WHAT BEST PROVES THAT MRS WHITE BECAME A TYPE

OF TRINITARIAN?

By Derrick Gillespie

The Holy Spirit as a third person of the Godhead is unknown in Scripture It is not a…being…. The doctrine of the Trinity can be neither established by

logic nor proved from Scriptures…The Scriptures and the Fathers teach one God the Father, and Jesus Christ his Son: but scholastic philosophy has

introduced terms [like “third person of the Godhead”] which…do not accord

with Scripture. -Michael Serveto, A Spaniard of Aragon

“Christadelphians deny the doctrine of the Trinity.  Therefore, they also deny that the Holy Spirit is the third person in the Godhead.”  http://www.carm.org/christadelphian/holy_spirit.htm

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**NOW NOTICE CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING:

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ's name. He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct personality. -E.G. White- Manuscript Release, Vol. 20, pg. 324

“The Holy Spirit… is as much a person as God is a person” -E.G. White, Manuscript 66, 1899;Avondale College speech in Australia

“The office of the Holy Spirit is distinctly specified in the words of Christ: ‘when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin…In describing to His disciples the office of the Holy Spirit, Jesus sought to inspire them with joy…sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third *PERSON of the Godhead…” -E.G. White, Review and Herald, Nov. 19, 1908.

“You are baptized in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. You are raised up out of the water to live henceforth in newness of life--to live a new life. You are born unto God, and you stand under the sanction and the power of THE THREE HOLIEST *BEINGS IN HEAVEN, who are able to keep you from falling…When I feel oppressed, and hardly know how to relate myself toward the work that God has given me to do, I just *CALL UPON THE THREE GREAT WORTHIES, and say; You know I cannot do this work in my own strength… And this is the prayer that every one of us may offer. . .” -E.G. White, Manuscript Release, Vol.7, pgs. 267, 268 (Ms 95, 1906, pp. 8-12, 14-17; "Lesson from Romans 15," October 20, 1906.) 

“…the Spirit, being God [BUT AS THE THIRD PERSON OF THREE], knoweth the mind of God; therefore every prayer of ours for the sick, or for other needs, the will of God is regarded." -E.G. White, Signs of the Times, Oct. 3, 1892

INTRODUCTION:

IT IS INTERESTING THAT IT WAS IN 1892 THAT ADVENTISM, THROUGH ITS PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING HOUSE, FIRST PUBLISHED/ENDORSED A CERTAIN VERSION OF “THE BIBLE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY” THROUGH SAMUEL SPEAR’S EXPRESSION OF TRINITARIANISM, AND IT WAS AFTER THAT EVENT THAT ALL THE FORGOING QUOTES FROM ADVENTISM’S E.G. WHITE WERE WRITTEN.IT IS STRIKINGLY OBVIOUS THAT THE EXPRESSION, “THIRD PERSON OF THE GODHEAD” IS DISTINCTLY A

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TRINITARIAN EXPRESSION. EVERY TRINITARIAN STATEMENT OF BELIEF (OF VARIOUS CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS) ALMOST EVERYTIME USES THE EXPRESSION TO EXPRESS TRINITARIANISM. TRUE ANTI-TRINITARIANS DO NOT ALLOW IT, AS SEEN IN THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE OPENING QUOTES. THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY, WHATEVER VERSION, IS HISTORICALLY THE ONLY ONE WHICH FREELY USES THIS EXPRESSION, AND THUS THEY ARE (THE DOCTRINE AND THE EXPRESSION) CLOSELY ASSOCIATED. ARIANISM, TRUE SEMI-ARIANISM, UNITARIANISM, JUDAISM, ISLAM, ETC, NEVER, EVER USES (OR SHOULD USE) THIS EXPRESSION!! ONLY TRINITARIANISM DOES!! SOME TRY TO SAY THAT ANY GODHEAD DOCTRINE INTIMATING “THREE HOLIEST BEINGS IN HEAVEN” IS NOT TRINITARIANISM BUT RATHER TRI-THEISM, AS IF EVEN TRADITIONAL TRINITARIANISM ESPOUSING ONE BEING WITH THREE MANIFESTATONS OR “PERSONS” SHARING ONE SUBSTANCE HAS NOT BEEN ALSO CHARGED WITH TRI-THEISM. THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT EVEN THOSE BELIEVING THAT THE FATHER IS THE ONE GOD, AND JESUS IS JUST HIS SON, BUT HAS RIGHTS TO HONOR EQUAL TO THE FATHER ARE CHARGED WITH DI—THEISM OR A FORM OF POLYTHEISM. SO WHAT’S NEW? TRINITARIANISM IS SAID BY CRITICS TO HAVE BEEN “BORROWED” FROM PAGANS BECAUSE IT ESPOUSES EITHER THREE PERSONALITIES/PERSON IN THE ONE GODHEAD OR THREE BEINGS IN THE ONE GODHEAD; NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE TRINITARIANISM IS ONLY EXPLAINED AS CATHOLICISM DOES TRADITIONALLY. HONESTY AND TRUE HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP ACCEPTS THIS UNDENIABLE FACT!! ALSO, SINCE THE ENGLISH WORD “GODHEAD” IS OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN WHEN TRINITARIANISM WAS DOMINANT DURING THE 13th CENTURY, THEN NO ANTI-TRINITARIAN HAS ANY BUSINESS USING IT IN THE SENSE OF SAYING, “THE THIRD PERSON OF THE GODHEAD”, SINCE IT WAS TRINITARIANS WHO INVENTED THIS EXPRESSION. PROOF? SEE BELOW.

*Definitions below are from- Merriam-Webster Online Collegiate Dictionary and www.dictionary.com .

God·head n. 1. Divinity; godhood. 2. Godhead a. The Christian God, especially the Trinity. b. The essential and divine nature of God, regarded abstractly

Main Entry: God·head Function: noun Etymology: Middle English godhed, from god + -hed -hood; akin to Middle English -hod -hood Date: ***13th century 1 : divine nature or essence : DIVINITY 2 capitalized a : GOD * b : the nature of God especially as existing in three persons.

COMMENTS ON THE WORDS-

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This last reference is most interesting because it mentions the etymology (origin) of the word “Godhead.” It was never originally in the Bible as “Godhead” but existed only in meaning as, simply translated, “divine nature”. While the word “TRINITY” (in Greek, then Latin) pre-dated, BY MANY YEARS, the origin of the Roman Catholic Church (in the fourth century after Constantine), the word “Godhead” has i ts origin is in the 13th century. Since Trinitarianism was dominant at that point in Europe, and in the succeeding ages of Christian history, we must respect the ordinary meaning of the word. Only a cultist would redefine words and insist on non-standard meanings (as some sectarian, and anti- Trinitarian Seventh-day Adventists do today, simply because they cannot discount Mrs. White’s use of some words, so they are forced to conveniently re-define words for themselves, to ‘escape’ what they are historically connected with). Consequently, the expression, the “third person of the Godhead” (capitalized or not) is an unmistakable reference to the Holy Spirit as the “Third Person in the Godhead” in a Trinitarian sense. It cannot be proven otherwise, historically or linguistically, that is, using authoritative and unbiased sources. Linguistically, and historically, the phrase “third person of the Godhead” only has meaning for Trinitarians and those who use the word “Godhead” to mean the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as a group of three divine persons. No anti- Trinitarian has business using it, UNLESS THEY ENGAGE IN DEMONIC TWISTING OF MEANINGS AND WORDS.

A SURVEY OF MRS. WHITE’S TRINITARIAN TYPE TEACHING IN ADVENTISM

An extensive survey of the Ellen G. White CD ROM (of her complete published works) shows the following expressions applied to the Godhead:

Review and Herald, January 27, 1903, paragraph 9—

"The salvation of human beings is a vast enterprise, that calls into action *every attribute of the divine nature [the Godhead]. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged themselves to make God's children more than conquerors

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through Him that loved them."

Notice now, very carefully, how, to Mrs. White, “every attribute of divine nature” equates with whom she saw described as “God” and “the Eternal Godhead” of Father Son, and Holy Spirit.

“Have you been born again? Have you become a new being in Christ Jesus? Then co-operate with the three great powers of heaven *who [all three called “who”] are working in your behalf. Doing this you will reveal to the world the principles of righteousness…God says, [notice after this whom she means says this] "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, . . . and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." This is the pledge of [not one person, but] the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit [*pledge to receive and be a Father to you]; made to you if you will keep your baptismal vow, and touch not the unclean thing… In order to deal righteously with the world, as members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King, Christians must feel their need of a power, which comes only from the [three] heavenly agencies that have pledged themselves to work in man's behalf. After we have formed a union with the great THREEFOLD POWER [singular; collective], we shall regard our duty toward the members of God's family with a sacred awe.”

-E.G. White, Signs of the Times, June 19, 1901

“Before the disciples shall compass the threshold, there is to be the imprint of the sacred name, baptizing the believers in the name of the Threefold Powers in the Heavenly world [a real place]. The work of salvation is not a small matter, but so vast that the Highest Authorities are taken hold of …*The Eternal Godhead- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost- IS [not ‘ARE’, but “IS”] involved…” -E.G. White, Manuscript 45, May 14, 1904-“That They All May Be One”

THIS IN NO WAY REFLECTS ARIANISM, SEMI-ARIANISM, OR UNITARIANISM, BUT BASIC TRINITARIANISM. This becomes even more evident as we shall see the number of times she used certain expressions. And her not using the term “trinity” is no foolproof argument against the fact

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that she came to believe in certain aspects of Trinitarianism (not all). The Nicene Creed, and the Apostles Creed, for instance, two renowned documents expressing trinitarianism, do not have the word “trinity” documented there, and yet are prime Trinitarian documents. Get the point? The Apostles Creed does not even mention the words “three persons”, or express them as one Godhead, and yet is considered an expression of Trinitarianism simply because it implies a belief in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead, and that is what Trinitarianism was always known to be, no matter the variations in explanation about the mode of the unity the persons in the Godhead. Note carefully now how:

1. "The Father, Son and Holy Spirit" — appears 97 times (some repeats of the same phrase were found in compilations and daily readers). In context this phrase is used to mean: the fullness of the nature of the Godhead, and a unity of purpose in the salvation of fallen mankind.

It is used in conjunction with the following terms:

a. "Three-fold name" [or ‘three-part name’]b. "Godhead" c. "Eternal heavenly dignitaries" [see “dignitary” in

dictionary]

Examples:

Counsels on Health p 222— "The Godhead was stirred with pity for the race, and the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit gave Themselves to the working out of the plan of redemption."

Please note that ALL THREE "gave Themselves" for our redemption. Our salvation was a sacrifice for ALL THREE Persons of the Godhead. Self-giving denotes individual will, does it not?

Manuscript Releases, Volume 6, p 163— "These three all cooperate in the great work of the covenant made by baptism in the sight of the heavenly universe."

2. "The threefold name" — appears 7 times (all repeats) and is used only in conjunction with the above phrase; context is baptism and conversion

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of the sinner.

Example: BC 6:1075— "Those who are baptized in the threefold name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, at the very entrance of their Christian life declare publicly that they have accepted the invitation, 'Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing...'" (Manuscript written in 1900)

3. "Three highest powers in the heavenly universe" — found 12 times; used in context with #1 above and defines the work of salvation and sanctification.

Example:

Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p 51— "we are to cooperate with the three highest powers in heaven,—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,—these powers will work through us, making us workers together with God." (also found in EV 617).

Review and Herald, 08-12-1909— "The three highest powers in the universe are pledged to labor with those who will seek to save the lost."

Sermons and Talks, Vol. 2, p 287— "In whose name are we baptized? In the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost,—the three highest powers in the heavenly courts."

The word "name" is a singular noun, but EGW uses THREE distinct NAMES (titles) to identify whom she is talking about. This indicates a spiritual unity of the Godhead even though there are three Persons in the Godhead. Also, in Matthew 28:19, the distinctive article, “the”, and the conjunctive word, “and”, coming separately before the titles, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are powerful indicators of three persons of the Godhead, as indicated by Mrs. White.

4. "Eternal heavenly dignitaries" — used 3 times (repeated) and always with #1 above, describes the power available for salvation from sin.

Example:

Manuscript Releases vol. 16, p 205— "Also there would be the eternal heavenly dignitaries—God, and Christ, and the Holy

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Spirit—arming them with more than mortal energy, and would advance with them to the work, and convince the world of sin."

5. "Godhead" — an overwhelming majority of usages—found 255 times, used many times in conjunction with the phrase "Christ, the express image of the Godhead."

Examples:

Signs of the Times, 6-27-1895, paragraph 3— "The greatness of God can not be measured or comprehended. And that doctrine that denies the absolute Godhead of Jesus, denies also the Godhead of the Father; for no man knoweth the Son but the Father."

THIS FORGOING STATEMENT IS A MONUMENTAL BENCHMARK TESTIMONY, WHICH HELPS US, AS ADVENTISTS, IN THE IDENTIFYING OF ALMOST ALL HERESIES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH!!!

Acts of the Apostles, p 50— "As in humility they submitted to the molding influence of the Holy Spirit, they received of the fullness of the Godhead and were fashioned in the likeness of the divine."

How could the Holy Spirit impart something of which He was NOT to the disciples, if He is not "fully God"? By receiving the "Holy Spirit," we receive the "fullness of the Godhead," which has already been defined as "three powers" and also "three divine Persons."

Desire of Ages, p 671, and Review and Herald, 05-19-1904, paragraph 3— "Sin could only be resisted and overcome through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of the divine power."

What power is left to our aid in overcoming sin, if we deny the “Third Person of the Godhead” His rightful place in the "heavenly trio"? The work wrought out by Christ is limited by our unbelief in the Regenerating Power of

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the Person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.

Evangelism, p 615— "The Comforter that Christ promised to send after He ascended to heaven, is the Spirit in all the fullness of the Godhead, making manifest the power of divine grace to all who receive and believe in Christ as a personal Saviour."

If we deny or denigrate the personhood of the Holy Spirit how can He effectually work in our hearts to give us overcoming?

6. "Heavenly trio" — only used one time and that is in the context of defining the Godhead"—same phrase repeated 5 times in different places

Examples:

Evangelism, p 617; In Heavenly Places, p 336; 7BC 441; Bible Training School, 3-01-1906; Special Testimonies Series B, vol. 7, p 63— "There are three living persons [handwritten manuscript had ‘personalities’] in the heavenly trio..." **It should be noted that despite the handwritten original manuscript had “living personalities”, it is no contradiction to have it read “ living persons”, since the Holy Spirit was declared by her as “also a divine Person”, who “has a personality”. That clears up any problems of what she meant by “living personalities”.

7. "Three dignitaries of heaven" — used only one time:

Examples:

6BC 1075— "When we have accepted Christ, and in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit have pledged ourselves to serve God, the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit—the three dignitaries and powers of heaven—pledge themselves that every facility shall be given to us if we carry out our baptismal vows to come out from among them, and be...separate."

A VERY POWERFUL STATEMENT INDEED,

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REGARDING WHOM WE SHOULD “SERVE” IN THE HIGHEST SENSE, AS CHILDREN OF GOD!!

8. "Three living persons" — used only one time and found in context with #1 and #3 above

9. "Three great powers" — used 41 times (many repeats);

Examples:

Manuscript Releases vol. 21, p 151, 152; Evangelism p 65; 2 SM 391; 8T 254; Review and Herald, 5-5-1903; Signs of the Times, 5-10-1910— "In the great closing work we shall meet with perplexities that we know not how to deal with, but let us not forget that the three great Powers of heaven are working, that a divine hand [SINGULAR] is on the wheel, and that God will bring His purposes to pass."

If the Holy Spirit is "only" a "power" or "force" (as the Arians teach) which strives with our spirit to bring about salvation, then it would appear from this statement (which uses parallelism in meaning) that ALL of the "three great Powers" are of the same nature and characteristics—all are "only" some kind of "force" which exerts its divine influence upon our hearts. But, in the first sentence EGW says "three great powers," then in the next sentence she says "God", indicating SIMILARITY of nature, and unity of action of the “three great powers” (or persons). INCIDENTALLY, THE TERM “POWERS”, AS USED INCONNECTION WITH THE GODHEAD, IS HISTORICALLY A TRINITARIAN EXPRESSION USED FIRST BY THE GREEK TRINITARIAN WRITERS.

Letter 1, 1904 (In Heavenly Places, p 176)— "Keep yourselves where the three great powers of heaven—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—can be your efficiency."

6BC 1074— "The three great powers of heaven are witnesses; they are invisible but present." Note the use of the personal pronoun "they" as a "corporate" term. "They"—ALL of "the three great powers of heaven"—"are witnesses."

Manuscript Releases vol. 4, p 368— "The three great powers of

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heaven pledge Themselves to furnish to the Christian all the assistance he requires. The Spirit changes the heart of stone to the heart of flesh. And by partaking of the word of God, eating the flesh and drinking the blood of His Son, Christians obtain an experience that is after the divine similitude. When Christ abides in the heart by faith, the Christian is the temple of God."

Please note: This quote describes the activities of “the three great powers" of the Godhead" as they function corporately and individually for the salvation of the sinner.

a. The Spirit changes the heart from stone to flesh;

b. Assimilation of the Word brings the "divine similitude" to our characters;

c. God then can dwell in our hearts as His holy temple. There is seen here a unity of purpose even though there are different "functions" for each of the Persons of the Godhead.

If we deny the personhood of the Spirit, then how can the first work of changing the stony heart to a heart of flesh be accomplished, when we deny Him His “office” of being a individual or personal Representative of Father and Son?

By the word "office" we understand the whole of that part of the sacred compact, which the Holy Spirit undertook to perform. That is why Mrs. pictured Him as “giving Himself” “in the Heavenly courts”. Lest some should suppose that the application of such a term, “office” to the Third Person of the Godhead be derogatory let me point out that it by no means implies mindless subordination or inferiority, despite His subjection to the Father’s leadership. See 1 Cor. 12:11, about the Spirit’s individual “will” before moving on. His “office” therefore, signifies, literally, a particular charge, trust, duty, or employment, conferred for some public or beneficial end. Hence we read of , for example, "the priest’s office" (Ex. 28:1; Luke 1:8), the apostolic "office" (Rom. 11:13), etc.

That there should have been a Covenant at all—that the three Persons in the Godhead should have deigned to enter into a solemn compact (“pledged themselves”) on behalf of this section of the universe, the fallen, ruined, and

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guilty race of mankind should fill our minds with holy wonderment and adoration. How firm a foundation was thus laid for the salvation of the church. No room was allowed for contingencies, no place left for uncertainties; the Church’s being and well-being was forever secured by unalterable compact and eternal decree.

In closing, it could be asked, HOW COULD ANYONE VENTURE TO THINK THAT AN IMPERSONAL INFLUENCE (WHICH MANY SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT AS) CAN BE PARTY TO A CONTRACT, OR GIVE HIMSELF, IF HE HAD NO “SELF” TO GIVE, OR HAD NO MIND OF HIS OWN. See Rom. 8:17 as a refutation of such heresy!!

CONCLUSION:

All the basic premises, which identify Trinitarianism, are in the writings of Mrs. White, who was alive when her Church started to expunge the previously held semi-Arian and Arian teachings from its ranks, as of 1892.

Some detractors in Adventism try to show, but rather unconvincingly, that their belief in a “Trio” of “Personalities” in the “Godhead” is not basic Trinitarianism, but they do so only by either DENYING in one sense, or LIMITING in another sense the very similar root meanings of the simple nouns “trinity” and “trio”, and by denying or forgetting the exclusive Trinitarian use (historically) of the word “Godhead” in the COLLECTIVE sense. Only if the words “trio” and “trinity” had unrelated root meanings, and the word “trinity” could not, in any shade of meaning, be correctly applied to the unity of the Personalities in the Godhead, would their arguments be seen as valid. Godhead ‘Trio-ism’ in Adventism, as far as semantics go, is basic trinitarianism to a certain degree, despite protestations to the contrary. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is no less Trinitarian, despite it’s “unorthodox” version of the doctrine, than a “liberal” Jew is Jewish. Jews are categorized today as “orthodox”, “conservative”, and “liberal” based on how close they stick to the tenets of Judaism (traditional, that is). And yet not all traditional Jewish beliefs were supported by Jesus (a Jew) while he was on earth. It is an argument that is invalid, and steeped in ‘intellectual pride’, which

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argues that trinitarianism is not trinitarianism, or even Arianism is not Arianism unless it is so in an “orthodox” way. It was “orthodox” Judaism that rejected Jesus as God!! Remember that. Trinitarianism is predicated upon the principle of a belief in “three Persons” within the “one Godhead”. It is Biblical to affirm “three living [literal] personalities” in the Godhead, and this is what “a trinity” is. Even the false, counterfeit trinities, triads and trios in pagan religious – proclaim (to a certain degree) the true definition of “trinity”. Satan cannot help but be a counterfeiter!!Once, by a Christian, “three persons” are affirmed in the Godhead, whether as three separate persons (beings), or personalities, but all are related and in union (a belief some mistakenly call tri-theism), or as three personal “manifestations” of the one “existence” or reality (being), but all related in “substance”, then that Christian is a Trinitarian. Some, unwittingly, are Trinitarians, and believe in a “Trio” in the Godhead, but resist and deny the label. J.H. Waggoner (a pioneer), a few years before the church affirmed three persons in the Godhead, stated that trinitarianism is simply based upon the true definition of the word “trinity”, which means “three [distinct] persons” who exist together by close relationship; just like “trio”, “triplet”, “triad” and “triumvirate” – all coming from the prefix “tri” [three].

“A Trinity is three persons. To recognize [admit to] a trinity [the true type], the distinction between the Father and Son must be preserved.” -J.H. Waggoner, 1884, The Atonement, pgs.

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Thus a trinity in not (supposed to be) a single person, personality or individual, as critics charge the Roman Catholics, for instance, to be teaching since the Apostle’s Creed (of the fourth century) summarized the early expressions of the first and second century Christians. If in Adventism, since 1892, and long before 1931, the three Persons in the Godhead (and in fact trinitariansim through Dr. Spear’s article) were directly affirmed, then as sure as trilogy, tricycle, triennial, triplicate, trident, tripod, and tripartite all relate to “three” distinct, but related entities, pioneering Adventism became supportive of a “trinity” in the Godhead (if even not by orthodoxy).

Written anti-Trinitarian expressions among Adventists became significantly less after 1892, and the following pre-1915 sentiments were

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increasingly appearing on record:

1900“[The Holy Spirit] is one with and sent by the Father, and the Son… He [the Holy Spirit] would make us know His personality, but ever IN LIVING CONNECTION with Christ… Let Him [the Spirit] make you know, beloved, how surprisingly beautiful are the BLENDED PERSONALITIES of our *TRIUNE GOD (!!) manifested by the personal presence of the Holy Ghost.” “Blended Personalities”, Review and Herald, Vol. 77, April 3, 1900, pg. 210 1913 “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 (editor of Review and Herald), *Review and Herald, October 9, 1913 Mrs. White, who was so pointed in calling sin, “sin”, and error, “error”, and clearly listed and called by name, or described directly the errors of “Babylon”, would not, could not ignore calling direct attention to what some call the “mother of all heresies” (the trinity), that is, if she saw it as such. However, notice her clear words below, regarding what is the “mother of all heresies”.

“No error accepted by the Christian world strikes more boldly against the authority of Heaven, none is more directly opposed to the dictates of reason, none is more pernicious in its results, than the modern doctrine, so rapidly gaining ground, that God’s law is no longer binding upon men [including the Sabbath command]” -E.G. White, Great Controversy, 1911, pg.583The foregoing is plain for all to see. If trinitarianism broke the first commandment (as declared by some), and was such an error, then Mrs. White would have no choice but refer to it directly. Did she see it as such, or spoke directly against it? NO! The fact is, she never, ever wrote one single line, directly opposed to Trinitarianism, and even after her Church started to publish it openly through its main publishing houses. This fact, coupled with the similarity between her post-1892 expressions and trinitarianism speaks large volumes. And this writer says, Amen!!

FOR MORE EVIDENCE, e.g. on the “of one substance” Trinitarian expression used even by Mrs. White, or the mysterious nature of Christ’s death

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and resurrection, or the absolute Godhead of Jesus despite His voluntary subjection to the Father, as well as why a belief in the “Eternal Godhead” of “three living Personalities (Persons)” is basic trinitarianism, even if some Trinitarian teachings are rejected:

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