June 2005 archive

Samuele Bacchiocchi and HH Pope Benedict XVI

The papacy features a lot in Adventist prophecy, and it’s not surprising that Dr Bacchiocchi has taken the opportunity of the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI to promote Adventism’s anti-Catholic views. But this statement of his shows his extreme ignorance of the two men.

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Dr. Beverly Whelton – The Journey Home

Dr. Beverly Whelton, former Seventh-day Adventist, now Catholic, speaks about her conversion to the Catholic Church. May 23 2005, The Journey Home, with Marcus Grodi.

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Monetary offerings on the Sabbath???

I find it odd, as a frequently used argument by Adventists is that the offerings on the first day of the week mentioned in 1 Cor 16:2 were put aside on the first day because collecting them on the Sabbath would have been breaking the Sabbath. Are Adventists today breaking the Sabbath by taking up such collections? Or is it just a bad argument?

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Adventist Review: The Papacy in Transition

William Johnsson here confuses the priesthood of Christ with the pastoral role of the clergy, who act as Christ’s representatives. That is a completely biblical concept. The human clergy do not replace Christ in any way – and both types of priesthood are identified in the New Testament, as well as a third – the universal priesthood of the individual believer.

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