Four Major Cults

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  • ISBN-13: 9780802804457
  • Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 12/19/1963
  • Pages: 464
  • Sales rank: 785,985
  • Product dimensions: 1.03 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Abbreviations xiv
1. The Challenge of the Cults 1
2. Mormonism 9
History 9
Joseph Smith 9
Brigham Young 14
The Mormon Church 15
Source of Authority 18
Bible Version 19
The Book of Mormon 24
Other Sacred Books 28
Further Revelations 29
Doctrines 33
Doctrine of God 34
Doctrine of Man 46
Doctrine of Christ 53
Doctrine of Salvation 59
Doctrine of the Church and Sacraments 62
Doctrine of the Last Things 67
Appendix A The Book of Mormon 75
The Languages of the Book of Mormon 75
The Transmission of the Book of Mormon 82
3. Seventh-Day Adventism 89
History 89
William Miller 89
Hiram Edson 92
Joseph Bates 95
Ellen G. White 96
The Seventh-day Adventist Church 98
Source of Authority 100
Doctrines 108
Doctrine of God 108
Doctrine of Man 110
Doctrine of Christ 112
Doctrine of Salvation 123
Doctrine of the Church and Sacraments 128
Doctrine of the Last Things 135
Appendix B The Investigative Judgment and the Scapegoat Doctrine in Seventh-day Adventism 144
The Investigative Judgment 144
The Scapegoat Doctrine 158
Appendix C Seventh-day Adventist Teaching on the Sabbath 161
4. Christian Science 171
History 171
Life of Mary Baker Eddy 171
The Christian Science Church 178
Source of Authority 182
Doctrines 186
Basic Denials 186
Doctrine of God 189
Doctrine of Man 196
Doctrine of Christ 200
Doctrine of Salvation 209
Doctrine of the Church and Sacraments 212
Doctrine of the Last Things 216
5. Jehovah's Witnesses 223
History 223
Charles Taze Russell 223
Joseph Franklin Rutherford 228
Nathan Homer Knorr 231
Statistics and Activities 233
Source of Authority 237
Basis for Interpreting Scripture 237
Method of Interpreting Scripture 249
Doctrines 255
Doctrine of God 255
Doctrine of Man 265
Doctrine of Christ 270
Doctrine of Salvation 279
Doctrine of the Church and Sacraments 285
Doctrine of the Last Things 293
Appendix D Jehovah-Witness Teaching on the Person of Christ 327
A Revival of Arianism 327
Critique of Watchtower Exegesis 330
Appendix E The Teachings of Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses on the Life After Death 345
Soul-Extinction 345
The Annihilation of the Wicked 360
6. The Distinctive Traits of the Cult 373
Some General Characteristics 374
The Distinctive Traits of the Cult 377
Is Seventh-Day Adventism a Cult? 388
7. Approaching the Cultist 405
Difficulties 405
Approaching the Cultist as a Total Person 407
Approaching the Cultist on the Intellectual Level 411
Bibliography 417
Index 437
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