European Adventist Dissident Movements in the Context of the Restriction of Freedom of Conscience in the World War I Cover Image

MIȘCĂRILE DISIDENTE ADVENTISTE EUROPENE ÎN CONTEXTUL RESTRÂNGERII LIBERTĂȚII DE CONȘTIINȚĂ ÎN CADRUL PRIMULUI RĂZBOI MONDIAL
European Adventist Dissident Movements in the Context of the Restriction of Freedom of Conscience in the World War I

Author(s): Ciprian Corneliu Ciurea
Subject(s): History of Church(es), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Editions IARSIC
Keywords: Conradi; Reform Movement; Adventist Church; dissident; non-combatant; World War I;

Summary/Abstract: Compromise by European church leaders, dissatisfaction with leadership decisions, alleged „new light”, personal issues of self-centeredness and the quest for high church positions have given rise on the stage of history to the largest splinter group in the Seventh-day Adventist Church from its origins to the present - the Reform Movement. The history of the Reform Movement is a sad history, a history of the struggle caused by persecution from without and, above all, the turmoil that has swept it from within. Reformism caught on in territories where people were trained and willing to accept authoritarianism and dictatorial control, with criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church virtually the ultimate religion and goal.

  • Issue Year: 10/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 320-337
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Romanian