The Roman Catholic Church, uniting the forms of paganism and Christianity, and, like paganism, misrepresenting the character of God, has resorted to practices no less cruel and revolting. In the days of Rome’s supremacy there were instruments of torture to compel assent to her doctrines. There was the stake for those who would not concedeContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Liberty of Conscience Threatened—Chapter 35, Part 3”
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The Great Controversy: God’s Law Immutable—Chapter 25, Part 5
The Roman Church has not relinquished her claim to supremacy; and when the world and the Protestant churches accept a sabbath of her creating, while they reject the Bible Sabbath, they virtually admit this assumption. They may claim the authority of tradition and of the Fathers for the change; but in so doing they ignoreContinue reading “The Great Controversy: God’s Law Immutable—Chapter 25, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: God’s Law Immutable—Chapter 25, Part 4
[Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cupContinue reading “The Great Controversy: God’s Law Immutable—Chapter 25, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: God’s Law Immutable—Chapter 25, Part 3
[Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.Revelation 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whoseContinue reading “The Great Controversy: God’s Law Immutable—Chapter 25, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: Luther Before the Diet—Chapter 8, Part 1
A new emperor, Charles V, had ascended the throne of Germany, and the emissaries of Rome hastened to present their congratulations and induce the monarch to employ his power against the Reformation. On the other hand, the elector of Saxony, to whom Charles was in great degree indebted for his crown, entreated him to takeContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Luther Before the Diet—Chapter 8, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 4
Luther’s teachings attracted the attention of thoughtful minds throughout all Germany. From his sermons and writings issued beams of light which awakened and illuminated thousands. A living faith was taking the place of the dead formalism in which the church had so long been held. The people were daily losing confidence in the superstitions ofContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 2
Luther was ordained a priest and was called from the cloister to a professorship in the University of Wittenberg. Here he applied himself to the study of the Scriptures in the original tongues. He began to lecture upon the Bible; and the book of Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles were opened to the understandingContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 2”