1 Cor. 12 and Eph. 4; that these gifts
are not designed to supersede, or take the place of,
the Bible, which is sufficient to make us wise unto
salvation, any more than the Bible can take the place
of the Holy Spirit; that, in specifying the various
channels of its operation, that Spirit has simply made
provision for its own existence and presence with the
people of God to the end of time, to lead to an
understanding of that word which it had inspired, to
convince of sin, and to work a transformation in the
heart and life; and that those who deny to the Spirit
its place and operation, do plainly deny that part of
the Bible which assigns to it this work and position.
XVII. That God, in accordance with his uniform

dealings with the race, sends forth a proclamation of
the approach of the second advent of Christ; and
that this work is symbolized by the three messages
of Rev. 14, the last one bringing to
view the work of reform on the law of God, that his
people may acquire a complete readiness for that
event.
XVIII. That the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary

(see proposition X), synchronizing with the time of
the proclamation of the third message, is a time of
investigative judgment, first, with reference to the
dead, and at the close of probation with reference to
the living, to determine who of the myriads now
sleeping in the dust of the earth are worthy of a part
in the first resurrection, and who of its living
multitudes are worthy of translation—points which
must be
determined before the Lord appears.
XIX. That the grave, whether we all tend, expressed

by the Hebrew sheol and the Greek hades, is a place
of darkness in which there is no work, device,
wisdom, nor knowledge. Eccl. 9:10.
XX. That the state to which we are reduced by death

is one of silence, inactivity, and entire
unconsciousness. Ps. 146:4; Eccl. 9:5, 6; Dan. 12:2,
&c.
XXI. That out of this prison house of the grave
mankind are to be brought by a bodily resurrection;
the righteous having part in the first resurrection,
which takes place at the second advent of Christ, the
wicked in the second resurrection, which takes place
a thousand years thereafter. Rev. 20:4-6.
XXII. That at the last trump, the living righteous are

to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, and with the resurrected righteous are to be
caught up to meet the Lord in the air, so forever to
be with the Lord.
XXIII. That these immortalized ones are then taken to

Heaven, to the New Jerusalem, the Father’s house, in
which there are many mansions, John 14:1-3, where
they reign with Christ a thousand years, judging the
world and fallen
angels, that is, apportioning the punishment to be
executed upon them at the close of the one
thousand years; Rev.20:4; 1 Cor. 6:2, 3; that during
this time the earth lies in a desolate and chaotic
condition, Jer. 4:23-27, described, as in
the beginning by the Greek term abussos bottomless
pit (Septuagint of Gen.1:2); and that here Satan is
confined during the thousand years, Rev. 20:1, 2,
and here finally destroyed, Rev. 20:10; Mal. 4:1; the
theater of the ruin he has wrought in the universe,
being appropriately made for a time, his gloomy
prison house, and then the place of his final
execution.
XXIV. That at the end of the thousand years, the Lord

descends with his people and the New Jerusalem,
Rev. 21:2, the wicked dead are raised and come up
upon on the surface of the yet unrenewed earth, and
gather about the city, the camp of the saint, Rev.
20:9, and fire comes down from God out of heaven
and devours them. They are then consumed root and
branch, Mal. 4:1, becoming as though they had not
been. Obad. 15, 16. In this everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, 2 Thess. 1:9, the
wicked meet the everlasting punishment threatened
against them, Matt. 25:46, This is the perdition of
ungodly men, the
fire which consumes them being the fire for which
“the heavens and the earth which are now” are kept
in store, which shall melt even the elements with its
intensity, and purge the earth from the deepest
stains of the curse of sin. 2 Peter 3:7-12.
XXV. That new heavens and earth shall spring by the

power of God from the ashes of the old, to be, with
the New Jerusalem for its metropolis and capital, the
eternal inheritance of the saints, the place where the
righteous shall
evermore dwell. 2 Peter 3:13; Ps. 37:11, 29; Matt.
5:5.
The above representative statement of Fundamental

Principles was re-published 2 year later by James
White with no change on June 4, 1874 in the first
issue of the Signs of the Times.
(Address:http://www.adventistarchives.org/docs/ST/ST1874060
4-V01-01__B/index.djvu1889).
In 1889, after the famous 1888 Minneapolis

Conference, the same statement of Fundamental
Principles was re-published by the Review & Herald
Publishing Company in the Seventh - Day Adventist
Yearbook with three additional articles were added.
The number of Fundamental Principles became 28.
The three additional principles were on “separation
from worldliness”, stewardship” and “dress”:
“ 13.That the followers of Christ should be a peculiar

people, not following the maxims, nor conforming to
the ways, of the world; not loving its pleasures nor
countenancing its follies; inasmuch as the apostle
says that "whosoever therefore will be" in this sense,
"a friend of the world, is the enemy of God"
(James 4:4); and Christ says that we cannot have two
masters, or, at the same time, serve God and
mammon. Matt. 6:24.
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14. That the Scriptures insist upon plainness and
modesty of attire as a prominent mark of discipleship
in those who profess to be the followers of Him who
was, "meek and lowly in heart," that the wearing of
gold, pearls, and costly
array, or anything designed merely to adorn the
person and foster the pride of the natural heart, is to
be discarded, according to such scriptures as 1 Tim.
2:9,10; 1 Peter 3:3, 4.
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15.That means for the support of evangelical work
among men should be contributed from love to God
and love of souls, not raised by church lotteries, or
occasions designed to contribute to the fun-loving,
appetite-indulging
propensities of the sinner, such as fairs, festivals,
oyster suppers, tea, broom, donkey, and crazy
socials, etc., which are a disgrace to the professed
church of Christ; that the proportion of one's income
required in former dispensation can be no less under
the gospel; that it is the same as Abraham (whose
children we are, if we are Christ's, Gal. 3:29) paid to
Melchisedec (type of Christ) when he
gave him a tenth of all (Heb. 7:1-4); the tithe is the
Lord's (Lev. 27:30); and this tenth of one's income is
also to be supplemented by offerings from those who
are able, for the support of the gospel. 2 Cor. 9:6;
Mal. 3:8, 10.” (Address
:http://www.adventistarchives.org/docs/YB/YB1889/in
dex.djvu)
As stated in the preamble, these fundamental

principles were not the ideas of a few prominent
individuals in the church…but constituted a concise
confession of faith unanimously held by the general
body of Seventh Day Adventist believers. They were
published with no theological correction in the official
church journals in 1872, 1874 and then in the official
Seventh Day Adventist Year Books between 1889
and 1914 (a period of a quarter of a century). This
testifies to the unity of the pioneers’ faith in the
teachings of these “Fundamental Principles”.
Ellen White testified to the divine character and

authority of these fundamental principles:
“Messages of every order and kind have been urged

upon Seventh-day Adventists, to take the place of
the truth which, point by point, has been sought out
by prayerful study, and testified to by the miracle-
working power of the Lord.
But the waymarks which have made us what we are,
are to be preserved, and they will be preserved, as
God has signified through His Word and the
testimony of His Spirit. He calls upon us to hold
firmly, with the grip of faith, to the fundamental
principles that are based upon unquestionable
authority. {3SM 38.2}
“ We are to hold fast the first principles of our

denominated faith, and go forward from
strength to increased faith.” {SpTB07 57.1}”
Sanitarium, Cal., Dec. 4, 1905.
The Fundamental Principles were the landmarks that

defined the Adventist faith and separated it from all
other professed Christian believers. Upon these
principles of present truth, the remnant church was
established. It became Satan’s specious work to
overthrow the remnant by both overturning the
teachings of these landmarks as well as by eclipsing
them from the minds of the people of God.
It was after 1914, that the “Fundamental Principles”

strangely enough no longer appeared in our
denominational annual Year Books. It is of interest
that at this time almost all the pioneers who had
labored in the raising of the foundation soon after
1844 had died. Ellen White herself died in 1915. It is
around this time, (1914 and onwards), that Satan
was especially seeking to eclipse the landmark
teachings and preparing the Adventist church to
receive a new theology that would deny their past
experience.
The publication of the new set of beliefs in 1931 was

a further step in the movement towards a reformed
theology. Without any General Conference session
or any denominational vote, or any discussion, F. M.
Wilcox (Review & Herald Editor) with the nod of a
three man committee M E Kern – Assistant Secretary
of the General Conference, E R Palmer – Manager of
the Review and Herald Publishing Company and C H
Watson – President of the General Conference
produced a new statement of beliefs in 1931.
General Conference minutes 29 December, 1930 p
195 cited by LeRoy Froom in Movement of Destiny, p
411.
These new SDA principles of faith had an interesting

divergence from the landmark doctrines in the
Fundamental Principles of 1872-1914 in the very first
principle. It read :
“1. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists of the

Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual Being,
omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, infinite in
wisdom and love; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of
the Eternal Father, through whom all things were
created and through, whom the salvation of the
redeemed hosts will be accomplished; the Holy
Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, the great
regenerating
power in the work of redemption.”
Satan’s efforts to reform the Adventist teaching
seemed to be especially targeted towards the new
generation of church leadership.
12. Did “Fundamental Principles” or pillars of present

truth disclosed since 1844 need any alteration in
future?
“In the future, deception of every kind is to arise,

and we want solid ground for our feet. We want solid
pillars for the building. Not one pin is to be
removed from that which the Lord has
established. The enemy will bring in false theories
such as the doctrine that there is no sanctuary. This
is one of the points on which there will be a
departing from the faith. Where shall we find safety
unless it be in the truths that the Lord has been
giving for the last fifty years? {MR760 12.3} RH May
25, 1905.
“At this time many efforts will be made to unsettle

our faith in the sanctuary question; but we must not
waver. Not a pin is to be moved from the
foundations of our faith. Truth is still truth. Those
who become uncertain will drift into erroneous
theories, and will finally find themselves infidel in
regard to the past evidence we have had of what is
truth. The old waymarks must be preserved,
that we lose not our bearings. Letters 395, 1906,
p. 4. (To Elder S.
M. Cobb, December 25, 1906.) {1MR 55.3}
“When men come in who would move one pin or
pillar from the foundation which God has established
by His Holy Spirit, let the aged men who were
pioneers in our work speak plainly, and let those who
are dead speak also, by the
reprinting of their articles in our periodicals. Gather
up the rays of divine light that God has given as He
has led His people on step by step in the way of
truth. This truth will stand the test of time and
trial. Ms 62, 1905, p. 6. ("A
Warning against False Theories," May 24, 1905.)
{1MR 55.1}
“Messages of every order and kind have been urged

upon Seventh-day Adventists, to take the place of
the truth which, point by point, has been sought out
by prayerful study, and testified to by the miracle-
working power of the Lord.
But the waymarks which have made us what
we are, are to be preserved, and they will be
preserved, as God has signified through His
Word and the testimony of His Spirit. He calls upon
us to hold firmly, with the grip of faith, to the
fundamental principles that are based upon
unquestionable authority. {3SM 38.2}
“Many of our people do not realize how firmly the

foundation of our faith has been laid. My husband,
Elder Joseph Bates, Father Pierce….. Elder {Hiram}
Edson, and others who were keen, noble, and true,
were among those who, after the passing of the time
in 1844, searched for the truth as for hidden
treasure. I met with them, and we studied and
prayed earnestly. Often we remained together until
late at night, and sometimes through the entire
night, praying for light and studying the Word. Again
and again these brethren came
together to study the Bible, in order that they might
know its meaning, and be prepared to teach it with
power. When they came to the point in their study
where they said, "We can do nothing more," the
Spirit of the Lord would come upon me, I would be
taken off in vision, and a clear explanation of the
passages we had been studying would be given me,
with instruction as to how we were to labor and
teach effectively. Thus light was given that helped us
to understand the scriptures in regard to Christ, His
mission, and His priesthood. A line of truth
extending from that time to the time when we
shall enter the city of God, was made plain to
me, and I gave to others the instruction that the Lord
had given me.”{1SM 206.4}
“…We are to hold fast the first principles of

our denominated faith, and go forward from
Sanitarium, Cal., Dec. 4, 1905
It is very clear from the above statements that the

first principles of our denominated faith, the
foundational truths of 1844,1845,1846, were still to
be maintained as truth by the general body of
Adventist believers well into the 20th century. The
teachings of these old landmarks were to “stand the
test of time”, they were to be preserved unchanged
until the saints would enter the New Jerusalem.
13. Did God prophesy that the enemy would
nonetheless seek to reform the Adventist church by
attempting to uproot the pillars of faith and
destroying the foundation of our faith?
“As a people, we are to stand firm on the platform

of eternal truth that has withstood test and trial.
We are to hold to the sure pillars of our faith. The
principles of truth that God has revealed to us are
our only true foundation. They have made us what
we are. The lapse of time has not lessened their
value. It is the constant effort of the enemy to
remove these truths from their setting, and to
put in their place spurious theories. He will bring
in everything that he possiblycan to carry out his
deceptive designs. But the Lord will raise up men of
keen perception, who will give these truths their
proper place in the plan of God. {SpTB02 51.2}

unsettle the established faith of the body……..
“Then I saw individuals as they approached the
platform, before stepping upon it examine the
foundation. Some with rejoicing immediately stepped
upon it. Others commenced to find fault with
the laying of the foundation of the platform.
They wished improvements made, and then
the platform would be more perfect, and the
people much happier. Some stepped off the
platform and examined it, then found fault
with it, declaring it to be laid wrong” …. 1 SG
168.2} 1858.
“He (Satan) works today as he worked in heaven, to
divide the people of God in the very last state of this
earth's history. He seeks to create dissension, and to
arouse contention and discussion, and to remove if
possible the old landmarks of truth committed
to God's people. He tries to make it appear as
if the Lord contradicts Himself. {4MR 145.3} Ms
11, 1906.
“ One thing it is certain is soon to be realized,--

the great apostasy, which is developing and
increasing and waxing stronger, and will
continue to do so until the Lord shall descend
from heaven with a shout. We are to hold fast the
first principles of our denominated faith, and go
forward from strength to increased faith.” {SpTB07
57.1}” Sanitarium, Cal., Dec. 4, 1905.
“The enemy will set everything in operation to

uproot the confidence of the believers in the
pillars of our faith in the messages of the past,
which have placed us upon the elevated
platform of eternal truth, and which have
established and given character to the work.
Ms 28, 1890
“ Our work is to bring forth the strong reasons of our

faith, our past and present position, because there
are men who, never established in the truth,
will bring in fallacies which would tear away
the anchorage of our faith. Even presidents of
conferences will fear to move, as some have done,
dictating and commanding and forbidding. They
drive the sheep away into forbidden paths. God
sends no man with a message that leads souls to
depart from the faith that has been our stronghold
for so many years. We are to
substantiate this faith rather than tear down the
foundation upon which it rests. {SpTB02 51.1} May
1905.
“The truth for this time is precious, but those whose

hearts have not been broken by falling on the rock
Christ Jesus, will not see and understand what is
truth. They will accept that which pleases their
ideas, and will begin to manufacture another
foundation than that which is laid. They will
flatter their own vanity and esteem, thinking that
they are capable of removing the pillars of our
faith, and replacing them with pillars they
have devised.
“This will continue to be as long as time shall

last. Anyone who has been a close student of the
Bible will see and understand the solemn position of
those who are living in the closing scenes of this
earth's history. They will feel their own inefficiency
and weakness, and will make it their first business to
have not merely a form of Godliness, but a vital
connection with God. They will not dare to rest until
Christ is formed within, the hope of glory. Self will
die; pride will be expelled from the soul, and they will
have the meekness and gentleness of Christ” --
Manuscript 28, 1890. {2SM 389.2}.
“My heart is pained as I see that many, and some

even amongst our own people, are fulfilling the
words written by Paul: "Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart
from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils" [1 Tim. 4:1].
The time of this apostasy is here. Every
conceivable effort will be made to throw doubt
upon the positions that we have occupied for
over half a century.MR1415, 1907,AUG 6
Through the spirit of prophecy, God has warned that

it is Satan’s specious work to cast doubts on the
teachings of the pillars of faith--- he would work to
replace the original principles of truth with pillars of
his own devisings. This Satanic effort would continue
as long as time would last.
14. What would be the results of this reformation if

allowed to continue?
“In a representation which passed before me, I saw a

certain work being done by medical missionary
workers. Our ministering brethren were looking on,
watching what was being done, but they did not
seem to understand. The
foundation of our faith, which was established by so
much prayer, such earnest searching of the
Scriptures, was being taken down, pillar by pillar.
Our faith was to have nothing to rest upon--the
sanctuary was gone, the atonement was
gone. I realized that something must be done. {1SAT
344.1} Ms. 46, 1904. (MR 900.1)
“ The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the

reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines
which stand as the pillars of
our faith, and engaging in a process of
reorganization. Were this reformation to take place,
what would result? The principles of truth that
God in His wisdom has given to the remnant
church, would be discarded. Our religion
would be changed. The fundamental principles
that have sustained the work for the last fifty
years would be accounted as error. A new
organization would be established. Books of a
new order would be written.
A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would
go into the cities, and do a wonderful work.
The Sabbath, of course, would be lightly
regarded, as also the God who
created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand
in the way of the new movement. The leaders
would teach that virtue is better than vice, but
God being removed, they would place their
dependence on human power,
which, without God, is worthless. Their
foundation would be built on the sand, and
storm and tempest would sweep away the
structure. {SpTB02 54.3}
“If we are the Lord's appointed messengers, we shall

not spring up with new ideas and theories to
contradict the message that God has given through
His servants since 1844. At that time many sought
the Lord with heart and soul and voice. The men
whom God raised up were diligent searchers of the
Scriptures.
“And those who today claim to have light, and who

contradict the teaching of God's ordained
messengers who were working under the Holy
Spirit's guidance, those who get up new theories
which remove the pillars of our faith, are not doing
the will of God, but are bringing in fallacies of their
own invention, which, if received, will cut the
church away from the anchorage of truth and
set them drifting, drifting, to where they will
receive any sophistries that may arise. These
will be similar to that which Dr. J. H. Kellogg, under
Satan's special guidance, has been working for
years. {MR760 14.2} May 1905.

personality of God or of Christ are working as blind
men. They are seeking to bring in uncertainties
and to set the people of God adrift
without an anchor.”Ms 62, 1905.
“The Lord has declared that the history of the past

shall be rehearsed as we enter upon the closing
work….Every pillar that He has established is to be
strengthened. We cannot now step off the
foundation that God has established. We
cannot now enter into any new organization;
for this would mean apostasy from the truth.--
Manuscript 129, 1905. {2SM 390.1}
In short, the reformation of the foundation of the

faith established by God soon after 1844 would result
in the church being cut off from the anchorage of
truth and set adrift. An entire evolution of the
Adventist religion and economy would take place –
resulting in a new movement based in intellectual
philosophy, a new organization would be established.
This establishment of this new movement/
organization would be evidence of apostasy from the
truth.
15. What would be the final end of this new

movement?
“…..Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of

the new movement. The leaders would teach that
virtue is better than vice, but God being removed,
they would place their dependence on human power,
which, without God, is
worthless. Their foundation would be built on
the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep
away the structure.” {SpTB02 54.3}
The new Adventist religion would not survive the

time of trouble.
16. How are God’s people to respond when faced

with any attempt to uproot the fundamental
principles or the pillars of faith?
and would give no countenance to those who
would unsettle the established faith of the body….”
{1SG 168.2}
“I entreat every one to be clear and firm regarding

the certain truths that we have heard and received
and advocated. The statements of God's Word are
plain. Plant your feet firmly on the platform of
eternal truth. Reject every phase of error, even
though it be covered with a semblance of reality,
which denies the personality of God and of Christ.
{RH, August 31, 1905 par. 11}”
“Those who passed through these experiences are

to be as firm as a rock to the principles that
have made us Seventh-day Adventists. ….
These men are not to
permit their faith to be changed to infidelity; they are
not to permit the banner of the third angel to be
taken from their hands. They are to hold the
beginning of their confidence firm unto the end.
{2SM 389.4}.
“As a people, we are to stand firm on the platform

of eternal truth that has withstood test and trial. We
are to hold to the sure pillars of our faith.
{SpTB02 51.2}.
“We are God's commandment-keeping people. For

the past fifty years every phase of heresy has been
brought to bear upon us, to becloud our minds
regarding the teaching of the word,--……. But the
way-marks which have made
us what we are, are to be preserved, and they will be
preserved, as God has signified through His word
and the testimony of His Spirit. He calls upon us to
hold firmly, with the grip of faith, to the
fundamental principles that are based upon
unquestionable authority. {SpTB02 59.1}
“ One thing it is certain is soon to be realized,--the

great apostasy, which is developing and increasing
and waxing stronger, and will continue to do so until
the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout.
We are to hold fast the first principles of our
denominated faith, and go forward from
Sanitarium, Cal., Dec. 4, 1905.
17. Where there any specific attempts to pull down

the fundamental principles of truth during the time of
the pioneers?
“During the past night, I have been shown more

distinctly than ever before that these sentiments
have been looked upon by some as the grand truths
that are to be brought in and made prominent at the
present time. I was shown a
platform braced by solid timbers, -- the truths of the
words of God. Some one high in responsibility in the
medical work was directing this man and that man to
loosen the timbers supporting this platform.
“Then I heard a voice saying, "Where are the
watchmen that ought to be standing on the walls of
Zion? Are they asleep? How can they be silent? This
foundation was built by the Master worker, and will
stand storm and tempest.
Will they permit this man to present doctrines that
deny the past experience of the people of God? The
time has come to take decided action. {BCL 80.2}
“In a representation which passed before me, I saw a

certain work being done by medical missionary
workers. Our ministering brethren were looking on,
watching what was being done, but they did not
seem to understand. The
foundation of our faith, which was established by so
much prayer, such earnest searching of the
Scriptures, was being taken down, pillar by
pillar. Our faith was to have nothing to rest upon--
the sanctuary was gone, the atonement was gone. I
realized that something must be done. {1SAT 344.1}
Ms. 46, 1904. (MR 900.1)
18. Who was that medical man who was seeking tear
down the platform of eternal truth?
“ If Dr. Kellogg would stand solidly with his

ministering brethren, they could help him, and he
could help them. But he has started on a track
which, if followed, will lead to the tearing down of the
foundation upon which our faith is based.” {19MR
357.2} Nov 1903.
“I am much worried about Dr. Kellogg. In many

respects, his course is not pleasing the Lord. It
seems to be so easy for him to drift away from
foundation principles. He is in great danger of not
holding the beginning of his confidence steadfast
unto the end.”{BCL 59.5}. September 5, 1902
19. What specific doctrine was Dr. Kellogg tearing

away?
“You are not definitely clear on the personality of

God, which is everything to us as a people. You have
virtually destroyed the Lord God Himself.--Letter 300,
1903. March 16. To J.H. Kellogg
“Dr. Kellogg is still in the mists of error,--befogged.

He says that he can not see as we do regarding the
dangerous tendencies of his theories concerning
God.” {BCL 104.6} B--177-1904.
20. Was the doctrine of the personality of God as

taught by Adventists at that time (around 1903
-1904) which Dr. Kellogg was seeking to tear away
considered a landmark doctrine and therefore part of
the platform of eternal truth?

which denies the personality of God and of
Christ. {RH, August 31, 1905 par. 11}”
blind men. They are seeking to bring in uncertainties
and to set the people of God adrift
without an anchor.” {YRP 235.3}. "A Warning
Against False Theories," May 24, 1905.) {MR760
12.2}.
The doctrine of God was the very first principle of the

“Fundamental Principles of Seventh day Adventists”
which were published in the official Seventh Day
Adventist Yearbooks between 1889 -1914. It read:
“ I . That there is one God, a personal, spiritual

being, the creator of all things, omnipotent,
omniscient, and eternal, infinite in wisdom, holiness,
justice, goodness, truth, and mercy; unchangeable,
and everywhere present by his
“II. That there is one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son
of the Eternal Father, the one by whom God created
all things, and by whom they do consist; that he took
on him the nature of the seed of Abraham for the
redemption of our fallen race;
that he dwelt among men full of grace and truth,
lived our example, died our sacrifice, was raised for
our justification, ascended on high to be our only
mediator in the sanctuary in Heaven, where, with his
own blood he makes atonement for our sins; which
atonement so far from being made on the cross,
which was but the offering of the sacrifice, is the
very last portion of his work as priest according to
the example of the Levitical priesthood, which
foreshadowed and prefigured the ministry of our
Lord in Heaven. See Lev. 16; Heb. 8:4, 5; 9:6, 7; &c.”
22. What is the background to what Dr. Kellogg was

teaching?
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was the leading physician at

the famous Battle Creek Sanitarium. He was in
harmony with the rest of the brethren in the
understanding of Adventist “Fundamental Principles”
until some time in the late 1890’s when he started
cherishing pantheistic views of God. At first, these
views where not openly expressed. But around the
turn of the century, he sought to include some of his
teachings in the book he was about to publish. The
book’s name was The “Living Temple”. The “Living
Temple” was supposed to be a physiological book,
but Dr. Kellogg included in it some doctrinal subjects.
Some of the teachings in the book were in harmony
with the light God had already revealed to the
Adventist people; but he also included subtle and
erroneous views of the personality of God in it. The
leading brethren seemed to be confused over the
teachings in the book. Many physicians at Battle
Creek Sanitarium, where J.H. Kellogg was a leader,
thought the book contained light for the people of
God. There was a crisis. At this time God revealed
through Ellen White the deception that was
contained in the book. Eventually, a large proportion
of the leading brethren took their rightful position in
refuting both the teachings and the publication of
“the Living Temple”. Eventually, Dr. Kellogg was dis-
fellowshipped on November 10, 1907 for his
erroneous view on the doctrine of God. A proportion
of church and sanitarium workers also left the faith
and the denomination.
23. What was the actual teaching of Dr. John Harvey

Kellogg?
Dr. Kellogg initially was in harmony with the

landmark denominational view as stated in the
Fundamental Principles of the Adventist church, that
the “one God” of the bible was a specific reference to
the Father, whose dwelling was in the sanctuary in
heaven, but was omnipresent by His (Holy) Spirit.
Fundamental Principle #1 & #10.
This understanding began to be subtly altered in Dr.

Kellogg’s mind. He began to reason that God Himself
(that is the Father) in His full personhood filled all
space and every living thing.…So God (that is the
Father) would also be personally dwelling in the
water, in the trees, in the flowers, in the animals, in
every person and every living thing etc.
This teaching followed to its logical conclusion would

raise perplexing issues such as…if the being of God
is dwelling everywhere, then He would not be in
person actually sitting on a throne somewhere in a
specific location of the universe called heaven. The
bible clearly teaches that God sits in His temple
(sanctuary) in heaven. So logically, if God is
personally dwelling everywhere, then His temple in
which He sits should also be everywhere –in the
people, in trees, in insects etc! So heaven, where the
temple of God is – would also be everywhere!
The next perplexing question would then be: then

where did Jesus go when He ascended to His Father
in “heaven”? Well then, where will the saints go at
the time of the resurrection? or how and where will
the saints see the face of God (Rev 22.4)? The
teaching of Dr. Kellogg if followed to its logical
conclusion would uproot the entire Christian
economy.
24. What did God call Kellogg’s heresy in “the Living

Temple?”
“But we must firmly refuse to be drawn away from

the platform of eternal truth, which since 1844 has
stood the test. I am instructed to speak plainly.
"Meet it,"
is the word spoken to me. "Meet it firmly, and
without delay….. In the book "Living Temple" there
is presented the alpha of deadly heresies.
“{SpTB02 50.2} August 7, 1904.
“Living Temple contains the alpha of a train of

heresies. There heresies are similar to those that I
met in my first labors in connection with the cause in
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, then in Boston,
Roxbury, New Bedford, and other parts of
Massachusetts. {11MR 247.1}” --Letter 265, 1903,
pp. 1-7. (To Dr. J. H. Kellogg and His Associates,
November 26, 1903).
“I did not read Living Temple, though I had it in my
library….. Living Temple contains the Alpha of
these theories.” {1SAT 341.3} Ms. 46, 1904. (MR
900.1)
“I was forbidden to talk with Dr. Kellogg on this

subject, because it is not a subject to be talked
about. And I was instructed that certain sentiments
in Living Temple were the Alpha of a long list of
deceptive theories.”{1SAT 343.4}Ms. 46, 1904.
(MR 900.1
“Be not deceived; many will depart from the faith,

giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of
devils. We have now before us the alpha of this
danger. {SpTB02 16.2} July 24, 1904
It is clear from the above quotations that the

erroneous teachings of Kellogg on the personality of
God in the “Living Temple” were the Alpha of a long
list of these theories. Which theories? Theories on
the personality of God. In other words…the teachings
on the personality of God as contained in the “Living
Temple” were just the alpha (the beginning)….They
were going to evolve, mature and become even
more sinister. In the end these teachings would
cause the many to depart from the faith.
25. What did God call the final evolution of these

alpha theories in the “Living Temple” on the
personality of God?
“I am instructed to speak plainly."Meet it," is the

word spoken to me. "Meet it firmly, and without
delay." …..In the book Living Temple there is
presented the alpha of deadly heresies. The omega
will follow, and will be received by those who
are not willing to heed the warning God has
given. {1SM 200.1} August 7,1904

danger. The omega will be of a most startling
nature”. {SpTB02 16.2} July 24, 1904.
“Living Temple contains the alpha of these theories.
I knew that the omega would follow in a little
while; {1SM 203.2} August 7, 1904.
“When I first left the State of Maine, it was to go

through Vermont and Massachusetts, to bear a
testimony against these sentiments. Living Temple
contains the Alpha of these theories. The Omega
would follow in a little while. I tremble for our
people. These beautiful representations are similar
to the temptation that the enemy brought to Adam
and Eve in Eden. Ms. 46, 1904.
26. Is there evidence that soon after the presentation

of the Alpha in the “Living Temple” – there was a
development towards the Omega?
As the opposition of the sentiments in the “Living

Temple” thickened, Dr. Kellogg himself became
confused, and as not clear on his own teachings. He
thought the matter over as the brethren were trying
to help him. Within a very short space of time, he
then revised his theology of God again.
By revising his theology, he entered into yet another
even more subtle and fearful deception. He reasoned
that…there should be a God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy Spirit, a trinity of three God beings.
God the Holy Spirit, and not God the Father would be
the one who is personally everywhere present. He
thought to share his revised view of God with the
then president of the SDA denomination A.G. Daniels.
Kellogg planned to include this trinity view of the
personality of God in a new revised edition of “The
Living Temple”. He thought that by this “correction”
all controversy would then be settled. However, A.G.
Daniels could not see any light in this trinity teaching
and could not harmonize with the theology of the
doctor.
Here is part of A.G Daniels’ letter to Ellen White’s son

Willie White, after his interview with Dr. Kellogg:
(please note the date of the letter).
“October 29, 1903
Dear Brother White,
Ever since the council closed I have felt that I should

write you confidentially regarding Kellogg's plans for
revising and republishing "The Living Temple."
...He said that some days before coming to the
council, he had been thinking the matter over, and
began to see that he had made a slight mistake in
expressing his views. He said that all the way along
he had been troubled to know how to state the
character of God and his relation to his created
works..."
"He then stated that his former views regarding
the trinity had stood in the way of making a clear
and absolutely correct statement; but that within a
short time he had come to believe in the trinity
and could now see pretty clearly where all the
difficulty was, and believed that he could clear the
matter up satisfactorily. He told me that he now
believed in God the Father, God the Son and
God the Holy Ghost; and his view was that it was
God the Holy Ghost, and not God the Father that
filled all space, and every living thing. He said that if
he had believed this before writing the book, he
could have expressed his views without giving the
wrong impression the book now gives."
"I placed before him the objections I found in the

teaching, and tried to show him that the teaching
was so utterly contrary to the gospel that I did not
see how it could be revised by changing a few
expressions. We argued that matter at some length
in a friendly way; but I felt sure that when we parted,
the Doctor did not understand himself, nor the
character of his teaching. And I could not see how it
would be possible for him to flop over and in the
course of a few days fix the book up so that it would
be all right." (Letter: A. G. Daniells to W. C. White.
10/29/1903.
Just a day before Bro. A.G. Daniells wrote the above

letter,
Dr. Kellogg had written to Bro. G.I Butler (who was
then a Conference President):
“As far as I can fathom, the difficulty which is found
in the Living Temple, the whole thing may be
simmered down to this question: is the Holy Ghost
a person? You say no. “I had supposed the Bible
said this for the reason that the personal pronoun he
is used in speaking of the Holy Ghost. Sister White
uses the pronoun he and has said in as many words
that the Holy Ghost is the third person of the
Godhead “How the Holy Ghost can be the third
person and not be a person at all is difficult for me to
see” .” (Letter, Kellogg to G. I
Butler, October 28th 1903) (Ibid).
The above two letters demonstrate what had become

an important theological development in Dr.
Kellogg’s mind. By asserting that the Holy Ghost was
“another” God called “God the Holy Ghost” - Kellogg
was in fact teaching that the Holy Ghost must be a
divine person/ (“being/individual” ??) with a
personality and individuality independent or
separate from that of the Father and Christ. This he
believed, (as many still believe today), is what Mrs.
White meant when she said that the Holy Ghost was
“the third person of the Godhead”.
However Ellen White had already written a month

before:
“ St. Helena, Cal., Sept. 22, 1903. To the Teachers in
Emmanuel Missionary College:-
“I have some things to say to our teachers in
reference to the new book, "The Living Temple". Be
careful how you sustain the sentiments of this book
regarding the personality of God. As the Lord
represents matters to me, these sentiments do not
bear the endorsement of God. They are a snare that
the enemy has prepared for these last days. I
thought that this would surely be discerned, and that
it would not be necessary for me to say anything
about it. But since the claim has been made that the
teachings of this book can be sustained by
statements from my writings, I am compelled to
speak in denial of this claim. There may be in this
book expressions and sentiments that are in
harmony with my writings. And there may be in
my writings many statements which when
taken from their connection, and interpreted
according to the mind of the writer of "Living
Temple" would seem to be in harmony with the
teachings of this book. This may give apparent
support to the assertion that the sentiments in
"Living Temple" are in harmony with my
writings. But God forbid that this opinion
should prevail”
Ellen G. White, Spalding and Magan Collection, p.

320.
Again a month after Dr. Kellogg’s letter to G.I Butler

ascerting that his theology could be sustained by the
writings of Ellen White. Ellen White herself refuted
this:
“Dr. Paulson and others have thought that the

strange sentiments to be found in the book, "Living
Temple" are sustained by my writings. Some
expressions, taken independent of their proper
connection have been used to sustain this
idea, even as many take statements from the Bible
from their setting, and use them to testify to error.
This is a scheme of Satan to deceive. I have written
to Elder Jones and to Elder Tenney that they are in
danger of being influenced by the sentiments found
in "Living Temple".
{BCL 102.4}. November 28 1903 Letter to S.N.
Haskell.
From all of the above it can be seen that by the end

of October 1903, Dr. J.H. Kellogg had revised his
theology of God as found in the “Living Temple” and
had become a self proclaimed trinitarian. He believed
that the trinity doctrine would give rationality to his
(pantheistic) views. By a misinterpretation of the
phrase “third person of the Godhead” Kellogg
believed Ellen White supported his revised theology.
24.** Did God comment specifically on Dr. Kellogg’s

sentiments to revise the “Living Temple” to include
“new light” (of the trinity teaching)?
“I am given a message to bear to you and the rest of

our physicians who are connected with the Medical
Missionary Association. Separate from the influence
exerted by the book "Living Temple;" for it contains
specious sentiments………
“ It will be said that "Living Temple" has been
revised. But the Lord has shown me that the writer
has not changed, and that there can be no unity
between him and the ministers of the gospel
while he continues to cherish his present
sentiments.
“…..While the misleading theories of this book are
entertained by our physicians, there can not be
union between them and the ministers who are
bearing the
gospel message. There should be no union until
there is a change.
“ When medical missionaries make their practise and
example harmonize with the name they bear, when
they feel their need of uniting firmly with the
ministers of the gospel, then there can be
harmonious action. But we must
firmly refuse to be drawn away from the platform of
eternal truth, which since 1844 has stood the test.
{SpTB02 50.1} August 7, 1904.”
It is very clear from this 1904 passage that while Dr.

Kellogg continued to cherish sentiments regarding
revising “The Living Temple”’s view of God into
trinitarianism – there was no commendation from
God that he was advancing towards the light. On the
contrary, the Lord said that there was to be no unity
between Kellogg and the gospel ministers while he
continued to cherish his “new light”. Thus, the
adoption of the trinity doctrine by John Harvey
Kellogg was a movement further away from the
platform of eternal truth --- it was not a sign of
progression into light but into deeper darkness. It
** Special note: It is erroneously thought that Dr.

Kellogg’s heresy was only in his pantheistic view of
God: (The view that God is personally dwelling in all
animate and inanimate creation). However, a careful
reading of Adventist history (including the letters
between the denominational leaders written at the
time of the crisis), clearly shows that by the time this
Kellogg crisis had fully matured his view of God had
developed into trinitarianism. In fact, Dr. John Harvey
Kellogg was the first Adventist denominational leader
that openly adopted the trinity doctrine and even
sought to introduce it into Adventist literature. In his
mind, the trinity doctrine gave rationality to his
pantheistic view of God in the “Living Temple”. (Read
again the above letter of A.G. Daniells to Willie White
written on 29 October 1903).
However, God declared that He did not approve of

Kellogg’s sentiments of the trinity doctrine and thus
could not unite with the efforts of the gospel
ministers. It is this trinitarian aspect of the Kellogg’s
heresy that is less well known in modern Adventism.
Reasons for this suppression will become obvious
later on in this document.
25. What was the essential difference between the

trinity doctrine of Dr. Kellogg and the then
established fundamental principles of Seventh Day
Adventists?
The first two landmark doctrines viewed the one

God of the bible as a personal being (singular). God
was identified to be a specific reference to the
person of the Father. The Holy Spirit, (the Spirit of
the Father), was understood to be the agency by
which He (that is, the Father) manifests Himself
throughout creation. (see Fundamental Principle #
1). In other words, God (the Father) makes Himself
omnipresent by the agency of His own Spirit.
The nature of the Holy Spirit was regarded as

mystery beyond human comprehension; yet it also
was clearly shown by the pioneers from scripture
that the Spirit is revealed as an omnipresent and
omnipotent influence, power, breath, intelligence,
current of life and light, proceeding from God as well
as from Christ. The Spirit would carry the personal
presence of the Godhead (the Father and the Son) to
the believing soul. That is, the personality
carried/possessed by the Spirit would only be the
divine personality of the person of the Godhead (the
Father and Son) and not the personality of another
person separate from the Two. In other words, the
Spirit originating and flowing out from the
persons of God and Christ would not possess any
personality or individuality independent or different
from its origin - God and Christ.
Dr. Kellogg had begun to teach that the person of the

Spirit was a third divine personality called God the
Holy Ghost. He would therefore possess an
individuality distinct and independent to that of the
Father and Christ. The pioneers taught that the
person-hood of the Spirit was not to be regarded in
the exactly the same sense as that of the Father and
the Son. The Father and the Son were two personal
beings seated on the heavenly throne with bodily
forms visible to heavenly intelligencies. It was
understood that the Holy Spirit possessed no such
outward bodily visible form and was not be regarded
as having an individuality and personality separate
from that of the Father and Son.
Against this background, Kellogg would later write to

G.I. Butler:
“I believe this Spirit of God to be a personality, you
don't. But this is purely a question of definition. I
believe the Spirit of God is a personality; you say,
No, it is not a personality. Now the only reason why
we differ is because we differ in our ideas as to what,
a personality is. Your idea of personality is perhaps
that of semblance to a person or a human being.
This is not the scientific conception of personality
and that is not the sense in which I use the word.” (J.
H. Kellogg to G. I. Butler, Letter, February 21st 1904).
G.I Butler replied:
“God dwells in us by His Holy Spirit, as a Comforter,

as a
Reprover, especially the former. When we come to
Him, we partake of Him in that sense, because the
Spirit comes forth from him; it comes forth
from the Father and the Son. It is not a person
walking around on foot, or flying, as a literal being, in
any such sense as Christ and the Father are – at
least, if it is, it is utterly beyond my comprehension
or the meaning of language or words.” (Ibid) ” (G. I
Butler, letter to J. H. Kellogg April 5th 1904).
The confusion here lay in definitions of “person/ality

of the Spirit.” As already explained above, Kellogg’s
idea was that the person/ality of the Spirit was a
person/ality with distinct and independent
individuality from either the Father or Christ. Though
not very clear in the above letter to G.I Butler, when
one however considers his interview with A.G.
Daniells in question 24 above, it is evident that
Kellogg’s idea of “ God the Holy Spirit” carried with it
a concept of a “being” with an independent
intelligence and personality from the Father and the
Son. Thus to Kellogg there would be three God
beings: God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost.
But G.I. Butler and the rest of the pioneers denied

this understanding of the personality of the Holy
Ghost. They did not see the Holy Spirit as having its
own distinct and original personality. They
understood that the person/ality and intelligence of
the Spirit stemmed/proceeded/extended only from
God and Christ. Just as the spirit of man is a part of
the nature of man & holds the properties of a man’s
personality and character, so also the Holy Spirit was
understood by the pioneers to be that spirit of the
Father and Son – proceeding out from both of them
and flowing to all parts if creation. The Spirit was
understood to possess intrinsically the complete
qualities of their personality, character and divine
nature. The presence of the Spirit would therefore be
their non-bodily or spiritual presence. It is by this
divine Spirit that the Two (God and Christ) are made
omnipresent.
This early Adventist understanding of the doctrine of

the Holy Spirit is clearly brought out by both Willie
White and F.M.Wilcox:
“The statements and the arguments of some of our

ministers in their effort to prove that the Holy Spirit
was an individual as are God the Father and
Christ, the eternal Son, have perplexed me and
sometimes they have made me sad. One popular
teacher said ‘We may regard Him, (the Holy Spirit) as
the fellow who is down here running things.'
“My perplexities were lessened a little when I

learned from the dictionary that one of the meanings
of personality, was Characteristics. It is stated in
such a way that I concluded that there might be
personality without bodily form which is possessed
by the Father and the Son.
“There are many Scriptures which speak of the

Father and the Son and the absence of Scripture
making similar reference to the united work of the
Father and the Holy Spirit or of Christ and the Holy
Spirit, has led me to believe that the spirit without
individuality was the representative of the Father
and the Son throughout the universe, and it was
through the Holy Spirit that they dwell in our hearts
and make us one with the Father and with the
Son....” (Letter by Willie White, April 30, 1935).
“Question 187: What is the difference between the

Holy Spirit and the ministering spirits (angels), or are
they the same?
Answer: The Holy Spirit is the mighty energy of the

Godhead, the life and power of God flowing out from
Him to all parts of the universe, and thus making
living connection between His throne and all
creation. As is expressed by another: “The Holy Spirit
is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The
impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life
of Christ.” It thus makes Christ everywhere present.
To use a crude illustration, just as a telephone
carries the voice of a man, and so makes that voice
present miles away, so the Holy Spirit carries with it
all the potency of Christ in making Him everywhere
present with all His power, and revealing Him to
those in harmony with His law. Thus the Spirit is
personified in Christ and God, but never
revealed as a separate person. Never are we told
to pray to the Spirit; but to God for the Spirit. Never
do we find in the Scriptures prayers to the Spirit, but
for the Spirit.” (M. C. Wilcox, 1911, Questions and
Answers Gathered From the Question Corner
Department of the Signs of the Times, pages
181, 182)
As regards to the Father and Christ, the

“Fundamental Principles” taught that Christ was the
Son of the one God. Therefore, God was one
personage, Christ was another different personage.
In Kellogg’s new spiritualistic trinitarian doctrine, the
one God was no longer ONE personal being called
the Father, but was now THREE PERSONAL GOD
beings. Put in another way, according to Kellogg’s
teaching, “God” would not have one individuality
and one personality; but in instead would be three
distinct individuals with three distinct
personalities : God the Father, God the Son and God
the Holy Ghost.
26. Did Ellen White understand God as being in three

personalities as taught in Dr. Kellogg’s trinity
doctrine? Or did she understand that God was the
Father who has His own personality and that Christ
was another personality with an individuality distinct
from that of God.?

Christ. {RH, August 31, 1905 par. 11}”
“The seventeenth chapter of John speaks plainly

regarding the personality of God and of Christ,
and of their relation to each other. "Father, the
hour is come," Christ said: "glorify thy Son, that thy
Son also may glorify thee." [John 17:23, 3, 5-11
quoted.] Here is personality, and individuality
(MS 124, 1903). {5BC 1145.10}”
“The Scriptures clearly indicate the relation

between God and Christ, and they bring to view
as clearly the personality and individuality of
each. Hebrews 1:1-5 Quoted.
“ God is the Father of Christ; Christ is the Son
of God. To Christ has been given an exalted
position. He has been made equal with the Father.
All the counsels of God are opened to His Son .
John 5:17-20 Quoted.
“ Here again is brought to view the personality of the
Father and the Son, showing the unity that exists
between them.
“This unity is expressed also in the seventeenth
chapter of John, in the prayer of Christ for His
disciples. John 17:20-23 Quoted.“ Wonderful
statement! The unity that exists between Christ and
His disciples does not destroy the personality of
either. They are one in purpose, in mind, in
character, but not in person. It is thus that God
and Christ are one. {8T
269.4}”
“Nature is not God, nor ever was God. God is in

nature, the voice of nature testifies of God, but
nature is not God. It only bears testimony to God's
power as his created works. There is a personal
God, the Father; there is a personal
Christ, the Son. --U. T., July 3, 1898. {HL 287.1}”
“The mighty power that works through all nature and

sustains all things is not, as some men of science
represent, merely an all-pervading principle, an
actuating energy. God is a spirit; yet He is a
personal being, for man was made in His image.
{8T 263.1}”
“Before he left them, Christ gave his followers a

positive promise that after his ascension he would
send them the Holy Spirit. "Go ye therefore," he said,
"and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father [a personal God,]
and of the Son [a personal Prince and Saviour], and
of the Holy Ghost [sent from heaven to represent
Christ]: tea0ching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am
with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
{HM, July 1, 1897 par. 16}
Ellen White understood that the one God of
scripture had His own individuality and personality
distinct and separate from Christ, His Son.
26. The trinity doctrine taught by Dr. Kellogg denied

the personality of the Father by teaching that the
one God was not to be regarded as one person or
personality called the Father, but instead was a
composite of three persons/ personalities: God the
Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. By this
teaching, the distinct individual personalities of both
God and Christ are (con)fused and destroyed. What
was God’s counsel to His church at this time of crisis
when Kellogg sought to reform the doctrine of the
personality of God?
“Our ministers must be very careful not to

enter into controversy in regard to the
personality of God. This is a subject that they
are not to touch. It is a mystery, and the enemy
will surely lead astray those who enter into it. We
know that Christ came in person to reveal God to the
world. God is a person and Christ is a person.
Christ is spoken of in the Word as "the brightness of
His Father's glory, and the express image of His
person." {1SAT 343.3} Ms. 46,
1904.
"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the

Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and
the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath
not the Father; [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son
hath the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you,
which ye have heard from the beginning. If that
which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain
in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the
Father. 1 John 2.25-29. Quoted .
“He who denies the personality of God and of

his Son Jesus Christ, is denying God and Christ.
"If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall
remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and
in the Father." If you continue to believe and
obey the truths you first embraced regarding
the personality of the Father and the Son, you
will be joined together with him in love. There
will be seen that union for which Christ prayed just
before his trial and crucifixion:”- {RH, March 8, 1906
par. 19}

Christ. {RH, August 31, 1905 par. 11}.
"And truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with

his Son Jesus Christ." All through the Scriptures,
the Father and the Son are spoken of as two
distinct personages. You will hear men
endeavoring to make the Son of God a nonentity. He
and the Father are one, but they are two
personages. Wrong sentiments regarding this are
coming in, and we shall all have to meet them.”
{RH, July 13, 1905 par. 3}.
“Ministers and people were deceived by these
sophistries. They lead to making God a nonentity
and Christ a nonentity. We are to rebuke these
theories in the name of the Lord.” {5MR
279.1}.Ms 70, 1905, pp. 3, 4. ("A Message of
Warning," a talk at the General Conference of 1905.).
27. How was the Alpha of deadly heresy (which was

already evolving towards the Omega) met by the
people of God?
“The reason I have published anything in regard to

the medical missionary work, was that the errors
that were coming in must be met. I did not design to
meet them, but in the visions of the night I saw a
large ship far out at sea.
Suddenly the man on the lookout cried,
"Iceberg ahead!" Without hesitation the
command rang out, "Meet it." The engines
were put on at full force, and the vessel
crashed into the iceberg. There was a
tremendous shock, and the ship quivered from
stem to stern; but she rebounded from the shock
unhurt, and went safely on her way. After seeing this
representation. I knew what work I must do. I knew
that I must meet the errors that were coming in
among us. {1SAT 344.3} Ms.46,1904. (MR 900.1).
The same thought is presented below with few more

details added:
“Shortly before I sent out the testimonies regarding

the efforts of the enemy to undermine the
foundation of our faith through the dissemination of
seductive theories, I had read an incident about a
ship in a fog meeting an iceberg. For
several nights I slept but little. I seemed to be bowed
down as a cart beneath sheaves. One night a scene
was clearly presented before me. A vessel was upon
the waters, in a heavy fog. Suddenly the lookout
cried, "Iceberg just ahead!" There, towering
high above the ship, was a gigantic iceberg. An
authoritative voice cried out, "Meet it!" There
was not a moment's hesitation. It was a time
for instant action. The engineer put on full
steam, and the man at the wheel steered the
ship straight into the
iceberg. With a crash she struck the ice. There
was a fearful shock, and the iceberg broke into
many pieces, falling with a noise like thunder
to the deck. The passengers were violently
shaken by the force of the collision, but no
lives were lost. The vessel was injured, but not
beyond repair. She rebounded from the contact,
trembling from stem to stern, like a living creature.
Then she moved forward on her way. “Well I knew
the meaning of this representation. I had my orders.
I had heard the words, like a voice from our
Captain, "Meet it!" I knew what my duty was,
and that there was not a moment to lose. The
time for decided action had come. I must
without delay obey the command, "Meet it!"
“That night I was up at one o'clock, writing as fast as
my hand could pass over the paper. For the next few
days I worked early and late, preparing for our
people the instruction given me regarding the errors
that were coming in among us.
“I have been hoping that there would be a thorough
reformation, and that the principles for which we
fought in the early days, and which were brought out
in the power of the Holy Spirit, would be maintained.
{SpTB02 56.3}”. August 7, 1904
Through these visions given by God to His people,

the Seventh Day Adventist Church successfully met
the challenge of the evolving alpha. There was some
damage to the “ship” though, due to subsequent
wresting of the Battle Creek Sanitarium from the
denomination. The Battle Creek Sanitarium was
under the leadership and strong theological influence
of Dr. J.H. Kellogg. A portion of the church’s medical
missionaries and some ministers of the gospel (the
iceberg in the vision) who were in sympathy with Dr.
Kellogg were together with the doctor also lost to the
cause.
28. Though the church survived “the alpha” through

the counsels of the spirit of prophecy…God had
warned of another future danger which would shortly
follow the alpha of deadly heresies–“the Omega”.
Ellen White “trembled” for Seventh Day Adventist as
she thought of the Omega:
“….Living Temple contains the Alpha of these

theories. The Omega would follow in a little while. I
tremble for our people. These beautiful
representations are similar to the temptation that
the enemy brought to Adam and Eve in Eden. Ms. 46,
1904.
29. Did God reveal any specific aspects of this
startling and deadly omega?
“When I first left the State of Maine, it was to go

and Eve in Eden. Ms. 46,1904.
The sentiments that were taught in Vermont and

Massachusetts in the early days of Ellen White’s
ministry (before 1850) were false theories on the
personality of God. These theories Dr. Kellogg had
published in the “Living Temple”. They were the
Alpha. These similar/same deceptive theories would
be perpetuated in the Omega.
The following quotes show that the Omega will be a

perpetuation of the false theories on the personality
of God first published in the “Living Temple”:
"Living Temple" contains the alpha of these

theories. I knew that the omega would follow
in a little while; and I trembled for our people. I
knew that I must warn our brethren and sisters
not to enter into controversy over the
presence and personality of God. The statements
made in "Living Temple" in regard to this point are
incorrect. The scripture used to substantiate the
doctrine there set forth, is scripture misapplied.
{SpTB02 53.2} Aug 1904.
danger. The omega will be of a most startling
nature.
“We need to study the words that Christ uttered in

the prayer that He offered just before His trial and
crucifixion."These words spake Jesus, and lifted up
His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is
come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may
glorify Thee. As Thou hast given Him power over all
flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as
Thou hast given Him. And this is life eternal, that
they might know Thee the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom Thou has sent. I have
glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work
which Thou gavest Me to do. And now, O Father,
glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory
which I had with Thee before the world was. I have
manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou
gavest Me out of the world; Thine they were, and
Thou gavest them Me; and they have kept Thy
word." {SpTB02 16.3}. July 24, 1904.
In the above passage Ellen White said that the Living

Temple contained “the alpha of these theories”.
This is a specific reference to the theories which
were in the the “Living Temple”. As we have already
seen, the erroneous theories in the Living Temple
were on the personality of God. They were the alpha.
The final development of these same theories (on the
personality of God) would be the Omega.
The messenger of the Lord said that the Omega,
would be of a startling nature & she quickly draws
our attention to the prayer of Jesus just before His
crucifixion. In this prayer shows us clearly the true
relation He sustains to God. It is this very truth in this
prayer that the Omega will deny. Therefore God
warned: “We need to study the words that Christ
uttered in the prayer that He offered just before His
trial and crucifixion.
In this prayer Christ refers to Himself as the Son of

the only true God. He states that eternal life is
based on this knowledge: the knowledge of the only
true God and Jesus Christ whom He sent.
In this prayer it is clear that God and Christ are two

distinct personages. As already seen, Dr. Kellogg’s
trinity theology sought to destroy the individuality
and personality of the one true God by teaching that
the one God of scripture is not one person called the
Father, but instead is three personalities: God the
Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. If
received, this teaching denies the Father the right to
be called the only one true God. In this trinity
theology, the person of God would be separated into
three distinct personalities. This effectively makes
the one true God mentioned by Jesus in His prayer a
none-entity.
In the next quote Ellen White warns that the Omega

experience would be the result of the continual
imbibing of spiritualistic errors that seek to re-define
the personality of God:
“We are now to be on guard, and not drawn away
from the all-important message given of God for this
time. Satan is not ignorant of the result of trying to
define God and Jesus Christ in a spiritualistic way
that sets God and Christ as a nonentity. The
moments occupied in this kind of science are,
in the place of preparing the way of the Lord, making
a way for Satan to come in and confuse the minds
with mysticisms of his own devising. Although they
are dressed up in angel robes they have made our
God and our Christ a
nonentity. Why?--because Satan sees the minds are
all fitted for his working.
Men have lost track of Christ and the Lord God, and
have been obtaining an experience that is Omega
to one of the most subtle delusions that will ever
captivate the minds of men. We are forbidden to . . .
set the imagination in a
train of conjecture.--Diary, #48, pp. 153, 163, Aug.
25 and Aug. 28, 1904”.
30. Who did the Lord’s messenger say would receive

the Omega?
“I am instructed to speak plainly. "Meet it," is the

word spoken to me. "Meet it firmly, and without
delay." …..In the book Living Temple there is
presented the alpha of deadly heresies. The omega
will follow, and will be received by
those who are not willing to heed the warning
God has given. {1SM 200.1} August 7, 1904.
31. What was that warning that God had given?
“Physicians, have you been doing the Master's

business in listening to fanciful and spiritualistic
interpretations of the Scriptures, interpretations
which undermine the foundations of our faith, and
holding your peace? God says, "Neither will I be with
you any more, unless you awake, and vindicate your
Redeemer." “My message to you is: No longer
consent to listen without protest to the perversion of
truth. Unmask the pretentious sophistries which, if
received, will
lead ministers and physicians and medical
missionary workers to ignore the truth. Every one is
now to stand on his guard. God calls upon men and
women to take their stand under the blood-stained
banner of Prince Emmanuel. I have
been instructed to warn our people; for many
are in danger of receiving theories and
sophistries that undermine the foundation
pillars of the faith. “ {SpTB02 15.2}July 24, 1904.
“Our ministers must be very careful not to enter

into controversy in regard to the personality of
God. This is a subject that they are not to touch. It is
a mystery, and the enemy will surely lead astray
those who enter into it. We know that Christ came in
person to reveal God to the world. God is a person
and Christ is a person. Christ is spoken of in the
Word as "the brightness of His Father's glory, and
the express image of His person." {1SAT 343.3}.
"Living Temple" contains the alpha of these theories.
I knew that the omega would follow in a little while;
and I trembled for our people. I knew that I must
warn our brethren and sisters not to enter into
controversy over the presence and personality
of God. The statements made in "Living Temple" in
regard to this point are incorrect. The scripture used
to substantiate the doctrine there set forth, is
scripture misapplied.” {SpTB02 53.2} Aug 1904.
The warning was that no controversy was to be

entertained over the presence of God and His
personality. Why? The matter was a closed matter.
God had revealed already the knowledge about
Himself and His Son by divine revelations to the
pioneers when the foundation was still being reared
up in the 1840s. The following is an 1845 vision
which Ellen White received when but a young girl of
seventeen years of age. She was sent by God to go
to Massachutes to rebuke the spiritualistic theories
that were developing over the personality and
presence of God:
“God showed me the following, one year ago this

month:--I saw a throne, and on it sat the Father and
his Son Jesus Christ. I gazed on Jesus' countenance
and admired his lovely person. The Father’s
person I could not behold for a
cloud of glorious light covered him. I asked Jesus if
his Father had a form like himself; He said he had,
but I could not behold it; for, said he, if you should
for once see the glory of his person, you would
cease to exist.” March 14, 1846 Letter from Sister
Harmon. Falmouth Mass., Feb., 15, 1846.
The true position that God is one and Christ is
one, could not be controverted. This position was
clearly stated as the first two fundamental principles
of the Seventh Day Adventist church. There was to
be no discussion on this subject that
would seek to overturn the foundation that God
Himself had already laid. All who would seek to
controvert the divinely revealed pioneer position on
the personality of God would receive the Omega
deception.
As we have already seen, the Omega stems from and

is a maturation of the Alpha. We have also seen that
after publishing the Alpha in the “Living Temple”, Dr.
Kellogg, by adopting the trinity doctrine in Oct.1903
was in fact further perpetuating the alpha towards
the Omega.
By Dec 1905, Ellen White would write concerning the

evolving apostasy and its future:
“One thing it is certain is soon to be realized,--the

great apostasy, which is developing and
increasing and waxing stronger, and will
continue to do so
until the Lord shall descend from heaven with
a shout. We are to hold fast the first principles of
our denominated faith, and go forward from strength
to increased faith.” {SpTB07 57.1}” Sanitarium, Cal.,
Dec. 4, 1905.
Though the denomination “survived” the alpha of

apostasy by the loss of Kellogg, his sympathizers and
the Battle Creek Sanitarium but the seeds then
planted would germinate and threaten the life of the
church in the Omega.
Ellen White continued to warn that those who would

continue to contradict the plain teachings of the
pillars of our faith would eventually receive
sophistries similar to those of Dr. Kellogg:
“If we are the Lord's appointed messengers, we shall

not spring up with new ideas and theories to
contradict the message that God has given through
His servants since 1844….…..
“And those who today claim to have light, and who
contradict the teaching of God's ordained
messengers who were working under the Holy
Spirit's guidance, those who get up new theories
which remove the pillars of our faith, are not
doing the will of God, but are bringing in fallacies of
their own invention, which, if received, will cut the
church away from the anchorage of truth and set
them drifting, drifting, to where they will receive any
sophistries that may arise. These will be similar to
that which Dr. J. H. Kellogg, under Satan's
special guidance, has been working for years.
{MR760 14.2}. Ms--75, 1905. ("Building the Waste
Places," May, 1905.)”
32. After the Kellogg apostasy, how did the enemy of

souls work to reform Adventist theology?
During the Kellogg apostasy, Ellen White had written:

what would result? The principles of truth that God in
His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would
be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The
fundamental principles that have sustained the work
for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A
new organization would be established. Books of a
new order would be written. A system of intellectual
philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this
system would go into the cities, and do a wonderful
work. The Sabbath, of course, would be lightly
regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing
would be allowed to stand in the way of the new
movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is
better than vice, but God being removed, they would
place their dependence on human power,which,
without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be
built on the sand, and storm and tempest would
sweep away the structure. {SpTB02 54.3}
The Alpha of deadly heresies had failed to reform

Adventist theology through the intervention of God
and cooperation of church leadership.
Ellen White had written concerning the Omega :
When I first left the State of Maine, it was to go

and Eve in Eden. Ms. 46, 1904.
By 1919, some of the church administrators and

Bible teachers had begun to question certain
teachings of the denomination. These doubts
concerning certain positions the church had
maintained for 75 years came to the fore during the
infamous 1919 Bible Conference. (The minutes of
this conference were unavailable until very recently
in 1984 when they have come into the public
domain).
At this conference, discussion covered many aspects

of the Spirit of Prophecy, such as verbal inspiration,
plagiarism, changes by copiers, differences between
the testimonies and the ‘Conflict’ series. Which of the
prophet’s writings were authoritative? Was Ellen
White an authority on history? etc.etc.
Brother W W Prescott gave a series of studies

entitled, ‘The Person of Christ’ at the Bible
Conference. His main thrust was the Trinitarian belief
that Christ was without beginning. He asked the
delegates to the session: “Ought we to continue to
circulate in a standard book a statement that the son
is not co-eternal, that the Son is not co-equal or co-
eternal with the Father?” (June 2, afternoon session.
1919)
Naturally this study promoted a lot of discussion, as
there were men in attendance who believed the
foundational teaching that Christ was literally
begotten of the Father in eternity (prior to His
incarnation). Others held to the trinitarian position,
and discussion became quite heated.
Brethren W W Prescott, J N Anderson, H C Lacey, G B

Thompson spoke in favour of the Trinitarian view.
Brethren C P Bollman, T E Bowen, L L Caviness, W T
Knox and C
M Sorenson spoke against this view. Those giving a
picture of uncertainty in their comments were
Brethren A G Daniells, W E Howell, John Isaac, E R
Palmer, A O Tait, Charles Thompson, W H Wakeham,
and M C Wilcox,
At one point, Elder Daniells had to cool the

discussions by emphatically stating, “We are not
going to take a vote on trinitarianism or arianism,
but we can think.” 1919 Minutes.
As one of the meetings came to a close, John Isaac

said in frustration, “What are we Bible teachers
going to do? We have heard ministers talk one way.
Our students have had Bible teachers in one school
spend days and days upon this question, then they
come to another school, and the other teacher does
not agree with that. We ought to have something
definite so that we might give the answer. I think it
can be done. We ought to have it clearly stated. Was
Christ ever begotten or not?” Ibid.
The minutes of this conference (now available from
the General Conference Archives) clearly show that
by 1919 a watershed was developing in Adventist
theology over the doctrine of God and Christ. Though
a vote was not taken, but seeds of doubt on the
position the church had held for decades had been
sown.
When all the pioneers of the movement had all

passed from the scene the second major publication
on the personality of God after Dr. Kellogg’s Living
Temple was published in 1928 by The Review &
Herald Association. This book “The Coming of the
Comforter “ was written by Le Roy Froom a very
illustrious church administrator and prolific author.
This book was an attempt to reform the teaching on

the “personality of God”. This is very evident in the
chapter “the Personality of the Holy Spirit” pg 37-57.
On pg 53, Froom has a sub-section: “The Godhead a
Trinity” in this section He sets forth a belief that God
is one yet three persons. He also states that the Holy
Spirit is “God the Spirit” pg 42.
In his emphasis on the personality of the Spirit,

Froom neatly side–steps clear revelations from
scripture of the dynamic impersonal attributes of the
Spirit that are neither ascribed to the Father nor to
the Son such as that the Spirit can be poured (Prov
1.23, Isaiah 44.3), can flow (John 7.38), can be
quenched (1 Thes 5.19), can be given in a measure,
(2 kings 2:9, John 3:34), can fill (Lk 1.15), can be
breathed upon the disciples by Christ (,John 20.22,)
can fall upon (Ez 11.5, Act 10.44) etc. Most
significantly in several places the Spirit in scripture is
referred to as an “it”: John 1.32, Rom 8.16, 26, 1 Pet
1.11.
The Coming of the Comforter fulfilled Ellen White’s

prophecy of the coming of “books of a new order”. It
was the first significant denominational publication
generally accepted by church leadership that
introduced a theology on the personality of God that
was deviant from the fundamental principles. Ellen
White had predicted :

His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would
be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The
fundamental principles that have sustained the work
for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A
new organization would be established. Books of a
new order would be written. A system of
intellectual philosophy would be introduced…..”
{SpTB02 54.3}
33. How did the Omega of deadly heresy continue to

perpetuate itself within the Seventh Day Adventist
church?
Since the publication of Le Roy Froom’s Coming of
the Comforter in 1928, the enemy of souls has been
pushing for a reformation of Adventist doctrine on
the theology of God through publications of more
“books of a new order”. These were to be used as
curriculum study material for the student ministers in
college and for the church at large. They included
among many others : 1) the publication of a the first
church manual in 1931 which contained a new
statement of beliefs with an altered view of the
Godhead, and, 2) the post-humous expunging of
portions of Uriah Smith’s Daniel & Revelation (pages
400 and 430) in the 1940’s. These expunged portions
were the doctrinal sections dealing with the theology
of Christ and God. No explanations or footnotes of
the mutilation appear anywhere in the book. 3) This
underhand work was continued, in the skewed
Godhead theology compiled in the “E.G. White book”
– Evangelism in 1946 by Le Roy Froom and others; 4)
the 1950’s saw the publication of Questions on
Doctrine with its viral incarnation Christology (see
QOD pg 19-24 1957ed). 5) In 1971, Le Roy Froom
published his classic series: “Movement of Destiny”.
This monumental research work – which in reality
was a re-writing of Adventist history - greatly
influenced the Adventist ministry and institutions
towards a reformed theology.
However, it was the voting in of the 27 Fundamental

Beliefs in 1980 in Dallas by the General Conference
that radically changed Adventism – the adoption of
this new set of beliefs officially and effectively broke
modern Adventism with its past. “The reformation
theology” on the personality of God had matured
over a period of about 70 years…now a new
organization was established and as Ellen White
predicted…. nothing was to stand in its way.
The second, third and fourth Fundamental Beliefs

voted in 1980 by the world church for the very first
time read:
2. Trinity:
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is
immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and
ever present.He is infinite and beyond human
comprehension, yet known through His self
revelation. He is forever worthy of worship,
adoration, and service by the whole creation. (Deut.
6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 4:4-6; 1 Peter
1:2; 1 Tim.1:17; Rev. 14:7.)
3. Father:
God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source,
Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just
and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and
abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. The
qualities and powers exhibited
in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also revelations of
the Father. (Gen. 1:1; Rev. 4:11; 1 Cor. 15:28; John
3:16; 1 John 4:8; 1 Tim. 1:17; Ex. 34:6, 7; John 14:9.)
4. Son:
God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus
Christ. Through Him all things were created, the
character of God is revealed, the salvation of
humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged.
Forever truly God, He became also truly
man, Jesus the Christ. He was conceived of the Holy
Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived and
experienced temptation as a human being, but
perfectly
exemplified the righteousness and love of God. By
His miracles He manifested God's power and was
attested as God's promised Messiah. He suffered and
died voluntarily on the cross for our sins and in our
place, was raised from the
dead, and ascended to minister in the heavenly
sanctuary in our behalf. He will come again in glory
for the final deliverance of His people and the
restoration of
all things. (John 1:1-3, 14; Col. 1:15-19; John 10:30;
14:9; Rom. 6:23; 2 Cor. 5:17-19; John 5:22; Luke
1:35; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 2:9-18; 1 Cor. 15:3, 4; Heb
8:1, 2; John 14:1-3.)
5. Holy Spirit:
God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father
and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and
redemption. He inspired the writers of Scripture. He
filled Christ's life with power. He draws and convicts
human beings; and those who
respond He renews and transforms into the image of
God. Sent by the Father and the Son to be always
with His children, He extends spiritual gifts to the
church, empowers it to bear witness to Christ, and in
harmony with the
Scriptures leads it into all truth. (Gen. 1:1, 2; Luke
1:35; 4:18; Acts 10:38; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Cor. 3:18;
Eph. 4:11, 12; Acts 1:8; John 14:16-18, 26; 15:26, 27;
16:7-13.)
Compare and contrast these statements with the

statements in the historic 28 Fundamental Principles
of 1872 -1914:
“1- That there is one God, a personal, spiritual

being, the creator of all things, omnipotent,
omniscient, and eternal; infinite in wisdom, holiness,
justice, goodness, truth, and mercy; unchangeable,
and everywhere present by his
-------
2- That there is one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son
of the Eternal Father, the one by whom he created
all things, and by whom they do consist; that he took
on him the nature of the seed of Abraham for the
redemption of our fallen race;
that he dwelt among men, full of grace and truth,
lived our example, died our sacrifice, was raised for
our justification, ascended on high to be our only
mediator in the sanctuary in heaven, where, through
the merits of his shed blood, he secures the pardon
and forgiveness of the sins of all those who
penitently come to him; and as the closing portion of
his work as priest, before he takes his throne as king,
he will make the great atonement for the sins of all
such, and their sins will then be blotted out (Acts
3:19) and borne away from the sanctuary, as shown
in the service of the Levitical priesthood, which
foreshadowed and prefigured the ministry of our Lord
in heaven. See Lev. 16; Heb. 8:4, 5; 9:6, 7; etc.
A candid comparison of the statements of 1980 -
2010 and that of 1872 -1914 clearly show marked
differences – not in semantics, but in theology.
Adventist theologians acknowledge this most

significant shift in doctrine and comment on it in the
official church journal :
“Adventist beliefs have changed over the years

under the impact of “present truth.” Most startling
is the teaching regarding Jesus Christ, our
Saviour and Lord. Many of the pioneers, including
James White, J. N. Andrews, Uriah Smith, and J. H.
Waggoner, held to an Arian or semi-Arian view—that
is, the Son at some point in time before the Creation
of our world was generated by the Father.
“Likewise, the Trinitarian understanding of God,

now part of our fundamental beliefs, was not
generally held by the early Adventists. Even
today, a few do not subscribe to it.” (Adventist
Review, January 6, 1994, pp. 10, 11.)”.
The Adventist Review here confesses that the

Trinitarian view of God was not part of the
foundational teachings of the church. Please note
that the Adventist review says that the change in the
theology is “ the most startling” doctrinal change.
These are the very same words E.G. White used 90
years before when she prophesied of the coming
Omega of deadly heresies!

giving
heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. We
have now before us the alpha of this danger. The
omega will be of a most startling nature.” {1SM
197.4}
The Ministry Magazine another official publication of

the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
says the following:
“Most of the founders of Seventh-day

Adventism would not be able to join the church
today if they had to subscribe to the
denomination’s Fundamental Beliefs.
“More specifically, most would not be able to agree
to belief number 2, which deals with the doctrine
of the Trinity. For Joseph Bates the Trinity was an
unscriptural doctrine, for James White it was that
“old Trinitarian absurdity,”
and for M. E. Cornell it was a fruit of the great
apostasy, along with such false doctrines as Sunday
keeping and the immortality of the soul .”(Ministry,
October 1993, p. 10).
The focus of the above statement is on the idea that

most of the founders of the Seventh Day Adventist
would not be able to join the current organization if
they had to subscribe to the fundamental beliefs.
While the thrust of this statement is true, but it is
riddled with some serious inaccuracies.
The first inaccuracy: It is not true that most of the

founders that were against the doctrine of the
trinity….in fact there is no record of a single pioneer
that wrote in favour of it after joining the remnant
church! They all opposed it…even those who
converted from Trinitarian churches.
The second inaccuracy : Its not about “if” the

founders of Adventism had to subscribe to the
denominational beliefs of 1980+, but the truth of the
matter is that none can join the church if they are
opposed to the fundamentals. One cannot be
baptized unless they profess faith these
fundamentals. So, not one of the pioneers (that is the
generation of Adventists from 1844-1914), could
become members of the current organization.
Astounding thought indeed!
The third inaccuracy: The pioneers would not be

opposed to Fundamental Belief 2 only, but also belief
number # 4, #5.
The early Adventists did not believe there was a
“God the Son” and a “God the Holy Spirit”. They
believed there was a Son of God and a Spirit of God.
There is a difference.
The Ministry statement in itself is a confession by the

organization that the current Adventist church is a
New Movement, a New Organization, different from
the pioneer Adventist movement. If it was the same
Movement and Organization as the pioneer
movement, why would the pioneers not be able to
join it today? Clearly then, something has changed if
the founders of the denomination cannot join it…
What was the change? In 1980, the
principles/doctrines that upheld the movement from
1844 were officially and publicly counted as error
and were uprooted and replaced.
What has been the result? A new religion for Seventh
Day Adventists. Why do I say a new religion? When a
religion changes its gods it becomes a new religion –
for religions are primarily distinguished from each
other by whom they worship).
Ellen White had prophesied about this “reformation”:
“The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the

doctrines which stand as the pillars of
reorganization. Were this reformation to take
place, what would result? The principles of truth that
God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church,
would be discarded. Our religion would be
changed. The fundamental principles that have
sustained the work for the last fifty years would be
accounted as error. A new organization would be
established. Books of a new order would be written.
A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would go
into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The
Sabbath, of course, would be lightly regarded, as
also the God who
created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the
way of the new movement. The leaders would
teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being
removed, they would place their dependence on
human power,which, without God, is worthless. Their
foundation would be built on the sand, and storm
and tempest would sweep away the structure.
{SpTB02 54.3}
37. How does the current trinity theology of the

Seventh Day
Adventist church destroyed the personality of God?
Compare the historic and the current beliefs on the

personality of God:
The historic view:

being, the creator of all things……………….and
everywhere present by his representative, the
Holy Spirit. Ps. 139:7.
“2- That there is one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of

the Eternal Father,…….”
The 2010 view:

“There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is
immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and
ever present. He is infinite and beyond human
comprehension, yet known through His self
revelation. ………………
In the historic teaching, the one God is a person

(singular) being. In the current Adventist theology,
God is a plurality of persons. The root of this second
teaching is the same as in the heresy taught by Dr.
J.H. Kellogg at the time that he sought to revise the
“Living Temple”. Kellogg taught that there was God
the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. And
he said that it was God the Holy Ghost who filled all
space:
“……He told me that he now believed in God the

Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost; and
his view was that it was God the Holy Ghost, and not
God the Father, that filled all space, and every living
thing. He said that if he had believed this before
writing the book, he could have expressed his views
without giving the wrong impression the book now
gives” (Letter: A. G. Daniells to W. C. White.
10/29/1903 reporting on the interview between him
and DR. J.H. Kellogg.
In the current Adventist doctrine, it may be thought

that the “one God” is actually not a personal being at
all; but is a reference to a collective term of a family,
group, committee, board, team of three co-eternal
Gods. Now each of the three Gods being eternal,
they therefore cannot have any biological/organic
relationship to each other but are in reality strangers
that came together into a love relationship and
agreed to work as “one”. The unity of their persons
(whatever that means) is what is called “the one
God”. The essence/substance of the “one God”
subsists in this unity of three God Beings. This
therefore means that there is no living individual
being that should be identified as the “one God” –
but instead the “one God” is the idea, the concept,
the philosophy of three persons of God in unity. Put
in another way, if therefore the definition of the “one
God” of scripture is that He is “a
corporation/committee/unity” of a number of persons
and not an actual individual being, therefore “one
God” is an abstract spiritualistic philosophy. The
term “one God” becomes more of a descriptive
collective noun like swarm, pack or herd. The
oneness would lie in the collectiveness/unity of the
group members and not in the individuality of God. A
“one God” whose “oneness” is not in personality but
in collective/group unity is in reality is a nonentity
and has no real personality.
The current Adventist trinity fundamental adds

another confusion by calling the “one God” who in
reality is three persons a “He”. The correct pronoun
of the “one God” should not be a “He” (singular) but
should be a “They” (plural). Scripture is consistent
whenever it refers both to the Father and the Son in
the same passage it uses a plural pronoun, never a
singular:
“Jesus answered and said unto him, If any man love

me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love
him, and WE will come unto him, and make OUR
abode with him” John 14.23
“And the glory which thou hast given me I have

given them; that they may be one, even as WE are
one” John 17.22
“….and He shall be a priest upon His throne: and the

counsel of peace shall be between THEM BOTH” Zec
6.13.
“And God said let US make man in OUR

image…..”Gen 1.26.
Referring to God the Father, God the Son and God
the Holy Spirit (three persons), as a “He” and not a
“they” transgresses both common English
sense/grammar and basic scriptural linguistical
principles. The Adventist doctrine is a clear
desperate attempt to compound what in reality is a
tri-theistic god into a mono-theistic one. The best
logical resolution of this tension is a portrayal of a
God that is somehow organically hybridized into one
personal being. This insultive pagan idea of God is
sometimes graphically depicted as one being with
three heads. Such a god is indeed both a “he” and
“three persons” at the same time - “He” is a
heathenistic monstrosity of con(fusion) of
personalities.
Whether the Adventist “one god” is a spiritualistic

philosophy (as in the first case) or is a hybrid of
personalities (as in the second case) such a god can
never possess a conceivable reality that we can
honestly say that we were made in His image.
38. So what is the true biblical teaching on the

personality of God?
The following texts contextually show clearly that

according to scripture the personality of the “one
God” of the bible is the personality of the Father
ONLY. Jesus, His divine Son, is a separate and distinct
personality from that “one God”:
Matt 19:16 “And, behold, one came and said unto

him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I
may have eternal life? 19:17 And he said unto him,
Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but
one, [that is], God: but if thou
wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Mark 10:17 “And when he was gone forth into the

way, there came one running, and kneeled to him,
and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I
may inherit eternal life?
10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me
good? [there is] none good but one, [that is],
God.”
Luke 18:18 “ And a certain ruler asked him, saying,

Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me
good? none [is] good, save one, [that is], God.”
Jesus shows in the above verses that God is

numerically one – that one God is the Father.
Gal 3:19 “ Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was

added because of transgressions, till the seed should
come to whom the promise was made; [and it was]
ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 3:20
Now a mediator is
not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.”
1 Tim 2:5 “For [there is] one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
The God is one. The mediator is one. That mediator

between the “one God” (the Father) and man is
Christ Jesus.
1 Cor 8:4 “ As concerning therefore the eating of
those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols,
we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and
that [there is] none other God but one. 8:5 For
though there be that are called
gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be
gods many, and lords many,) 8:6 But to us [there is
but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things,
and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
[are] all things, and we by
him.”
The heathens believe in many gods (three or more).

But to the bible believing Christian there is only “one
God” – that is, the Father. And, there is one Lord –
Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 4:4 “[There is] one body, and one Spirit,

even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 4:5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 One God and
Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and
in you all.”
The Spirit is one. The Lord is one. God is one. That

one God is the Father.
James 2:19 “Thou believest that there is one God;

thou doest well: the devils also believe, and
tremble.”
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost is
three gods and not one. Devils know this truth and
tremble--- but they seek to hide it from the Christians
through the teachings of the trinity doctrine.
Mat 4:8 “ Again, the devil taketh him up into an

exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the
kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 4:9
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if
thou wilt fall down and worship
me. 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence,
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord
thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
John 1:18 “No man hath seen God at any time; the
only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the
Father, he hath declared [him].”
Only Christ who had seen the Father could declare

Him to us.
John 17:3 “And this is life eternal, that they might

know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent.”
Eternal life is based on the true knowledge of two

persons: the only true God (that is the Father) and
Jesus Christ (His literal Son begotten in days of
eternity in His express image).
Jude 1:4 “For there are certain men crept in

unawares, who were before of old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of
our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
The trinity denies the only Lord God and our Lord
Jesus Christ by denying that the person of the only
Lord God is the person of the Father. The trinity
doctrine says that the only Lord God is a unity of
Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
“There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy

Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons.”
Mark 12:28 “ And one of the scribes came, and

having heard them reasoning together, and
perceiving that he had answered them well, asked
him, Which is the first commandment of all? 12:29
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the
commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God
is one Lord: 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the
first commandment. 12:31 And the second [is] like,
[namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. There is none other commandment greater
than these.12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well,
Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one
God; and there is none other but he: 12:33 And
to love him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is
more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
12:34 And when Jesus saw that HE ANSWERED
DISCREETLY, he said unto him, Thou art not far from
the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask
him [any question].”
Christ here interprets the true meaning of the
Hebrew Shema. Against this understanding no
theologian can gainsay lest he pits himself against its
Author! The God of Deut 6:4, is one Lord – a
numerically singular person/ individual. And there is
no other God but He. That God according to context
is a clear reference to the Father.
The above verses do not detract the deity of Christ at

all. Heb 1.1-9 shows that Jesus’ divinity is by
inheritance of birth (being begotten of the Father in
eternity before the creation of the world). Christ, as
the First-born of the Father, has
inherited the divine nature of the Father and thus
fully possesses full divinity, even the fullness of the
(Father’s) Godhead bodily. (This is how John 1.1 and
Phil 2.6 is to be understood). Christ, as the literal Son
of the living God
was begotten and NOT CREATED by the only true
God prior to His incarnation. Prov 8.22-30.
Ellen White continuously saw the distinction between

God and Christ, His Son. She never saw Christ’s
personality as being a part of God (though she
understood that Christ was a fully divine person). To
her, as in scripture, the “one God” was the Father
who was a distinct individual and personality; Christ,
His only begotten Son, was yet another distinct and
individual personality. A fusion of the persons of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit into “one God”
was never considered as a true representation of
Deity. The current Adventist trinity doctrine by
confounding the personalities of the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit into one “person” or “unity” called the
“one God” destroys the individual/ distinct /separate
or independent personalities of both the Father and
Christ. The following quotations are representative of
many such references in which Ellen White clearly
distinguishes the “only true God” of the scriptures
from Jesus Christ, His divine Son whom He has sent.
John 17.3:
“The unity that exists between Christ and His

disciples does not destroy the personality of either.
They are one in purpose, in mind, in character, but
not in person. It is thus that God and Christ are
one. “{MH 422.1}
Notice: Oneness of God and Christ is only in their

purposes, mind, character. The oneness is not in
their persons. The oneness of God in the Adventist
trinity doctrine can be easily be understood as to be
referring to the united persons of the Father, Son and
holy Spirit : “There is one God: Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal
Persons.”
“The Scriptures clearly indicate the relation between

God and Christ, and they bring to view as clearly the
personality and individuality of each. "God, who at
sundry times and in divers manners spake in time
past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these
last days spoken unto us by His Son,
whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom
also He made the worlds; who being the brightness
of His glory, and the express image of His person,
and upholding all things by the word of His power,
when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down
on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made
so much better than the angels, as He hath by
inheritance obtained a more excellent name than
they. For unto which of the angels said He at any
time, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten
Thee? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He
shall be to Me a Son?" Hebrews 1:1-5.
“God is the Father of Christ; Christ is the Son of God.
To Christ has been given an exalted position. He has
been made equal with the Father. All the counsels of
God are opened to His Son”. {8T 268.3}.
Notice : God is the Father. Christ, His Son.
“We know that Christ came in person to reveal God

to the world. God is a person and Christ is a person.
Christ is spoken of in the Word as "the brightness of
His Father's glory, and the express image of His
person." {1SAT 343.3} Ms. 46,1904. (MR 900.1
“The seventeenth chapter of John speaks plainly

regarding the personality of God and of Christ, and of
their relation to each other. "Father, the hour is
come," Christ said: "glorify thy Son, that thy Son also
may glorify thee." [John 17:23, 3, 5-11 quoted.] Here
is personality, and individuality (MS 124, 1903).
{5BC 1145.10}”
“God is a spirit; yet He is a personal being, for

man was made in His image. As a personal being,
God has revealed Himself in His Son. Jesus, the
outshining of the Father's glory, "and the express
image of His person" (Hebrews 1:3), was on earth
found in fashion as a man. As a personal Savior He
came to the world. As a personal Savior He ascended
on high. As a personal Savior He intercedes in the
heavenly courts. Before the throne of God in our
behalf ministers "One like the Son of man." Daniel
7:13. {Ed 131.1} 1903.
Notice : God is a personal BEING. Not a unity of 3

BEINGS.
Ellen White was in perfect agreement with the 1st
proposition of the pillars of faith in the pioneer
“Fundamental Principles”. Notice how her wording
above is very similar to that contained in the
“Declaration of Fundamental Principles”:

being, the creator of all things…….”
“There is a personal God, the Father; there is a

personal Christ, the Son. (Heb. 1:1-3 Quoted). RH
March 17, 1904.
39. What is the result of stepping off the original

foundation of truth revealed by God to the pioneers?
“We cannot now step off the foundation that God

has
established. We cannot now enter into any new
organization; for this would mean apostasy from the
truth.--MS. 129, 1905.
Notice: Ellen White links the stepping off the

foundation of God with entering into a new
organization. Why does she say it would be entering
into a new organization? Because as elsewhere
stated….every religion is defined by its theology – its
teaching on the identity of its deity, and how that
deity is served. When a religion changes its theology
– teaching on the nature and identity of its gods –it
becomes a new religion – a different organization.
The current Adventist leaders recognize this basic
fact because they state that the pioneers would not
be able to be members of the current organization
due their different theology on the personality of God
:
“Most of the founders of Seventh-day

Adventism would not be able to join the church
today if they had to subscribe to the
denomination’s Fundamental Beliefs.
“More specifically, most would not be able to agree
to belief number 2, which deals with the doctrine
of the Trinity. ”(Ministry, October 1993, p.10).
What else would be the result of stepping off the

landmark doctrines (especially of the teaching on the
sanctuary and personality of God?)

blind men.They are seeking to bring in uncertainties
and to set the people of God adrift without an
anchor. Ms 62, 1905.
The trinity theory removes the original landmark on
the personality of God and Christ and has therefore
set the people of God adrift without anchor. This
reformation of the original Adventist “Fundamental
Principles” of faith has uprooted God and has re-
organized the Seventh Day Adventist Church into a
New Movement with a changed Religion.
“The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the

doctrines which stand as the pillars of
reorganization. Were this reformation to take place
His wisdom has given to the remnant church would
be discarded. OUR RELIGION
WOULD BE CHANGED. The FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES that have sustained the work for the last
fifty years would be counted as error. A NEW
ORGANIZATION would be established. Books of a
new order would be written. A system of intellectual
philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would go
into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The
Sabbath, of course would be lightly regarded, as also
the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to
stand in the way of the NEW MOVEMENT. The
leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice,
BUT GOD BEING REMOVED they would place their
dependence on human power, which, without God, is
worthless. Their foundation would be build on the
sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the
structure.” BCL Oct., 1903. 39.
40. Who is mainly responsible for this last day falling

away?
“God holds the leaders accountable for some of the

heresies among His people: "In His Word the Lord
declares what He would do for Israel if they would
obey His voice. But, the leaders of the people
yielded to the temptations of Satan
and God could not give them the blessings He
designed them to have because they did not obey
His voice, but listened to the voice and policy of
Lucifer. This experience will be repeated in the
last years of the history of the
people of God, who have been established by
His grace and power, men whom He has
greatly honored will in the closing scenes of
this earth's history pattern
after ancient Israel, because they are
converting the truth of God into a falsehood.
MANY HERESIES will come from Lucifer, that
will bewilder if
possible the very elect." MS 5, Jan. 20, 1904.
41. This being the case has God therefore “cast away
His people?” How will God deal will with the
conference?
“ God forbid…. God hath not cast away His people

which He foreknew….Even so then at this present
time also there is a remnant according to the
election of grace” Rom 11.1-5.
Who is this remnant?

“ But what saith the answer of God unto him (Elijah)?
I have reserved to myself seven thousand who have
not bowed the knee to Baal” Rom 11.4.
As in the time of Elijah when most had turned from

serving the one true God and had altars of Baal, so
today thousands, yea, millions are worshipping the
sun god – the trinity. But God has within Israel, the
Adventist faith men who have not bowed to this idol.
The Elijah message by the remnant is “Fear God and
give glory to Him”…. This startling message is to
direct the people to the worship of the one true God
in line with the commandment : “Thou shalt have no
other gods before me”. Obedience to the first
commandment of the decalogue is to awaken the
Adventist church to return their hearts to the God of
their fathers and to forsake the altars of Baal.
Though the Seventh Day Adventist church has

received the prophesied omega of deadly heresies
and is in apostasy, playing the harlot by drinking the
wine of Babylon, yet I believe that God still loves it
and is seeking to break its bonds with Babylon. A
remnant will yet hear the voice of the1st and 2nd
angel’s message and escape. The majority of the
professed Seventh Day Adventists will however reject
the message of separating from the wine of Babylon.
They will yet cling to the idolatrous spiritualistic
trinity teaching of Mystery Babylon the Great. They
will worship the god of the beast and will be prepared
to receive the mark in the right hand.
Conclusion
The Trinity doctrine is the central teaching of Mystery

Babylon. It is the vital intoxicating element in the
wine of fornication she gives to her harlot daughters.
Upon this error is based all other teachings of the
papacy and upon it all the major denominations of
Christendom have united.…..
“The Mystery of the Trinity is the central doctrine

of Catholic Faith. Upon it are based all the
other teachings of the Church. …
“The Church studied this mystery with great care

and, after four centuries of clarification, decided to
state the doctrine in this way: in the unity of the
Godhead there are three Persons,—the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit…” (Handbook for
Today’s Catholic, p. 11).
It is this central doctrine that unites all organizations

that have any fellowship in the World Council of
Churches:
“The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of

churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God
and Saviour according to the scriptures, and
therefore seek to fulfil together their common calling
to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. It is a community of churches on the way to
visible unity in o ne f aith and one eucharistic
fellowship , expressed in worship and in common life
in Christ. It seeks to advance towards this unity,
as Jesus prayed for his followers, "so that the world
may believe" (John 17:21) http://www.wcc-
coe.org/wcc/who/index-e.html
The warning for Seventh Day Adventists is:
“In the balances of the sanctuary the Seventh-day

Adventist church is to be weighed. She will be judged
by the privileges and advantages that she has had. If
her spiritual experience does not correspond to the
advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed
on her, if the blessings conferred have
not qualified her to do the work entrusted to her, on
her will be pronounced the sentence: "Found
wanting." BY THE LIGHT bestowed, the opportunities
given, will she be judged. 8 T 247
"Those who have not been in the habit of searching

the Bible for themselves, or weighing evidence, have
confidence in the leading men and accept the
decisions they make and thus many will reject the
very messages God sends to His people if
these leading brethren do not accept them."
TM pp 106, 107
“It is impossible to estimate the evil results of

removing one of the landmarks fixed by the
word of God. Few who venture to do this stop with
the rejection of a single truth. The majority continue
to set aside one after another of the principles of
truth, until they become actual infidels.” {E. G.
White, The Great Controversy, p. 525. 1888}
Jer 2:11 “Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which
[are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their
glory for [that which] doth not profit?
APPENDIX
The Lord’s teaching in our past history………………..
“Protest against Removing Landmarks
When men come in who would move one pin or

pillar from the foundation which God has
established by His Holy Spirit, let the aged men
who were pioneers in our work speak
plainly, and let those who are dead speak also,
by the reprinting of their articles in our
periodicals. Gather up the rays of divine light that
God has given as He has led His people on step by
step in the way of truth. This truth will stand the test
of time and trial. Ms 62, 1905, p. 6. ("A Warning
against False Theories," May 24, 1905.)” {E. G.
White, Manuscript Releases Volume 1, p. 55}
Now let us let the aged men speak in regard to the

landmark doctrine of the personality of God by the
reprinting of their articles (even though they be
dead).-
J.N.Andrews,
“The doctrine of the Trinity which was established in

the church by the council of Nice, A. D. 325. This
doctrine destroys the personality of God, and his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord. The infamous, measures by
which it was forced upon the church which appear
upon the pages of ecclesiastical history might well
cause every believer in that doctrine to blush.”
March 6, 1855, Review & Herald, vol. 6, no. 24, page
185)
S. N. Haskell
“The rainbow in the clouds is but a symbol of the
rainbow which has encircled the throne from
eternity. Back in the ages, which finite mind cannot
fathom, the Father and Son were alone in the
universe. Christ was the first begotten of the Father,
and to Him Jehovah made known the divine plan of
Creation.” , The Story of the Seer of Patmos, pages
93, 94, 1905).
E.J. Waggoner
“The Word was “in the beginning.” The mind of man

cannot grasp the ages that are spanned in this
phrase. It is not given to men to know when or how
the Son was begotten; but we know that he was the
Divine Word, not simply before He came to this earth
to die, but even before the world was created.
Just before His crucifixion He prayed, “And now, O
Father, glorify thou Me with Thine own self with the
glory which I had with Thee before the world was.”
John 17:5. And more than seven hundred years
before His first advent, His coming was thus foretold
by the word of inspiration: “But thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands
of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me
that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have
been from of old, from the days of eternity.” Micah
5:2, margin. We know that Christ “proceeded
forth and came from God” (John 8:42), but it
was so far back in the ages of eternity as to be
far beyond the grasp of the mind of man.” (E. J.
Waggoner, 1890, Christ and His Righteousness, page
9)
“The Scriptures declare that Christ is “the only
begotten son of God.” He is begotten, not created.
As to when He was begotten, it is not for us to
inquire, nor could our minds grasp it if we were told.
The prophet Micah tells us all that we can know
about it in these words, “But thou, Bethlehem
Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands
of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me
that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have
been from of old, from the days of eternity.” Micah
5:2, margin. There was a time when Christ
proceeded forth and came from God, from the
bosom of the Father (John 8:42; 1:18), but that time
was
so far back in the days of eternity that to finite
comprehension it is practically without beginning.
“But the point is that Christ is a begotten Son and

not a created subject. He has by inheritance a more
excellent name than the angels; He is “a Son over
His own house.” Heb. 1:4; 3:6. And since He is the
only-begotten son of God, He is of the very
substance and nature of God and possesses by birth
all the attributes of God, for the Father was pleased
that His Son should be the express image of His
Person, the brightness of His glory, and filled with all
the fullness of the Godhead. So He has “life in
Himself.” He possesses immortality in His own right
and can confer immortality upon others. Life inheres
in Him, so that it cannot be taken from Him, but
having voluntarily laid it down, He can take it again.
His words are these: “Therefore doth my Father love
me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it
again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of
myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power
to take it again. This commandment have I received
of my Father.” John 10:17, 18. (E. J. Waggoner, 1890,
Christ and His Righteousness, pages 19-22)
“Finally, we know the Divine unity of the
Father and the Son from the fact that both
have the same Spirit. Paul, after saying that they
that are in the flesh cannot please God, continues:
“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” Rom.
8:9. Here we find that the Holy Spirit is both the
Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ.… (E.
J.Waggoner, 1890, Christ and His Righteousness,
pages 23, 24)
Uriah Smith
“God alone is without beginning. At the earliest

epoch when a beginning could be,—a period so
remote that to finite minds it is essentially eternity,—
appeared the Word. “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.” John 1:1. This uncreated Word was the
Being, who, in the fulness of time, was made flesh,
and dwelt among us. His beginning was not like that
of any other being in the universe. It is set forth in
the
mysterious expressions, “his [God’s] only begotten
Son” (John 3:16; 1 John 4:9), “the only begotten of
the Father” (John 1:14), and, “I proceeded forth and
came from God.” John 8:42. Thus it appears that by
some divine impulse or process, not creation,
known only to Omniscience, and possible only to
Omnipotence, the Son of God appeared. And then
the Holy Spirit (by an infirmity of translation called
“the Holy Ghost”), the Spirit of God, the Spirit of
Christ, the
divine afflatus and medium of their power,
representative
of them both (Ps. 139:7), was in existence also.
(Uriah Smith, 1898, Looking Unto Jesus, page 10).
“1.We are baptized in the name of the Father, Son

and Holy Ghost. Matt. 28:19. By this we express our
belief in the existence of the one true God, the
mediation of his Son, and the influence of the Holy
Spirit. (Uriah Smith, 1858, The Bible Students
Assistant, pages 21, 22
M.E. Cornell.
“Protestants and Catholics are so nearly united in

sentiment, that it is not difficult to conceive how
Protestants may make an image to the Beast. The
mass of Protestants believe with Catholics in
the Trinity, immortality of the soul, consciousness
of the dead, rewards and punishments at death, the
endless torture of the wicked, inheritance of the
saints beyond the skies, sprinkling for baptism, and
the
PAGAN SUNDAY for the Sabbath; all of which is
contrary to the spirit and letter of the new
testament.Surely there is between the mother and
daughters, a striking family resemblance. (M. E.
Cornell, 1858, Facts For The Times, page 76)
Joseph Bates
“My parents were members of long standing in the

Congregational church, with all of their converted
children thus far, and anxiously hoped that we would
also unite with them. But they embraced some
points in their faith which I could not understand. I
will name two only: their mode of baptism, and
doctrine of the trinity.
“My father, who had been a deacon of long standing

with them, labored to convince me that they were
right in points of doctrine.… Respecting the trinity, I
concluded that it was an impossibility for me to
believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the
Father, was also the Almighty God, the Father, one
and the same being. I said to my father, “If you can
convince me that we are one in this sense, that you
are my father, and I your son; and also that I am
your father, and you my son, then I can believe in
the trinity.” (Joseph Bates, 1868, The Autobiography
Of Elder Joseph Bates, page 204)
James White
"The way spiritualizers have disposed of or
denied the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus
Christ is first using the old unscriptural
Trinitarian creed viz., that Jesus Christ is the
eternal God, though they have not one passage to
support it, while we have plain scripture testimony in
abundance that he is the Son of the eternal God."
The Day Star, 24 January, 1846
"To assert that the sayings of the Son and his

apostles are the commandments of the Father, is as
wide from the truth as the old trinitarian absurdity
that Jesus Christ is the very and eternal God." Review
and Herald, 5 August 1852, Vol 3, #7, p 52
"As fundamental errors, we might class with this

counterfeit Sabbath other errors which Protestants
have brought away from the Catholic church, such as
sprinkling for baptism, the trinity, the
consciousness of the dead, and eternal life
in misery...Can it be supposed that the church of
Christ will carry along with her these errors till the
judgment scenes burst upon the world? We think
not." Review and Herald, 12 September 1854, Vol 6,
#5, p 36
"Here we might mention the Trinity, which does

away the personality of God, and of his Son
Jesus Christ....” Review and Herald, 20 November,
1877 p 172
“Paul affirms of the Son of God that he was in the

form of God and that he was equal with God. 'Who
being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be
equal with God.' Philippians 2:6. The reasons why it
is not robbery for the Son to be equal with the Father
is the fact that he is equal... The inexplicable
Trinity that makes the godhead three in one
and one in three, is bad enough; but that ultra
Unitarianism that makes Christ inferior to the Father
is worse. Did God say to an inferior, 'Let us make
man in our image?” J. S. White, Review & Herald,
November 29, 1877}
“Jesus prayed that his disciples might be one as he

was one with his Father. This prayer did not
contemplate one disciple with twelve heads, but
twelve disciples, made one in object and effort in the
cause of their master. Neither are the Father and
the Son parts of the "three-one God." They are
two distinct beings, yet one in the design and
accomplishment of redemption. The redeemed, from
the first who shares in the great redemption, to the
last, all ascribe the honor, and glory, and praise, of
their salvation, to both God and the Lamb.” {J. S.
White, Life incidents, p.343. 1868} 16
D.M. Canright
“At the time when the Bible was written, nearly the
whole world had adopted either Polytheism or
Pantheism. Polytheism taught that there were many
gods. Rome had
its gods. Greece had its gods. Egypt had its gods. ...
In opposition to that, Moses and the prophets set
forth the grand fact that this doctrine of many gods
was a lie, and that there was but one God, Jehovah
the living God... "'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is
one Lord.' Dt. 6:4. Here we strike the key-note of the
doctrine of the Deity. 'The Lord our God is ONE Lord.'
Not many, not a thousand, not a hundred, not ten,
not three, but only ONE-one God. ... Turning to
the New Testament, we find the same doctrine
taught just as plainly as in the Old Neither Moses nor
the prophets ever set forth the unity of God more
strongly than Jesus himself . He taught it and
reiterated it many times. Thus he says: 'The first of
all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel: The lord
our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul...And the
scribe
said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth;
for there is one God; and there is none other but he.'
Mark 12:29-32. "The scribe said, 'There is one God,
and there is none other but he.' To this declaration
Jesus assented. 'And this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou has sent.' John 17:3 Jesus says his Father
is the only true God. But Trinitarians
contradict this by saying that the Son and Holy Ghost
are just as much the true God as the Father is... [1
Cor. 8:4-6 quoted] "Says the great apostle, 'There is
none other God but one,' and 'there is but one God,
the Father, of whom are
all things.' He tells us who this one God is. It is
not the Holy Ghost; it is not Jesus Christ, but it
is the Father. Gal. 3:20; 1 Tim. 1:17… How the
doctrine of the Trinity, of three Gods, can be
reconciled with these positive statements I do not
know. …
“And then the Bible never uses the phrases,
'Trinity,' 'triune God,' 'three in one,' 'the holy
three," 'God the Holy Ghost,' etc. but it does
emphatically say there is only one God, the
Father. And every argument to prove three Gods in
one person, God the Father, God the Son, and God
the Holy Ghost, all of them of one substance, and
every way equal to each other, and all three forming
but one, contradicts itself, contradicts reason, and
contradicts the Bible... "God is self existent, and the
source and author of all things,-of angels, of men, of
all the worlds,- of everything. Thus Paul says, 'For of
him and through him and to him, are all things; 59 to
whom be glory forever. Amen.' Rom. 11:36. "He is
the source of all life and immortality. Thus, speaking
of the Father, Paul says, 'Who only hath immortality,
dwelling in the light which no man can approach
unto.' 1 Tim. 6:16. Notice that this glorious God is
the only one who, in himself, possesses immortality.
That is, he is the fountain-head, the source of all life
and immortality... "'For as the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in
himself.' John 5:26. This statement is unequivocal.
The Father has life in himself, and in his great love
for his
Son he bestows the same gift upon him; but it will be
noticed that the Father is the one from whom the gift
came... How carefully Paul distinguishes between the
Father and the Son. He says, 'The Father, of whom
are all things,' and 'Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things.' The Father is the source of everything. Jesus
is the one through whom all things are done. All the
authority, the glory, and the power of Christ he
received from his Father... A belief in this doctrine is
very important. Indeed, it cannot be too strongly
insisted upon. Jesus even declares that the
knowledge of this truth is necessary to eternal life.
'And this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou has sent.' John 17:3. "We must know
the Father as the only true God. Then there is
no true God besides the Father. But we must
also know his Son Jesus Christ, whom he has
sent. How simple and plain is this doctrine,
and how abundantly sustained by the Holy
Bible.” {D. M. Canright, Review & Herald, August 29,
1878}
J.N. Loughborough
Review and Herald, 5 November 1861 Vol 18, p 184

“But Jesus Christ was begotten of the Father's own
substance. He was not created out of material as the
angels and other creatures. He is truly and
emphatically the 'Son of God.'”,
“Questions for Bro. Loughborough

Brother White, the following questions I would like to
have you give, or send, to Bro.Loughborough for
explanation. (from W. W. Giles. Toledo, Ohio).
“QUESTION 1. What serious objection is there to the

doctrine of the Trinity?
“ANSWER. There are many objections which we
might urge, but on account of our limited space we
shall reduce them to the three following: 1. It is
contrary to common sense. 2. It is contrary to
scripture.3. Its origin is Pagan and fabulous.
These positions we will remark upon briefly in their
order. 1. It is not very consonant with common sense
to talk of three being one, and one being three. Or as
some express it, calling God “the Triune God,” or
“the three-one-God.” If Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
are each God, it would be three Gods; for three times
one is not one, but three. There is a sense in which
they are one, but not one person, as claimed by
Trinitarians.
“2. It is contrary to Scripture. Almost any portion of

the New Testament we may open which has occasion
to speak of the Father and Son, represents them as
two distinct persons. The seventeenth chapter of
John is alone sufficient to
refute the doctrine of the Trinity. Over forty times in
that one chapter Christ speaks of his Father as a
person distinct from himself. His Father was in
heaven and he upon earth. The Father had sent him.
Given to him those that believed.
He was then to go to the Father. And in this very
testimony he shows us in what consists the oneness
of the Father and Son. It is the same as the oneness
of the members of Christ’s church. “That they all
may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us; that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which
thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be
one, even as we are one.” Of one heart and one
mind. Of one purpose in all the plan devised for
man’s salvation. Read the seventeenth chapter of
John, and see if it does not completely upset the
doctrine of the Trinity.
“To believe that doctrine, when reading the scripture
we must believe that God sent himself into the
world, died to reconcile the world to himself, raised
himself from the dead, ascended to himself in
heaven, pleads before himself in heaven toreconcile
the world to himself, and is the only mediator
between man and himself. It will not do to substitute
the human nature of Christ (according to
Trinitarians) as the Mediator; for Clarke says,
“Human blood can no more appease God than
swine’s blood.” Commentary on 2 Sam. 21:10. We
must believe also that in the garden God prayed to
himself, if it were possible, to let the cup pass from
himself, and a thousand other such absurdities.
“Read carefully the following texts, comparing them

with the idea that Christ is the Omnipotent,
Omnipresent, Supreme, and only self-existent God:
John 14:28;17:3; 3:16; 5:19, 26; 11:15; 20:19; 8:50;
6:38; Mark 8:32; Luke 6:12;22:69;
24:29; Matt. 3:17; 27:46; Gal. 3:20; 1 John 2:1; Rev.
5:7; Acts 17:31. Also see Matt. 11:25, 27; Luke 1:32;
22:42; John 3:35, 36; 5:19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26; 6:40;
8:35,36; 14:13; 1 Cor. 15:28, &c.
“The word Trinity nowhere occurs in the Scriptures.

The principal text supposed to teach it is 1 John 5:7,
which is an interpolation. Clarke says, “Out of one
hundred and thirteen manuscripts, the text is
wanting in one hundred and twelve. It occurs in no
MS. before the tenth century. And the first place the
text occurs in Greek, is in the Greek translation of
the acts of the Council of Lateran, held A. D. 1215.” -
Com. on 1 John 5, and remarks at close of chapter.
“3. Its origin is pagan and fabulous. Instead of
pointing us to scripture for proof of the trinity, we are
pointed to the trident of the Persians, with the
assertion that “by this they designed to teach the
idea of a trinity, and if they had the doctrine
of the trinity, they must have received it by tradition
from the people of God. But this is all assumed, for it
is certain that the Jewish church held to no such
doctrine. Says Mr. Summerbell, “A friend of mine
who was present in a New
York synagogue, asked the Rabbi for an explanation
of the word ‘Elohim’. A Trinitarian clergyman who
stood by, replied, ‘Why, that has reference to the
three persons in the Trinity,’ when a Jew stepped
forward and said he must not mention that word
again, or they would have to compel him to leave the
house; for it was not permitted to mention the name
of any strange god in the synagogue.” (Discussion
between Summerbell and Flood on Trinity, p. 38)
Milman says the idea of the Trident is fabulous. (Hist.
Christianity, p. 34) This doctrine of the trinity was
brought into the church about the same time with
image worship, and keeping the day of the sun, and
is but Persian doctrine remodeled. It occupied about
three hundred years from its introduction to bring
the doctrine to what it is now. It was commenced
about 325 AD and was not completed till 681AD. See
Milman’s Gibbon’s Rome, vol. 4, p. 422. It was
adopted in Spain in 589, in England in 596, in Africa
in 534. - Gib. vol. 4, pp. 114, 345; Milner, vol. 1, p.
519. (To be continued.) (J. N. Loughborough,
November 5,1861, Review & Herald, vol. 18, page
184, par. 1-11).
" R.F Cottrell
“Position of SDA Pioneers on the Trinity

This has been a popular doctrine and regarded as
orthodox ever since the bishop of Rome was
elevated to the popedom on the strength of it. It is
accounted dangerous heresy to reject it; but each
person is permitted to explain the doctrine in his own
way. All seem to think they must hold it, but each
has perfect liberty to take his own way to reconcile
its contradictory propositions; and hence a multitude
of views are held concerning it by its friends, all of
them orthodox, I suppose, as long as they nominally
assent to the doctrine. For myself, I have never felt
called upon to explain it, nor to adopt and defend it,
neither have I ever preached against it. But I
probably put as high an estimation on the Lord Jesus
Christ as those who call themselves Trinitarians. This
is the first time I have ever taken the pen to say
anything concerning the doctrine.
“My reasons for not adopting and defending it, are 1.

Its name is unscriptural. The Trinity, or the triune
God, is unknown to the Bible; and I have entertained
the idea that doctrines which require words coined in
the human mind to express them, are coined
doctrines. 2. I have never felt called upon to adopt
and explain that which is contrary to all the sense
and reason that God has given me. All my attempts
at an explanation of such a subject would make it no
clearer to my friends.
“But if I am asked what I think of Jesus Christ, my
reply is, I believe all that the Scriptures say of him. If
the testimony represents him as being in glory with
the Father before the world was, I believe it. If it is
said that he was in the beginning with God, that he
was God, that all things were made by him and for
him, and that without him was not anything made
that was made, I believe it. If the Scriptures say he is
the Son of God, I believe it. If it is declared that the
Father sent his Son into the world, I believe he had a
Son to send. If the testimony says he is the
beginning of the creation of God, I believe it. If he is
said to be the brightness of the Father’s glory, and
the express image of his person, I believe it. And
when Jesus says, ‘I and my Father are one,’ I believe
it; and when he says, ‘My Father is greater than I,’ I
believe that too; it is the word of the Son of God, and
besides this it is perfectly reasonable and seemingly
self-evident.
“If I be asked how I believe the Father and Son are

one, I reply, They are one in a sense not contrary to
sense. If the and in the sentence means anything,
the Father and the Son are two beings. They are one
in the same sense in which Jesus prayed that his
disciples might be one. He asked his Father that his
disciples might be one. His language is, that they
may be one, “even as we are one. ”It may be
objected, If the Father and the Son are two distinct
beings, do you not, in worshipping the Son and
calling him God, break the first commandment of the
Decalogue?
No; it is the Father’s will That all men should honor
the Son, even as they honor the Father. We cannot
break the commandment and dishonor God by
obeying him. The
Father says of the Son, Let all the angels of God
worship him. Should angels refuse to worship the
Son, they would rebel against the Father. Children
inherit the name of
their father. The Son of God hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than the angels.
That name is the name of his Father. The Father says
to the Son,Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.
Heb. 1:8. The Son is called The mighty God. Isa. 9:6.
And when he comes again to earth his waiting
people will exclaim, This is our God. Isa. 25:9. It is
the will of the Father that we should thus honor the
Son. In
doing so we render supreme honor to the Father. If
we dishonor the Son we dishonor the Father; for he
requires us to honor his Son.
“But though the Son is called God yet there is a God

and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. 1:3.
Though the Father says to the Son, Thy throne, O
God, is forever and ever, yet, that throne is given
him of his Father; and
because he loved righteousness and hated iniquity,
he further says, Therefore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee. Heb. 1:9. God hath made that same
Jesus both Lord and Christ. Acts. 2:36. The Son is the
everlasting Father, not of himself, nor of his Father,
but of his children. His language is. I and the children
which God hath given me. Heb. 2:13.” {R. F. Cottrell,
Review & Herald, June 1,1869}
“That one person is three persons and that three
persons are only one person is the doctrine which we
claim is contrary to reason and common sense. The
being
and attributes of God are above, beyond, out of
reach of my sense and reason, yet I believe them:
But the doctrine I object to is contrary, yes that is the
word, to the very sense and reason that God has
himself implanted in us.”
“Such a doctrine he does not ask us to believe…..Our
Creator has made it an absurdity to us that one
person should be three persons, and three persons
but one person and in his revealed word he has
never asked us to believe it.
This, our friend thinks is objectionable. But to hold
the doctrine of the Trinity is not so much an evidence
of evil intention as of intoxication from that wine of
which all the nations have drunk. The fact that this
was one of the leading doctrines, if not the
very chief, upon which the bishop of Rome was
exalted to popedom, does not say much in its
favour. This should cause men to investigate if for
themselves; as when the spirits of devils working
miracles undertake the advocacy of the immortality
of the soul. Had I never doubted it before, I would
now probe it to the bottom, by that word which
modern spiritualism sets at nought.” Review and
Herald 6 July, 1869
J.S Washburn Letter ,1939
“The doctrine of the Trinity is a cruel heathen

monstrosity, removing Jesus from his true position of
Divine Savior and Mediator. It is true we can not
measure or define divinity. It is beyond our finite
understanding, yet on this subject of the
personality of God the Bible is very simple and plain.
The Father, the Ancient of Days, is from eternity.
Jesus was begotten of the Father. Jesus speaking
through the Psalmist says: "The Lord (Jehovah) has
said unto me, Thou art my son, this day have I
begotten thee." - Psalm 2:7.Again in Proverbs (where
Jesus is spoken of under the title of wisdom, See 1
Cor. 1:24), we read: "The Lord (Jehovah) possessed
me in the beginning of his way" v. 22
"Before the mountains were settled, before the hills
was I brought forth." - v. 24 The Son says he was
brought forth, begotten, born of His Father (Jehovah).
Satan has taken some heathen conception of a
three-headed monstrosity, and with deliberate
intention to cast contempt upon divinity, has woven
it into Romanism as our glorious God, an impossible,
absurd invention. This monstrous doctrine
transplanted from heathenism into the Roman Papal
Church is seeking to intrude its evil presence into the
teachings of the Third Angel’s Message. …
“And the fact that Christ is not the mediator in the

Roman Church demonstrates that the Trinity
destroys the truth that Christ is the one, the only
mediator. The so-called Christian Church, the
Papacy, that originated the doctrine of the Trinity,
does not recognize him as the only mediator but
substitutes a multitude of ghosts of dead men and
women as mediators. If you hold the Trinity doctrine,
in reality, Christ is no longer your mediator. …
“The whole Trinity doctrine is utterly foreign to all
the Bible and the teachings of the Spirit of Prophecy.
Revelation gives not the slightest hint of it. This
monstrous heathen conception finds no place in all
the free universe of our
Blessed heavenly Father and His Son, our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ…The Catholic heathen doctrine
of the Sunday Sabbath is just as sacred as the
Catholic pagan doctrine of the Trinity and no more
so…
“Seventh-day Adventists claim to take the word of

God as supreme authority and to have ‘come out of
Babylon’, to have renounced forever the vain
traditions of Rome. If we should go back to the
immortality of the soul, purgatory, eternal torment
and the Sunday Sabbath, would that be anything less
than apostasy? If, however, we leap over all
these minor, secondary doctrines and accept
and
teach the very central root, doctrine of
Romanism, the Trinity, and teach that the son
of God did not die, even though our words
seem to be spiritual, is this anything else or
anything less than apostasy? and the very
Omega of apostasy?”
References to these and other articles confirming

that Seventh Day Adventist church was anti/non-
trinitarian during the life-time of Ellen White & the
pioneers:
James White, - in Life Incidents, 1868 p 343; The Day
Star, 24 Jan 1846; Review and Herald, 5 Aug 1852, 9
June 1853, Vol 4,#2, p 1; 29 Nov, 1877; 4 Jan 1881
JH Waggoner - The Atonement in the light of Nature

and Revelation, 1884 p 152-154,164, 165, 167, 169,
173; article republished in R&H 10 Nov, 1863, vol 22
p 189; 1854,Review and Herald, 18 July Vol 5, #24, p
86;
Joseph Bates – The autobiography of Elder Joseph

Bates, p 204, 1868; letter to William Miller 1848, Past
and Present Experience p 187 W W Prescott – Review
and Herald, 14 April, 1896, p 232; ME Cornell – Facts
for the Times,1858, p76; R&H, 7 April, 1863 v 21,
p149;
AT Jones – General Conference Bulletin, 1895 p 448;

Review and Herald 7 July – 1 August 1899,
Ecclesiastical Empire, p 837-838;The Two Republics,
1891, p 590, 801;
AJ Dennis – Signs of the Times, 22 May, 1879;
J Matteson – Review and Herald, 12 October, 1869 p

123;
JM Stephenson – Review and Herald, 7 November,

1854, vol 6, # 13 p 99, 5 December, 1854 vol 6 # 16
p 123, 124;
Uriah Smith – Daniel and the Revelation, 1882 and

1912 edn, p 430, Review and Herald 10 July, 1856,
vol 8, # 11 p 87, Looking Unto Jesus 1898, p 10, 23,
24, The Bible Student’s Assistant p 21, 22, 42-25,
General Conference Daily Bulletin, 14 March, 1891,
Vol 4, p 146,147;
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The 28 Fundamental

In Search For the True Landmarks: A

This is a question & answer format manuscript that

“We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we

(You are much encouraged to look up each quotation

Elder Brian Tsikada

First publication :16 December 2009

a) “ …. The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the

b) “Those who seek to remove the old landmarks

d) “ The leading points of our faith as we hold

e) “I have been instructed by the heavenly

“The pillars of faith” or “landmarks” are “doctrines”

3. When were these landmark principles of truths

a) “After the passing of the time, God entrusted

b) “But we must firmly refuse to be drawn away from

4. To whom were the principles of truth specifically

“After the passing of the time, God entrusted to His

God entrusted the landmark doctrines only to the

5. Under which message were these principles or

“We must let the great principles of the third

The great landmarks or pillars of Adventism were

6. What is the relationship between these landmark

“… Step by step had God brought them along, until

In the above vision, Ellen White was shown that the

7. What is this platform of eternal truth or foundation

“God is leading out a people and establishing them

“I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm,

By combining this vision and the one in question 6,

8. Who were some of the people involved in the

“During this whole time I could not understand

“My husband, Elder Joseph Bates, Father

“…..My mind was locked, as it were, and I

“ I was at that time [early December 1850] in

“ For two or three years my mind continued to

“ God is leading out a people and establishing them

“What influence is it that would lead men at this

Elders James White, Edson, Bates and Ellen White

During this time, the brethren would meet to study

9. Who was the actual master builder of the

“I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm,

Then I saw individuals as they approached the

“They are not to give heed to seducing spirits. They

“During the past night, I have been shown more

“ I am instructed to say that those who would

“When men come in who would move one pin

God Himself by His Holy Spirit was the Master builder

11. Which doctrines in particular supported the

“The passing of the time in 1844 was a period of

Please note that Ellen White here lists the old

These are 1) the cleansing of the sanctuary in

In another place, she mentions the personality of

“Those who seek to remove the old landmarks are

Other landmarks which were unanimously held by

A careful comparison of these “Fundamental

The following is the full original statement of the

“Built upon the foundation of the apostles and

“IN presenting to the public this synopsis of our faith,

As Seventh-day Adventists we desire simply that our

As compared with other Adventists, Seventh- day

With these remarks, we ask the attention of the

I. That there is one God, a personal, spiritual being,

III That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New