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WHAT BEST PROVES THAT

MRS WHITE BECAME A
TYPE OF TRINITARIAN?

By Derrick Gillespie

The Holy Spirit as a third person of the Godhead is unknown in Scripture It

is not a…being…. The doctrine of the Trinity can be neither established by
logic nor proved from Scriptures…The Scriptures and the Fathers teach one
God the Father, and Jesus Christ his Son: but scholastic philosophy has
introduced terms [like “third person of the Godhead”] which…do not accord
with Scripture. -Michael Serveto, A Spaniard of Aragon

“Christadelphians deny the doctrine of the Trinity. Therefore,

they also deny that the Holy Spirit is the third person in the
Godhead.” http://www.carm.org/christadelphian/holy_spirit.htm
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**NOW NOTICE CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING:

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ's name. He personifies Christ, yet
is a distinct personality.
-E.G. White- Manuscript Release, Vol. 20, pg. 324

“The Holy Spirit… is as much a person as God is a person”

-E.G. White, Manuscript 66, 1899;Avondale College speech in Australia

“The office of the Holy Spirit is distinctly specified in the words of Christ:
‘when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin…In describing to His
disciples the office of the Holy Spirit, Jesus sought to inspire them with joy…
sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the
Third *PERSON of the Godhead…”
-E.G. White, Review and Herald, Nov. 19, 1908.

“You are baptized in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. You are raised up out of the water to live henceforth in newness of
life--to live a new life. You are born unto God, and you stand under the
sanction and the power of THE THREE HOLIEST *BEINGS IN HEAVEN,
who are able to keep you from falling…When I feel oppressed, and hardly
know how to relate myself toward the work that God has given me to do, I
just *CALL UPON THE THREE GREAT WORTHIES, and say; You know I
cannot do this work in my own strength… And this is the prayer that every
one of us may offer. . .” -E.G. White, Manuscript Release, Vol.7, pgs. 267,
268 (Ms 95, 1906, pp. 8-12, 14-17; "Lesson from Romans 15," October 20,
1906.)

“…the Spirit, being God [BUT AS THE THIRD PERSON OF THREE],

knoweth the mind of God; therefore every prayer of ours for the sick, or for
other needs, the will of God is regarded." -E.G. White, Signs of the Times,
Oct. 3, 1892

INTRODUCTION:
IT IS INTERESTING THAT IT WAS IN 1892 THAT ADVENTISM, THROUGH ITS PACIFIC
PRESS PUBLISHING HOUSE, FIRST PUBLISHED/ENDORSED A CERTAIN VERSION OF
“THE BIBLE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY” THROUGH SAMUEL SPEAR’S EXPRESSION OF
TRINITARIANISM, AND IT WAS AFTER THAT EVENT THAT ALL THE FORGOING QUOTES
FROM ADVENTISM’S E.G. WHITE WERE WRITTEN.IT IS STRIKINGLY OBVIOUS THAT
THE EXPRESSION, “THIRD PERSON OF THE GODHEAD” IS DISTINCTLY A
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TRINITARIAN EXPRESSION. EVERY TRINITARIAN STATEMENT OF BELIEF (OF

VARIOUS CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS) ALMOST EVERYTIME USES THE EXPRESSION
TO EXPRESS TRINITARIANISM. TRUE ANTI-TRINITARIANS DO NOT ALLOW IT, AS
SEEN IN THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE OPENING QUOTES. THE DOCTRINE OF THE
TRINITY, WHATEVER VERSION, IS HISTORICALLY THE ONLY ONE WHICH FREELY
USES THIS EXPRESSION, AND THUS THEY ARE (THE DOCTRINE AND THE EXPRESSION)
CLOSELY ASSOCIATED. ARIANISM, TRUE SEMI-ARIANISM, UNITARIANISM, JUDAISM,
ISLAM, ETC, NEVER, EVER USES (OR SHOULD USE) THIS EXPRESSION!! ONLY
TRINITARIANISM DOES!! SOME TRY TO SAY THAT ANY GODHEAD DOCTRINE
INTIMATING “THREE HOLIEST BEINGS IN HEAVEN” IS NOT TRINITARIANISM BUT
RATHER TRI-THEISM, AS IF EVEN TRADITIONAL TRINITARIANISM ESPOUSING ONE
BEING WITH THREE MANIFESTATONS OR “PERSONS” SHARING ONE SUBSTANCE HAS
NOT BEEN ALSO CHARGED WITH TRI-THEISM. THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT EVEN
THOSE BELIEVING THAT THE FATHER IS THE ONE GOD, AND JESUS IS JUST HIS SON,
BUT HAS RIGHTS TO HONOR EQUAL TO THE FATHER ARE CHARGED WITH DI—THEISM
OR A FORM OF POLYTHEISM. SO WHAT’S NEW? TRINITARIANISM IS SAID BY CRITICS
TO HAVE BEEN “BORROWED” FROM PAGANS BECAUSE IT ESPOUSES EITHER THREE
PERSONALITIES/PERSON IN THE ONE GODHEAD OR THREE BEINGS IN THE ONE
GODHEAD; NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE TRINITARIANISM IS ONLY EXPLAINED AS
CATHOLICISM DOES TRADITIONALLY. HONESTY AND TRUE HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP
ACCEPTS THIS UNDENIABLE FACT!! ALSO, SINCE THE ENGLISH WORD “GODHEAD”
IS OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN WHEN TRINITARIANISM WAS DOMINANT DURING
THE 13th CENTURY, THEN NO ANTI-TRINITARIAN HAS ANY BUSINESS USING IT IN
THE SENSE OF SAYING, “THE THIRD PERSON OF THE GODHEAD”, SINCE IT WAS
TRINITARIANS WHO INVENTED THIS EXPRESSION. PROOF? SEE BELOW.

*Definitions below are from- Merriam-Webster Online Collegiate

Dictionary and www.dictionary.com.

God·head
n.
1. Divinity; godhood.
2. Godhead
a. The Christian God, especially the Trinity.
b. The essential and divine nature of God, regarded abstractly

Main Entry: God·head

Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English godhed, from god + -hed -hood; akin to Middle
English -hod -hood
Date: ***13th century
1 : divine nature or essence : DIVINITY
2 capitalized a : GOD * b : the nature of God especially as existing in three
persons.
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COMMENTS ON THE WORDS-

This last reference is most interesting because it mentions the etymology

(origin) of the word “Godhead.” It was never originally in the Bible as
“Godhead” but existed only in meaning as, simply translated, “divine nature”.
While the word “TRINITY” (in Greek, then Latin) pre-dated, BY MANY
YEARS, the origin of the Roman Catholic Church (in the fourth century
after Constantine), the word “Godhead” has its origin is in the 13th
century. Since Trinitarianism was dominant at that point in Europe, and in the
succeeding ages of Christian history, we must respect the ordinary meaning of
the word. Only a cultist would redefine words and insist on non-standard
meanings (as some sectarian, and anti- Trinitarian Seventh-day Adventists do
today, simply because they cannot discount Mrs. White’s use of some words, so
they are forced to conveniently re-define words for themselves, to ‘escape’
what they are historically connected with).
Consequently, the expression, the “third person of the Godhead”
(capitalized or not) is an unmistakable reference to the Holy Spirit as the
“Third Person in the Godhead” in a Trinitarian sense. It cannot be proven
otherwise, historically or linguistically, that is, using authoritative and
unbiased sources. Linguistically, and historically, the phrase “third person
of the Godhead” only has meaning for Trinitarians and those who use the
word “Godhead” to mean the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as a group of
three divine persons. No anti- Trinitarian has business using it, UNLESS
THEY ENGAGE IN DEMONIC TWISTING OF MEANINGS AND
WORDS.

A SURVEY OF MRS. WHITE’S

TRINITARIAN TYPE TEACHING IN
ADVENTISM
An extensive survey of the Ellen G. White CD ROM (of her complete
published works) shows the following expressions applied to the Godhead:

Review and Herald, January 27, 1903, paragraph 9—

"The salvation of human beings is a vast enterprise, that calls

into action *every attribute of the divine nature [the Godhead].
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have pledged
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themselves to make God's children more than conquerors

through Him that loved them."

Notice now, very carefully, how, to Mrs. White, “every attribute of

divine nature” equates with whom she saw described as “God” and
“the Eternal Godhead” of Father Son, and Holy Spirit.

“Have you been born again? Have you become a new being in
Christ Jesus? Then co-operate with the three great powers of
heaven *who [all three called “who”] are working in your behalf.
Doing this you will reveal to the world the principles of
righteousness…God says, [notice after this whom she means says
this] "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, . . . and
touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a
Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the
Lord Almighty." This is the pledge of [not one person, but] the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit [*pledge to receive and be a
Father to you]; made to you if you will keep your baptismal vow,
and touch not the unclean thing… In order to deal righteously with
the world, as members of the royal family, children of the heavenly
King, Christians must feel their need of a power, which comes only
from the [three] heavenly agencies that have pledged themselves to
work in man's behalf. After we have formed a union with the great
THREEFOLD POWER [singular; collective], we shall regard our
duty toward the members of God's family with a sacred awe.”

-E.G. White, Signs of the Times, June 19, 1901

“Before the disciples shall compass the threshold, there is to be the imprint of
the sacred name, baptizing the believers in the name of the Threefold Powers
in the Heavenly world [a real place]. The work of salvation is not a small
matter, but so vast that the Highest Authorities are taken hold of …*The
Eternal Godhead- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost- IS [not ‘ARE’,
but “IS”] involved…”
-E.G. White, Manuscript 45, May 14, 1904-“That They All May Be One”

THIS IN NO WAY REFLECTS ARIANISM, SEMI-ARIANISM, OR

UNITARIANISM, BUT BASIC TRINITARIANISM. This becomes even more
evident as we shall see the number of times she used certain expressions. And
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her not using the term “trinity” is no foolproof argument against the fact
that she came to believe in certain aspects of Trinitarianism (not all). The
Nicene Creed, and the Apostles Creed, for instance, two renowned
documents expressing trinitarianism, do not have the word “trinity”
documented there, and yet are prime Trinitarian documents. Get the
point? The Apostles Creed does not even mention the words “three
persons”, or express them as one Godhead, and yet is considered an
expression of Trinitarianism simply because it implies a belief in Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead, and that is what
Trinitarianism was always known to be, no matter the variations in
explanation about the mode of the unity the persons in the Godhead. Note
carefully now how:

1. "The Father, Son and Holy Spirit" — appears 97 times (some repeats
of the same phrase were found in compilations and daily readers). In
context this phrase is used to mean: the fullness of the nature of the
Godhead, and a unity of purpose in the salvation of fallen mankind.

It is used in conjunction with the following terms:

a. "Three-fold name" [or ‘three-part name’]

b. "Godhead"
c. "Eternal heavenly dignitaries" [see “dignitary” in
dictionary]

Examples:

Counsels on Health p 222— "The Godhead was stirred with pity

for the race, and the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit gave
Themselves to the working out of the plan of redemption."

Please note that ALL THREE "gave Themselves" for our redemption. Our
salvation was a sacrifice for ALL THREE Persons of the Godhead. Self-giving
denotes individual will, does it not?

Manuscript Releases, Volume 6, p 163— "These three all

cooperate in the great work of the covenant made by baptism in
the sight of the heavenly universe."

2. "The threefold name"— appears 7 times (all repeats) and is used only
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in conjunction with the above phrase; context is baptism and conversion

of the sinner.

Example: BC 6:1075— "Those who are baptized in the threefold name of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, at the very entrance of their Christian
life declare publicly that they have accepted the invitation, 'Come out from
among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing...'" (Manuscript written in 1900)

3. "Three highest powers in the heavenly universe"— found 12 times;

used in context with #1 above and defines the work of salvation and
sanctification.

Example:

Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p 51— "we are to cooperate

with the three highest powers in heaven,—the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost,—these powers will work through us,
making us workers together with God." (also found in EV 617).

Review and Herald, 08-12-1909— "The three highest powers in

the universe are pledged to labor with those who will seek to save
the lost."

Sermons and Talks, Vol. 2, p 287— "In whose name are we

baptized? In the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost,—
the three highest powers in the heavenly courts."

The word "name" is a singular noun, but EGW uses THREE distinct NAMES
(titles) to identify whom she is talking about. This indicates a spiritual unity of
the Godhead even though there are three Persons in the Godhead. Also, in
Matthew 28:19, the distinctive article, “the”, and the conjunctive word, “and”,
coming separately before the titles, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are powerful
indicators of three persons of the Godhead, as indicated by Mrs. White.

4. "Eternal heavenly dignitaries"— used 3 times (repeated) and always

with #1 above, describes the power available for salvation from sin.

Example:
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Manuscript Releases vol. 16, p 205— "Also there would be the

eternal heavenly dignitaries—God, and Christ, and the Holy
Spirit—arming them with more than mortal energy, and would
advance with them to the work, and convince the world of sin."

5. "Godhead" — an overwhelming majority of usages—found 255 times,

used many times in conjunction with the phrase "Christ, the express
image of the Godhead."

Examples:

Signs of the Times, 6-27-1895, paragraph 3— "The greatness of

God can not be measured or comprehended. And that doctrine
that denies the absolute Godhead of Jesus, denies also the
Godhead of the Father; for no man knoweth the Son but the
Father."

THIS FORGOING STATEMENT IS A MONUMENTAL

BENCHMARK TESTIMONY, WHICH HELPS US, AS
ADVENTISTS, IN THE IDENTIFYING OF ALMOST ALL
HERESIES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH!!!

Acts of the Apostles, p 50— "As in humility they submitted to

the molding influence of the Holy Spirit, they received of the
fullness of the Godhead and were fashioned in the likeness of
the divine."

How could the Holy Spirit impart something of which He was NOT to the
disciples, if He is not "fully God"? By receiving the "Holy Spirit," we receive
the "fullness of the Godhead," which has already been defined as "three
powers" and also "three divine Persons."

Desire of Ages, p 671, and Review and Herald, 05-19-1904,

paragraph 3— "Sin could only be resisted and overcome through
the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead, who
would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of the
divine power."

What power is left to our aid in overcoming sin, if we deny the “Third
Person of the Godhead” His rightful place in the "heavenly trio"? The work
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wrought out by Christ is limited by our unbelief in the Regenerating Power of

the Person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.

Evangelism, p 615— "The Comforter that Christ promised to

send after He ascended to heaven, is the Spirit in all the fullness
of the Godhead, making manifest the power of divine grace to all
who receive and believe in Christ as a personal Saviour."

If we deny or denigrate the personhood of the Holy Spirit how can He

effectually work in our hearts to give us overcoming?

6. "Heavenly trio"— only used one time and that is in the context of
defining the Godhead"—same phrase repeated 5 times in different places

Examples:

Evangelism, p 617; In Heavenly Places, p 336; 7BC 441; Bible

Training School, 3-01-1906; Special Testimonies Series B, vol. 7,
p 63— "There are three living persons [handwritten manuscript
had ‘personalities’] in the heavenly trio..." **It should be noted
that despite the handwritten original manuscript had “living
personalities”, it is no contradiction to have it read “ living
persons”, since the Holy Spirit was declared by her as “also a
divine Person”, who “has a personality”. That clears up any
problems of what she meant by “living personalities”.

7. "Three dignitaries of heaven"— used only one time:

Examples:

6BC 1075— "When we have accepted Christ, and in the name of

the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit have pledged
ourselves to serve God, the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit—
the three dignitaries and powers of heaven—pledge themselves
that every facility shall be given to us if we carry out our
baptismal vows to come out from among them, and
be...separate."
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A VERY POWERFUL STATEMENT INDEED,

REGARDING WHOM WE SHOULD “SERVE” IN THE
HIGHEST SENSE, AS CHILDREN OF GOD!!

8. "Three living persons"— used only one time and found in context with
#1 and #3 above

9. "Three great powers"— used 41 times (many repeats);

Examples:

Manuscript Releases vol. 21, p 151, 152; Evangelism p 65; 2 SM

391; 8T 254; Review and Herald, 5-5-1903; Signs of the Times, 5-
10-1910— "In the great closing work we shall meet with
perplexities that we know not how to deal with, but let us not
forget that the three great Powers of heaven are working, that a
divine hand [SINGULAR] is on the wheel, and that God will
bring His purposes to pass."

If the Holy Spirit is "only" a "power" or "force" (as the Arians teach) which
strives with our spirit to bring about salvation, then it would appear from this
statement (which uses parallelism in meaning) that ALL of the "three great
Powers" are of the same nature and characteristics—all are "only" some kind of
"force" which exerts its divine influence upon our hearts. But, in the first
sentence EGW says "three great powers," then in the next sentence she says
"God", indicating SIMILARITY of nature, and unity of action of the “three
great powers” (or persons). INCIDENTALLY, THE TERM “POWERS”,
AS USED INCONNECTION WITH THE GODHEAD, IS
HISTORICALLY A TRINITARIAN EXPRESSION USED FIRST BY
THE GREEK TRINITARIAN WRITERS.

Letter 1, 1904 (In Heavenly Places, p 176)— "Keep yourselves

where the three great powers of heaven—the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit—can be your efficiency."

6BC 1074— "The three great powers of heaven are witnesses;

they are invisible but present." Note the use of the personal
pronoun "they" as a "corporate" term. "They"—ALL of "the three
great powers of heaven"—"are witnesses."
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Manuscript Releases vol. 4, p 368— "The three great powers of

heaven pledge Themselves to furnish to the Christian all the
assistance he requires. The Spirit changes the heart of stone to
the heart of flesh. And by partaking of the word of God, eating
the flesh and drinking the blood of His Son, Christians obtain an
experience that is after the divine similitude. When Christ abides
in the heart by faith, the Christian is the temple of God."

Please note: This quote describes the activities of “the three great powers" of
the Godhead" as they function corporately and individually for the salvation of
the sinner.

a. The Spirit changes the heart from stone to flesh;

b. Assimilation of the Word brings the "divine

similitude" to our characters;

c. God then can dwell in our hearts as His holy temple.

There is seen here a unity of purpose even though there are
different "functions" for each of the Persons of the Godhead.

If we deny the personhood of the Spirit, then how can the first work of
changing the stony heart to a heart of flesh be accomplished, when we deny
Him His “office” of being a individual or personal Representative of Father and
Son?

By the word "office" we understand the whole of that part of the sacred
compact, which the Holy Spirit undertook to perform. That is why Mrs.
pictured Him as “giving Himself” “in the Heavenly courts”. Lest some should
suppose that the application of such a term, “office” to the Third Person of the
Godhead be derogatory let me point out that it by no means implies mindless
subordination or inferiority, despite His subjection to the Father’s leadership.
See 1 Cor. 12:11, about the Spirit’s individual “will” before moving on. His
“office” therefore, signifies, literally, a particular charge, trust, duty, or
employment, conferred for some public or beneficial end. Hence we read of ,
for example, "the priest’s office" (Ex. 28:1; Luke 1:8), the apostolic "office"
(Rom. 11:13), etc.

That there should have been a Covenant at all—that the three Persons in the
Godhead should have deigned to enter into a solemn compact (“pledged
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themselves”) on behalf of this section of the universe, the fallen, ruined, and
guilty race of mankind should fill our minds with holy wonderment and
adoration. How firm a foundation was thus laid for the salvation of the church.
No room was allowed for contingencies, no place left for uncertainties; the
Church’s being and well-being was forever secured by unalterable compact and
eternal decree.

In closing, it could be asked, HOW COULD ANYONE VENTURE TO

THINK THAT AN IMPERSONAL INFLUENCE (WHICH MANY SEE
THE HOLY SPIRIT AS) CAN BE PARTY TO A CONTRACT, OR GIVE
HIMSELF, IF HE HAD NO “SELF” TO GIVE, OR HAD NO MIND OF
HIS OWN. See Rom. 8:17 as a refutation of such heresy!!

CONCLUSION:
All the basic premises, which identify Trinitarianism, are in the writings of
Mrs. White, who was alive when her Church started to expunge the previously
held semi-Arian and Arian teachings from its ranks, as of 1892.

Some detractors in Adventism try to show, but rather unconvincingly, that

their belief in a “Trio” of “Personalities” in the “Godhead” is not basic
Trinitarianism, but they do so only by either DENYING in one sense, or
LIMITING in another sense the very similar root meanings of the simple
nouns “trinity” and “trio”, and by denying or forgetting the exclusive
Trinitarian use (historically) of the word “Godhead” in the COLLECTIVE
sense.
Only if the words “trio” and “trinity” had unrelated root meanings, and
the word “trinity” could not, in any shade of meaning, be correctly applied
to the unity of the Personalities in the Godhead, would their arguments be
seen as valid.
Godhead ‘Trio-ism’ in Adventism, as far as semantics go, is basic
trinitarianism to a certain degree, despite protestations to the contrary.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is no less Trinitarian, despite it’s
“unorthodox” version of the doctrine, than a “liberal” Jew is Jewish. Jews are
categorized today as “orthodox”, “conservative”, and “liberal” based on how
close they stick to the tenets of Judaism (traditional, that is). And yet not all
traditional Jewish beliefs were supported by Jesus (a Jew) while he was on
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earth. It is an argument that is invalid, and steeped in ‘intellectual pride’, which

argues that trinitarianism is not trinitarianism, or even Arianism is not Arianism
unless it is so in an “orthodox” way. It was “orthodox” Judaism that rejected
Jesus as God!! Remember that.
Trinitarianism is predicated upon the principle of a belief in
“three Persons” within the “one Godhead”. It is Biblical to affirm “three
living [literal] personalities” in the Godhead, and this is what “a trinity” is.
Even the false, counterfeit trinities, triads and trios in pagan religious –
proclaim (to a certain degree) the true definition of “trinity”. Satan cannot
help but be a counterfeiter!!
Once, by a Christian, “three persons” are affirmed in the Godhead, whether as
three separate persons (beings), or personalities, but all are related and in union
(a belief some mistakenly call tri-theism), or as three personal “manifestations”
of the one “existence” or reality (being), but all related in “substance”, then that
Christian is a Trinitarian. Some, unwittingly, are Trinitarians, and believe in a
“Trio” in the Godhead, but resist and deny the label.
J.H. Waggoner (a pioneer), a few years before the church affirmed
three persons in the Godhead, stated that trinitarianism is simply based upon the
true definition of the word “trinity”, which means “three [distinct] persons”
who exist together by close relationship; just like “trio”, “triplet”, “triad” and
“triumvirate” – all coming from the prefix “tri” [three].

“A Trinity is three persons. To recognize [admit to] a trinity

[the true type], the distinction between the Father and Son must
be preserved.”
-J.H. Waggoner, 1884, The Atonement, pgs.
167-169

Thus a trinity in not (supposed to be) a single person, personality or

individual, as critics charge the Roman Catholics, for instance, to be teaching
since the Apostle’s Creed (of the fourth century) summarized the early
expressions of the first and second century Christians.
If in Adventism, since 1892, and long before 1931, the three Persons in
the Godhead (and in fact trinitariansim through Dr. Spear’s article) were
directly affirmed, then as sure as trilogy, tricycle, triennial, triplicate, trident,
tripod, and tripartite all relate to “three” distinct, but related entities, pioneering
Adventism became supportive of a “trinity” in the Godhead (if even not by
orthodoxy).

Written anti-Trinitarian expressions among Adventists became

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significantly less after 1892, and the following pre-1915 sentiments were
increasingly appearing on record:

1900
“[The Holy Spirit] is one with and sent by the Father, and the Son… He [the
Holy Spirit] would make us know His personality, but ever IN LIVING
CONNECTION with Christ… Let Him [the Spirit] make you know, beloved,
how surprisingly beautiful are the BLENDED PERSONALITIES of our
*TRIUNE GOD (!!) manifested by the personal presence of the Holy Ghost.”
“Blended Personalities”, Review and Herald, Vol. 77, April 3, 1900, pg.
210
1913
“Seventh-day Adventists [not just myself] believe [now] in ... the Divine
*TRINITY. This Trinity consists of the Eternal Father… the Lord Jesus
Christ…[and] the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead”
F. M. Wilcox (editor of Review and Herald), *Review and Herald, October 9,
1913
Mrs. White, who was so pointed in calling sin, “sin”, and error, “error”,
and clearly listed and called by name, or described directly the errors of
“Babylon”, would not, could not ignore calling direct attention to what some
call the “mother of all heresies” (the trinity), that is, if she saw it as such.
However, notice her clear words below, regarding what is the “mother of all
heresies”.

“No error accepted by the Christian world strikes more boldly against the
authority of Heaven, none is more directly opposed to the dictates of reason,
none is more pernicious in its results, than the modern doctrine, so rapidly
gaining ground, that God’s law is no longer binding upon men [including the
Sabbath command]”
-E.G. White, Great Controversy, 1911, pg.583
The foregoing is plain for all to see. If trinitarianism broke the first
commandment (as declared by some), and was such an error, then Mrs. White
would have no choice but refer to it directly. Did she see it as such, or spoke
directly against it? NO! The fact is, she never, ever wrote one single line,
directly opposed to Trinitarianism, and even after her Church started to publish
it openly through its main publishing houses. This fact, coupled with the
similarity between her post-1892 expressions and trinitarianism speaks large
volumes. And this writer says, Amen!!

FOR MORE EVIDENCE, e.g. on the “of one substance” Trinitarian

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expression used even by Mrs. White, or the mysterious nature of Christ’s death
and resurrection, or the absolute Godhead of Jesus despite His voluntary
subjection to the Father, as well as why a belief in the “Eternal Godhead” of
“three living Personalities (Persons)” is basic trinitarianism, even if some
Trinitarian teachings are rejected:

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