| dc.description.abstract | Both Latter-day Saints and Seventh-day Adventist
believe in Jesus Christ. The Latter-day Saints teach that
Jesus Christ is the central figure of the church's doctrine
and the seventh-day Adventists also express their conviction
that Jesus Christ is the living center of the truth for this
time, embracing many other doctrines. It seems that the two
positions are not so different, but when a careful
investigation is made in the doctrinal writings of both
churches, the differences become clear.
The purpose of this study was to carefully explore
and compare the teachings of Latter-day Saints and Seventh-
day Adventist concerning the nature of Christ. Chapter 1
serves as an introduction to this research.
Chapter 2 describes the concepts of the Latter-day
Saints concerning the divinity and the humanity of Jesus
Christ. The divinity of Christ is that of a self-existent
spirit substance developing from one stage to another in the
process of becoming fully God. His humanity was marked by
His faithful conformity to God's plan. He was able to
fulfill His task and successfully passed His "Advanced
School of Progression."
Chapter 3 discusses the teaching of the Seventh-day
Adventist on the divinity and humanity of Christ. His
divinity is original, unborrowed, and underived. He has
been always fully divine and possessing all the attributes
of God forever. At His birth as human, the two different
natures, divine and human, were mysteriously combined. He
was the expressed image of the Father while on this earth.
Chapter 4 presents the comparison of the teachings
of both churches in regard to the subject under study. Both
churches believe Christ as the self-existent God, existing
from eternity to eternity, and descending from God's sphere
into human sphere in man's behalf . There are significant
differences in their concept in relation to Christ's pre-
human existence, Christ's human existence, and Christ's
post-resurrection existence.
Chapter 5 summarizes chapters 2, 3, and 4, focusing
on the main points of view of both churches in regard to the
divinity and hunanity of Christ. The conclusion of the
study mentions the fact that the existence of Christ is not
unique in Latter-day saints' concepts hecause He is simitar
to all other spirit children of God in origin, potentiality,
privileges, and opportunities.
To Seventh-day Adventists, the existence of Christ
is unique because He is truly God and became truly man. The
two natures were mysteriously coubined, in Him, resulting in
the ability of man to see God and His character through
Christ's human life. | en_US |
