A lot of people have not heard of him but he was a major figure in the Reformation at the time. the true meaning of the last supper vs transubstantiation which Luther never let go of. As a contemporary of Luther he brought great truth to the Reformation, i.e. In speaking of great reformers of the 16th century we cannot leave out Huldrych Zwingli from Switzerland. Those are the foundational truths of the Reformation. It's too bad most of Protestantism has abandoned the faith of it's reformers who risked their lives to bring the truth of God's word to the attention of the people. It's well over a 1000 pages long but it highlights the truths of the Reformation as well as Reformation history. The Reformation wasn't about following men, it was about following God.ĭ'Aubigne's 5 volume set is a very good read. Merle d'Aubigne's History of the 16th Century Reformation, and he highlights everything I've listed above as the highlights of the truths taught in the Reformation. God's grace leads us to repentance and obedience. Salvation is possible only through the merits of Jesus. Tradition is not to be relied upon, only God's word. Every man is to trust God to lead him to truth. Every man is to study God's word for himself. Why would you not attach the SDA church to the Reformation? It follows the principles of the Reformation. Ellen White claimed that various groups over time had kept Saturday as the Christian Sabbath going all the way back to the Apostles. So it was never "a thing" in the Adventist church to say that we started it. The Sabbath doctrine was introduced to the Adventists primarily through influence from Seventh-day Baptists. So then that would be "Luther", as in the protestant principles - still being foundational to the SDA denomination that formed from a few of those Millerites (people who attended William Miller's seminars) that chose to accept the Sabbath and study to find agreement on a few more doctrines. but I do know that this is a common topic for them. So the Protestant "basics".Īs for your post - I did not hear/watch that SDA preacher you are talking about. They did not agree on every single doctrine - they were exclusively looking at eschatology - end time events.īut they did have the sola-scriptura Protestant model and they used the well-accepted historicist model of prophetic interpretation. The Millerites were people from all protestant denominations - that joined in "meetings" not in a new denomination - more like a prophecy "seminar".
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