2. Seventh-day Adventists depend on Ellen G. White for their teachings. She is "the last word on doctrine."

Answer: The church's statement of "27 Fundamental Beliefs" cites the Scriptures, not Ellen White, for each of its beliefs. In the bookSeventh-day Adventists Believe . . . the church's beliefs are presented and explained in the context of the Scriptures, not Ellen White. Neither Ellen White nor the church has ever taught that she was the last word on doctrine.

Resources:


Seventh-day Adventists Believe . . . , 1988, see esp. pp. 227-228.

"The Inspiration and Authority of the Ellen G. White Writings," Adventist Review, Dec. 23, 1982. (Available on the Internet at: http://www.WhiteEstate.org/issues/scripsda.html).

Herbert E. Douglass, Messenger of the Lord, 1998, pp. 416-425.

Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, bk. 3, pp. 29-33.

Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, pp. 663-67