What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Examination of the Nicene Creed in the light of Ellen White's writings: God the Father, eternally begotten Son, consubstantiality, Holy Spirit, Filioque, one holy apostolic Church, one baptism for the remission of sins, Bible and creeds."
Answer
The provided writings demonstrate that the Nicene Creed defines the divine nature of Christ as essentially equal to the Father, with the theological debate over substance (Homoousion vs. Homoiousion) being central and also shaping the Filioque issue. Ellen White emphasized the inviolable authority of the Holy Scriptures over church dogmas and rejected all other creeds. The SDA Conference further underscores the Bible as the sole infallible rule of faith and practice.
\n\nThe Nicene Creed and its theological significance
\n\n\n»Jesus Christ, only-begotten Son of God, is true God and true man, of a reasonable soul and a body subsisting, begotten of the Father before all time, without beginning, according to the Godhead, but in the last times, for us men and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, according to the manhood; of one substance with the Father according to the Godhead, and of one substance with his mother, according to the manhood.«
Ellen White's position on the Bible and creeds
\n\n\n»The grand principle maintained by these Reformers ... was the infallible authority of the Holy Scriptures as a rule of faith and practice. They denied the right of popes, councils, Fathers, and kings, to control the conscience in matters of religion.«
The role of the Bible as the sole creed
\n\n\n»As elsewhere stated, Seventh-day Adventists have no creed but the Bible; but they hold to certain well-defined points of faith, for which they feel prepared to give a reason 'to every man that asketh' them.«
The theological debate over the substance of Christ
\n»Whether the Son of God, therefore, is of the same substance, or only of like substance, with the Father, was the question in dispute. The controversy was carried on in Greek, and as expressed in Greek the whole question turned upon a single letter. The word which expressed Alexander's belief, is Homoousion. The word which expressed the belief of Arius, is Homoiousion.«
Original Sources (English)
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