What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Do you believe in the fusion of doctrines?"
Answer
Adventist writings warn against compromising doctrines for external unity. Ellen White describes how, even in early Christianity, union with paganism through concessions to essential truths led to the corruption of the Church. Also in the end time, unity based on human agreement rather than biblical truth is warned against—true unity arises solely through the shared faith in the soon coming of Christ, not through mixing different teachings.
Union of Christianity and Paganism through Compromises
»With some concessions on their part, they proposed that Christians should make concessions so that all could be united on the platform of faith in Christ. Now the church was in terrible danger. Most Christians eventually agreed to lower their standard, and a union was formed between Christianity and paganism. Although the idolaters professed to be converted and joined the church, they still clung to their idolatry, only changing the objects of their worship to images of Jesus and even of Mary and the saints.«
Danger of a Protestant Union at the Expense of Truth
»For years there has been a strong and growing sentiment in the churches of the Protestant faith in favor of a union based on common points of doctrine. To secure such a union, discussion of topics in which not all were agreed— however important they may be from a biblical standpoint— must necessarily be dropped. … If this is achieved, then in the endeavor to enforce complete uniformity it will only be a step toward resorting to violence.«
True Unity Solely in the Faith of the Soon Coming
»I will be ready to enter any assembly within my reach for union in the coming Lord, which is only attainable through the faith in His soon coming; a faith that was generally appreciated in the primitive church, revived in the Reformation, but then abandoned. I expect no other union in this world for the churches.«
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