3. Adventism: A Yoke of Bondage
Largely, people are drawn into the Seventh-day doctrine through fear, fear of being damned if they refuse. Once in, they try to feel happy, but very few really are. With […]
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Category: Books
2. Twenty-Eight Years in Adventism
I long hesitated about bringing personal matters into this book, but could see no way to tell my story without it. My experience illustrates the power which error and superstition […]
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1. Doctrines and Methods of Adventists
ADDITIONAL ITEMS FROM THE PRINTED EDITION: PREFACE TO FOURTEENTH EDITION MY PRESENT STANDING INTRODUCTION Seventh-day Adventism originated about seventy-five years ago in the work of Mr. Miller, who set the […]
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III. Introduction
By Rev. Theo. Nelson. LL.D., late President of Kalamazoo College I met for the first time the author of “Adventism Renounced” in the autumn of 1865. He was then a […]
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II. My Present Standing
WHEN a prominent man leaves one church or party and joins an opposing one and gives his reasons for it he may expect that his old associates will reply to […]
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I. Preface to Fourteenth Edition
“To criticise, expose and condemn others is not a pleasant task; but when religious teachers enthrone error, and mislead honest people, silence would be unkind and censurable.” Being profoundly convinced that Seventh-Day Adventism is a system of error, I feel it my duty to publish what I know of it. I do it in the fear of God. Knowing the sorrow it has brought to my heart and to thousands, I must warn others against it. I do not question the honesty of the Adventists, but their sincerity does not sanctify their errors. Ihave had to speak plainly, but, I trust kindly. I have had to treat each subject briefly, and leave many untouched, but I have taken up the main pillars of that faith! if these fall, the whole must go […]
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12. The Ten Commandments Not Changed by Catholics
ADVENTISTS DECAPITATE THE DECALOGUE Seventh-Day Adventists say that the Catholic Church has cut out the second one, the one against images, has changed the Sabbath precept, and divided the tenth […]
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11. The Mark of The Beast—What Is It?
Seventy-day Adventists teach that the ten-horned beast of Rev. 13:1–10 is the Papacy and that the two-horned beast of verses 11-18 is the United States. No commentator or Christian scholar […]
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10. The Papacy and The Lord’s Day
“The Papacy changed the Sabbath.” (Replies to Canright, p. 119) This is a leading tenet in the Seventh-day Adventist faith, strongly urged in all their teachings. Here is a sample […]
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9. The Lord’s Day at the Councils of Nice, A.D. 325, and Laodicea, A.D. 364
This world-renowned council was held at Nice in Grecian territory near Constantinople, A.D. 325. It was the first general council of the Christian Church. Dean Stanley, in his History of […]
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8. Constantine’s Sunday Law, A.D. 321
Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, issued the following edict in A.D. 32: “Let all the judges and town people, and the occupation of all trades, rest on the […]
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7. Sunday Observance Originated With the Eastern or Greek Church, Not With Rome in the West
This is a very important fact bearing on the Sunday question. Adventists are constantly pointing to “Rome,”to the “Pope of Rome,” to the “Roman Church,” to the “Roman Papacy,” to […]
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6. Historical Evidence That Our Lord’s Day Was Observed From the Time of the Apostles
We will now present historical evidence, proving that the observance of the first day of the week, as a day of worship, was universal among Christians in the days immediately […]
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5. The Pagan Romans and Greeks Had No Weekly Day of Rest, or Festival, or Worship
One of the chief arguments which Seventh-Day Adventists make against Sunday observance is this: They say that the pagan nations, especially the Romans, regarded Sunday as a holiday, or festival […]
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4. Catholics Locate the Change of the Sabbath Back With the Apostles
The above [title] is the universally accepted doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. It is so taught in all her doctrinal works. I have examined a large number of her […]
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