Seventh-day Adventist Church
A living tradition within Adventism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Seventh-day Adventist Church is a living tradition within Adventism. Also written SDA.
Origin
Founders named in the sources: Ellen G. White, James White, Joseph Bates. Founding date given as 1863. Formed from the post-1844 Adventists who held that Miller's date was right but his event wrong, concluding that an investigative judgement had begun in heaven. Saturday worship gave the denomination its name; Britannica dates its establishment to 1863. Ellen Gould Harmon White (1827-1915), regarded by the church as having the prophetic gift, shaped its beliefs and practices; she reported beginning to experience visions in December 1844.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Seventh-day Adventist Church.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-seventh-day-adventist-church.
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