THE PUNISHMENT AND DESTRUCTION OF THE WICKED IN ELLEN G. WHITE
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https://doi.org/10.19141/1809-2454.kerygma.v15.n2.p75-93Keywords:
Ellen G. White, Hell, Conditionalism, Annihilationism, UniversalismAbstract
In recent years, several approaches have questioned and argued against the traditional teaching of punishment and unending conscious suffering after death. In the face of these controversies, it is worth asking, in the context of the annihilating eschatology carried out by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, what were the principles defended by its pioneer Ellen White, about the final destiny of the wicked. The objective of the investigation is to describe, systematize and establish as beliefs it maintains regarding the punishment and final destruction of the wicked. The study will briefly present an understanding of these issues in the Millerite movement, Albany Adventists, and prominent writers at the beginning of the Adventist Church. In this context, the shift from traditional thinking by Ellen G. White to the conditionalist during her initial religious
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