SDAs and Christian Unity

[Gregory Matthews]

For interesting thought on unity with other Christian denominations, to include thoughts form EGW, see:

Part 1:  https://atoday.org/adventists-are-not-anti-ecumenical/

 

Part 2:  https://atoday.org/part-2-adventists-believe-in-christian-unity/

 

 

For an interesting comment related to EGW, see:

 

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By the time she died in 1915 Ellen White’s personal library included hundreds of books by various Protestant authors. She had read many of these books, and used them when writing her own books. She knew that Christian authors had good insights into the word of God that she could rely upon. Comparisons of her own writings with books in her library have demonstrated how much she valued their contributions, and even at times depended on them quite heavily.

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Even Roman Catholics touched her in her own life journey. Ellen White struggled for decades to become a full vegetarian. She had advocated a vegetarian diet from about 1865, but she personally continued to eat meat on and off for three more decades, until she had an unusual conversation with a Roman Catholic lady. A Mrs. O’Kavanagh met with her during a camp meeting near Melbourne, Australia, in 1896. This lady wanted to know more about Adventist lifestyle, vegetarianism, and abstinence from tobacco and alcohol. But Mrs. O’Kavanagh became perturbed when she realized Adventists were not totally abstaining from eating meat, and yet claimed to be vegetarians. She explained to Ellen White how horrible were the living conditions of these animals and how they were cruelly butchered to then appear on their tables. That did it! Ellen White determined to never again eat a piece of meat. God used a Roman Catholic to finally convince Ellen White to fully follow what she had been preaching for 30 years![3]

No wonder Ellen White was keen to say that our pastors should not go out of their way to attack Christians of other denominations, including Catholics![4] She rebuked a few pastors for their bigotry toward others, and for unnecessarily creating prejudices in the minds of others.[5]

 

 

[Gregory Matthews]

In part 1, a reference was made to a document.  The Englilsh translation of that document may be found at:

http://www.ceceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ChartaOecumenica.pdf