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The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan During the Christian Dispensation
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan During the Christian Dispensation Author:Ellen Gould Harmon White General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: Signs Publishing Co. Subjects: Bible Eschatology Church history Protestantism Seventh-Day Adventists Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christian Theology / Eschatology Religion / Eschatology Religion / Christianity / Den... more »ominations Religion / Christianity / Seventh-Day Adventist Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. THE APOSTASY. The apostle Paul, in his second letter to the Thessalo- nians, foretold the great apostasy which would result in the establishment of the papal power. He declared that the day of Christ should not come, " except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.1" And furthermore, the apostle warns his brethren that "the mystery of iniquity doth already work."1 Even at that early date he saw, creeping into the church, errors that would prepare the way for the development of the papacy. Little by little, at first in stealth and silence, and then more openly as it increased in strength and gained control of the minds of men, the mystery of iniquity carried forward its deceptive and blasphemous work. Almost imperceptibly the customs of heathenism found their way into the Christian church. The spirit of compromise and conformity was restrained for a time by the fierce persecutions which the church endured under paganism. But as persecution ceased, and Christianity entered the courts and palaces of kings, she laid aside the hum...« less