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Ellen G. White was a major figure of nineteenth-century American
Christianity although she has not been widely studied or
researched. Shortly after the second coming of Jesus predicted by
the Millerites did not materialize on October 22, 1844, White
became one of the principal leaders of a small remnant group of
disappointed believers. She also began claiming visionary
manifestations. The Sabbatarians, who later came to be known as the
Seventh-day Adventists, gradually accepted White as having the
genuine gift of prophecy and her gift became one of their
distinctive doctrines. How did the early Sabbath-keeping Adventists
become convinced of her prophetic claims? This volume is a
historical examination of the process through which early
Seventh-day Adventists justified and accepted White's prophetic
claims between 1844 and 1889. It evaluates and analyzes the
development of their understanding of the doctrine of the gift of
prophesy in general, and White's gift in particular. In 1844, she
claimed to have received her first vision, and by 1889, the
essential arguments for and against her prophetic gift were in
place. Ellen White's gift of prophecy has remained a controversial
subject within and outside the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
This analysis provides an important historical context that
illuminates the prophetic claims of Ellen White and the attempts of
her denomination to find a more balanced and informed approach
toward such a complex topic.
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