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1、StepstoChristWhite,EllenPublished:1892Type(s):ReligionSource:Feedbooks1AboutWhite:EllenGouldWhite(néeHarmon)(November26,1827-July16,1915),borntoRobertandEuniceHarmon,wasanAmericanChristianleaderwhosepropheticministrywasinstrumentalinfoundingtheSabbatarianAdventistmovementthatle
2、dtotheriseoftheSeventh-dayAdventistChurch.SupportersofEllenG.Whiteregardherasamodern-dayprophet,eventhoughsheneverclaimedthistitleforherself.SupportforherpropheticroleisusuallyexpressedinthelanguagethatsheexhibitedthespiritualgiftofprophecyasoutlinedintheNewTestament.Advent-ist
3、sdonotconsiderthistoconflictwiththeReformationprincipleSolaScriptura("byscripturealone"),becausetheBibleisbelievedtobesuper-iortoherwritingsandtheBibleteachesthatoneofthegiftstothechurchisthegiftofprophecy.HerrestorationistwritingsshowcasethehandofGodinSeventh-dayAdventisthisto
4、ry.Thiscosmicconflict,referredtoasthe"greatcontroversytheme",isfoundationaltothedevelopmentofSeventh-dayAdventisttheology.HerinvolvementwithotherSabbatari-anAdventistleaders,suchasJosephBatesandherhusbandJamesWhite,wouldcreateanucleusofbelieversaroundwhichacoregroupofsharedbeli
5、efswouldemerge.EllenWhitebelievedthatatthecloseofearth'shistoryJesusChristwouldreturntothisearthtogatherHispeopleandtakethemtoheaven.Whitewasacontroversialfigureevenwithinherownlifetime.SheclaimedtohavereceivedavisionsoonaftertheMilleriteGreatDisappointment.Inthecontextofmanyot
6、hervision-aries,shewasknownforherconvictionandferventfaith.RandallBalmerhasdescribedheras"Oneofthemoreimportantandcolorfulfig-uresinthehistoryofAmericanreligion".Whiteisthemosttranslatedfemalenon-fictionauthorinthehistoryofliterature,aswellasthemosttranslatedAmericannon-fiction
7、authorofeithergender.Herwritingscoveredtheology,evangelism,Christianlifestyle,educationandhealth(shealsoadvocatedvegetarianism).Shewasaleaderwhoemphasizededucationandhealth,andpromotedtheestablishmentofschoolsandmedicalcenters.Duringherlifetimeshewrotemorethan5,000periodic-alar
8、ticlesand40books;buttoday,includingcompilationsfromher
