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SDA pioneering and belief

1. SDA Pioneers and The TRINITY 1.The SDA pioneers always rejected the Trinity, and never used the word ―trinity‖ to describe the Godhead since it is an unscriptural word 2.The SDA pioneers always maintained that there are only two beings of the Godhead 3.The SDA pioneers always saw the Holy Spirit as just the being/presence of the Father or Christ, but not a third or separate being or member of the Godhead 4.The SDA pioneers never directed worship or prayer to the Holy Spirit

2. SDA Pioneers and The TRINITY 5.The SDA pioneers never accepted that Christ is fully eternal just like the Father since he was begotten by him 6.The SDA pioneers never saw our God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit together 7.The omega heresy predicted by E.G. White is fulfilled by an acceptance of a trinity of the Godhead after 1931 in Adventism, and amounts to tri-theism or the worship of three Gods

3. SDA Pioneers and The TRINITY 8.A Godhead trinity cannot be proven from the Bible itself, and is a Roman Catholic invention of the 4 th century and after (a doctrine which borrowed largely from ancient pagan ideas of trinities) 9.It cannot be shown in the Scriptures that the Spirit is more than just the mind and presence/being of the Father and Son themselves 10. Worship in song or praise, and prayer is never directed to the Spirit in the Scriptures, hence he/it should not be so revered separately from Father and Son

4. SDA Pioneers and The TRINITY That one person [being] is three persons, and that three persons are only one person [being], is the doctrine [of „the Godhead‟ as explained by general Christendom at the time] which we [Adventists] claim is contrary to reason and common sense. The being and attributes [nature of] of God are above, beyond, out of reach of my sense and reason, yet... our Creator has made it an absurdity to us that one person [being] should be three persons and three persons but one person [being] ... -R.F. Cottrell , Review and Herald, July 6, 1869

5. The Protestant and the TRINITY “There is but one living and true God; everlasting, without body parts , or passions; of infinite power, wisdom and goodness; the Maker and preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead [being] there be three Persons, of one substance , power and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost” -Book of Common Prayer. Thirty Nine Articles of Religion. No.1. p376. (Anglican)

6. “Now this is the Catholic faith; We worship one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in unity, without either confusing the persons or dividing the substance .” -Athanasian Creed. New [Catholic] Catechism p. 67, 68. The CATHOLIC TRINITY The Catholic Encyclopedia,1914 Edition, art. “Holy Ghost.”

7. RC: Every good Catholic must accept that the Holy Spirit comes out of the Father and the Son, and does not have a separate existence—“He [the Holy Spirit] proceeds, not by way of generation, but by way of spiration, from the Father and the Son together, as from a single principle. Such is the belief the Catholic faith demands.” —The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1914 Edition, art. “Holy Ghost.” [If you accept the teaching that the Holy Spirit is not the separate, Third Person of the Godhead, you are a good Catholic. Beware of the errors you accept from teachers in our ranks.] The CATHOLIC TRINITY The Catholic Encyclopedia,1914 Edition, art. “Holy Ghost.”

8. The CATHOLIC TRINITY The Catholic Encyclopedia,1914 Edition, art. “Holy Ghost.” RC: The Holy Spirit is only the spirit of God and Christ—“The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Christ. He is also the Spirit of the Father. Thus St. Augustine argues (In Joan, tr. xcix, 6, 7 in P.L., XXXV, 188) . . Just as there is only one Father, just as there is only one Lord or one Son, so there is only one Spirit, who is, consequently, the Spirit of both [of the other two].”— Ibid.

9. RC: The Holy Ghost actually issues forth from one, not two, substances— “Proceeding both from the Father and the Son, the Holy Ghost, nevertheless, proceeds from them as from a single principle. The Holy Ghost proceeds from the two, not in so far as They are distinct, but inasmuch as Their Divine perfection is numerically one. Besides, such is the explicit teaching of ecclesiastical tradition, which is concisely put by St. Augustine (De Trin., lib. V, c. xiv, in P.L., XLII, 921) . . The CATHOLIC TRINITY The Catholic Encyclopedia,1914 Edition, art. “Holy Ghost.”

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11. Where Satan cannot lead into absolute unbelief, he will endeavor to mystify so that the belief remaining may prove ineffectual. From the confusing idea of ̳one God in three Gods‘ [i.e. the traditional Catholic Trinity explanation, of a singular threefold organism/Being or singular tri-personal substance] ... the enemy gladly leads to what appears to be a more rational, though not less erroneous idea – that there is no trinity , Robert Hare, Australasian Union Conference Record, July 19, 1909

12. …and that Christ is merely a created being. But God‘s great plan is clear and logical. There is a trinity, and in it there are three personalities ...We have the Father described in Dan. 7:9, 10...a personality surely...In Rev. 1:13-18 we have the Son described. He is also a personality... The Holy Spirit is spoken of throughout Scripture as a personality. These divine persons are associated in the work of God... Robert Hare, Australasian Union Conference Record, July 19, 1909

13. Robert Hare, Australasian Union Conference Record, July 19, 1909 …But this union is not one in which individuality is lost...There is indeed a divine trio, but the Christ of that Trinity is not a created being as the angels- He was the only begotten of the Father... Robert Hare, Australasian Union Conference Record, July 19, 1909

14. …Seventh-day Adventists believe in ... the Divine TRINITY. This Trinity consists of the Eternal Father... the Lord Jesus Christ... [and] the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead F. M. Wilcox (chief editor), Review and Herald , October 9, 1913

15. “...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... F. M. Wilcox (chief editor), Review and Herald , October 9, 1913

16. We [Adventists] recognize the divine Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, each possessing a distinct and separate personality, but one in nature and in purpose, so welded together in this infinite union that the apostle James speaks of them as "one God." James 2:19. This divine unity is similar to the unity existing between Christ and the believer, and between the different believers in their fellowship in Christ Jesus...” - F.M. Wilcox, Christ is Very God, Review and Herald F. M. Wilcox (chief editor), Review and Herald , October 9, 1913

17. “God is one [person] . Jesus Christ is one [i.e. another person] . The Holy Spirit is one [the third person of three] . And these three are one: there is no dissent nor division among them . ‖ A. T. Jones, Review and Herald , January 10, 1899 A. T. Jones, Review and Herald, January 10, 1899

18. A. T. Jones, Review and Herald, January 10, 1899

19. Seventh-day Adventists [ not just myself] believe [now] in ... the Divine *TRINITY. This Trinity consists of the Eternal Father... the Lord Jesus Christ... [and] the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead F. M. Wilcox (chief editor), * Review and Herald , October 9, 1913

20. “God is one [person] . Jesus Christ is one [i.e. another person] . The Holy Spirit is one [the third person of three] . And these three are one: there is no dissent nor division among them . ‖ A. T. Jones, Review and Herald , January 10, 1899 A. T. Jones, Review and Herald, January 10, 1899