1. Ralph Larson, The Word Was Made Flesh.
2. Ibid., p. 7.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid., pp. 15~21.
5. Ibid., pp. 22~28.
6. Ibid., pp. 29~31.
7. See Ministry, June 1989, for two book reviews of Ralph Larson’s book, by Herbert E. Douglass and Eric C. Webster.
8. Larson, pp. 224~264.
9. Ibid., p. 281.
10, Ibid., pp. 297~300.
11. The Ellen G. White Estate was created by Ellen White herself in 1912. She designated five trustees. In 1950 the number was increased to seven, and in 1958 to nine, one of whom represented South America and one Europe. I was honored to be selected as the nominee from Europe for 20 years, from 1970 to 1990.
12. See
“Documents Available,” from the Ellen G. White Estate, Washington, D.C., May 1982. This brochure suggests that different publications be prepared to correct certain erroneous interpretations of Ellen White writings:on the sanctuary, on the investigative judgment, on health reform, or against the charge of plagiarsm.
13. This syllabus, The History of Adventist Christology, made up of some 120 polygraph pages, was prepared for the benefit of students enrolled in a course on Christology.
14. The consultations of the Ellen G. White Estate are annual meetings of the trustees, along with members of the White Estate staff, to study problems related to Ellen White’s writings, and to lay plans for extending their influence.
15. Robert W. Olson, letter of April 21, 1986.
16, Ibid.
17, Ibid.
18. Bruno W. Steinweg, supplement to his typescript study
“The Doctrine of the Human Nature of Christ Among Adventists Since 1950.” 19. Robert W. Olson. The Humanity of Christ (Washington, D.C. : Ellen G. White Estate, 1986).
20, Ibid., p. 3.
21. Document of Consultation IV of Ellen G. White Estate. This study has been published in the French magzine Servir, second quarter 1989, under the title
“La nature humaine du Christ,” pp. 13~30.
22. See our chapters 15 and 16.
23. See Document of Consultation IV under the title
“Christ’s Humanity.” 24. Ibid. Tim Poirier, A Comparision of the Christology of Ellen G. White and Her Literary Sources, pp. 99~104. See also Ministry, December 1989.
25. Henry Melvill, Sermons (New York: Stanford and Swords, 1844). See White Estate Consultation IV, PP, 105~115.
26. Poirier, p. 100.
27. Ibid., p. 101.
28. Ibid.
29. Octavius Winslow, The Glory of the Redeemer (London: John Farquhar Shaw, 1855) Ellen White possessed this book in her personal library.
30. Ibid., pp. 129, 132~134. Quoted by Poirier, pp. 101, 102.
31. Poirier, p. 102.
32. Ellen G. White letter 191, 1899, in The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 1, p. 1083. Quoted by Poirier, p. 103.
33. Ellen G. White manuscript 57, 1890. Quoted by Poirier, p. 103. In several other contexts Ellen White established the same contrast between the two Adams. See our chapter 3.
34. Winslow. Quoted by Poirier, p. 102 (Italics supplied.).
35. E, G, White manuscript 57, 1890, Quoted by Poirier, p. 103.
36. Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 117.
37. ——————, Selected Messages, book 1, pp. 267, 268.
38. D. A. Delafield, Ellen White in Europe (Washington, D.C.:Review and Herald Pub. Assn., 1975.)
39. ——————, in Document of Consultation IV of the Ellen G. White Estate (typescript).
40. Ibid., p. 130 (Billen G. White manuscript 57, 1890).
41. ——————, in Document of Consultation IV.
42. Ibid., p. 131.
43. Ibid.
44. Ibid., pp. 131, 132.
45. The principal works of George R. Knight are Myths in Adventism (1985);From 1888 to Apostasy, The Case of A. T. Jones (1987);Angry Saints (1989);My Gripe With God (1990); all published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association.
46. Knight, From 1888 to Apostasy, pp. 132~150.
47, Ibid., p. 133.
48. Ibid.
49. Ibid.
50, Ibid., p. 140.
51. Ibid.
52. Ibid., p. 141.
53. Ibid.
54. Seventh-day Adventists Believe.
55. Ibid., p. v.
56. Ibid., p. iv.
57. Ibid., p. 36.
58. Ibid., pp. 45~50.
59. Ibid.
60. Ibid.
61. Ibid., pp. 46, 47.
62. Ibid., p. 47.
63. Ibid.
64. Ibid.
65. Ibid., pp. 48, 49.
66. Ibid., p. 49.
67. E. G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 49.
68. —————, The Desire of Ages, p. 49.
69. —————, Early Writings, pp. 150, 152.
70. —————, Testimonies for the Church, vol, 5, p. 177.
71. —————, The Desire of Ages, p. 117.
72. Seventh-day Adventists Believe, p. 47.
73. Norman R. Gulley, in Adventists Review, Jan. 18, 25, and Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 1990. See Donald Karr Short, Mde Like∙∙∙ His Brethren (published by the author, 1991). He severely criticizes these articles, stressing the confusion which they cause at the heart of the church; then defends the fundamental ideas of the traditional Christology.
74. Roy Adams, in Adventist Review, Mar. 29, 1990; Apr. 19 and 26, 1990. These three editorials were first published in the Canadian Adventist Messenger, April and May 1988.
75. —————, in Adventist Review, Mar. 29, 1990. The Seventh day Adventist Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 7, p. 904.
76. —————, in Adventist Review, March 29, 1990.
77. —————, in Adventist Review, April 19, 1990.
78. —————, in Adventist Review, April 26, 1990.
79. Ibid,
80. Ibid.
81. —————, The Nature of Christ (Hagerstown, Md.:Review and Herald Pub. Assn., 1994). He held the notion of a church divided over perfection.
82. Ibid., pp. 19~36.
83. Ibid., pp. 37~54.
84. Ibid., pp. 68, 69.
85. Ibid., p. 58. Adams suggests that he follows the interpretation as
“all university seminarians for the past 25 years or so have received it from the lips of longtime theology professor Raoul Dederen.” 86. See our chapter 9.
87. Jean Cazeaux, in Revue Adventiste, July 1969.
88. Alfred Felix Vaucher (1887~1993) was directly connected with the beginning of the Adventist Church in Europe. As pastor and teacher, he also became a researcher specialized in the field of Bible prophecy. He was honored by Andrews University, which awarded him in 1963 a doctor’s degree honoris causa for the merit of his contributions.
89. Vaucher, in Revue Adventiste, February 1978. See also the Imagazine Servir, first quarter 1957, pp. 17, 18.
90. Ibid., p. 5.
91. Vaucher, L’Histoire du salut, 4th ed. (Dammarie-les-Lys, France: Editions Vie et Sante, 1987), pp. 193~198.
92. Paul Nouan, in Revue Adventiste, December 1994, presents the problem of Christ’s nature in a was similar to that of Heppenstall’ s Christology.
93. The pastors of Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, and Switzerland, as well as those of many other countries of Europe, Africa, and the Americas, are trained at the Adventist faculty of theology at Collonges-sous-Saleve, France.
94. See our chapter 12.
95. Georges Steveny, A la decouverte du Christ (Dammarie-les Lys, France:Editions Vie et Sante, 1991).
96. Ibid, pp, 229~299.
97. Ibid. p. 259.
98. Ibid. p. 284.
99. Ibid, p. 287.
100. Ibid., pp. 288, 289.
101. Ibid., p. 292.
102. Ibid,
103. Ibid., p. 293.
104. Ibid., p. 296.
105. Ibid., p. 298.
106. William G. Johnsson, in Adventist Review, July 8 and 22, 1993; Aug. 12, 19, and 26, 1993.
107. Ibid., July 8, 1993.
108. Ibid., Aug, 12, 1993.
109. See our chapter 12.
110. Johnsson, in Adventist Review, Aug. 12, 1993.
111. Ibid., Aug. 19, 1993.
112. Ibid,
113. Ibid. See The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 5, p. 1128.
114. Johnson, in Adventist Review, Aug. 19, 1993. But compare what Ellen White wrote in her letter to Dr. J. H. Kellogg on August 29, 1903 (published in Adventist Review, Feb. 17, 1994), discussed in our chapter 14.
115. ————, in Adventist Review, Aug. 26, 1993.
116. Ibid.
117. Ibid.
118. Ibid.
119. See Jack Sequeira/s remarks in Adventist Review, Sept. 23, 1993.
120. Jack Sequeira, Beyond Belief: The Promise, the Power and the Reality of the Everlasting Gospel (Boise, Idaho: Pacific Press Pub. Assn., 1993). Sequeira was born in Kenya. He studied theology at Newbold College in England. For 12 years he was a missionary in Africa, then pastored various churches in the United States. At the time of this writing he was head pastor of the Capital Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in
Washington, D.C.
121. Ibid., p. 7.
122. Ibid., p. 11. (Italics supplied.).
123. Ibid., p. 17.
124. Ibid., see pp. 13~16.
125. Ibid., p. 14.
126. Ibid., p. 41.
127. Ibid, , p. 41, 42.
128. Ibid., p. 43,
129. Ibid., p. 44.
130. Ibid., p. 54.
131. Knight, From 1888 to Apostasy, p, 144,
132. Ibid. See Adventist Review, Feb. 17, 1994.
133. Ellen G. White letter 303, 1903.
134. Ibid,
135. E. G. White, Early Writings, p. 150. See our chapter 2.
136. Johnsson, in Adventist Review, Feb. 17, 1994.
137. Adventist Review, Feb. 17, 1994,
138. Ellen G, White letter 303, 1903.
139. Ibid.
140. Ibid.