dc.contributor.author | Lastimoso, Mark L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T08:50:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T08:50:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-03 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.aiias.edu/xmlui/handle/3442/592 | |
dc.description | Unpublished Thesis (MA Religion) Shelf Location:BV4597.54 .L37 2004 ATDC | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | There seems to be not much discussion in Adventist
literature comparing James White's concept of the judgment
with that of John wesley. This study attempts to compare
their views. The main question that this paper addresses
is, what are the similarities and differences between their
concepts about the judgment? Finding the similarities and
differences between their ideas will aid religious thinkers
to understand the theological positlon of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church about the judgment.
The method used in this research is historical
lnvestigation, which is descriptive. From the results of
comparing James White's article "The Judgement," wlth John
Wesley's sermons, "The Great Assize" and "The Good steward,"
an analysis was made. Similarities and differences were
noted.
The researcher found that John Wesley influenced
beliefs concerning the need for an investigative judgment
and believed that the final judgement takes place after the
resurrection of all the dead. However, his idea of the
starting point of the judgment differs from that of James
White. John Wesley asserted that the judgment commences at
the time of the parousia. James White carefully studied the
investigative judgment and arrived at a different
conclusion. He believed the judgement beqan in 1844. The
connection between John Wesley and James White may be seen
through a study of Josiah Litch's teaching about the pre-
Advent judgment during the 1840s.
John Wesley and James White's views concerning the
judgment were greatly influenced by their individual
backgrounds and their immediate evangelistic concerns.
Although it cannot be directly established that John Wesley
influenced James White, the simirarities between their
concept of the judgment is sufficient to suggest a logical
connection. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies | en_US |
dc.subject | Wesley, John, -- 1703-1791 -- Views on judgment. | en_US |
dc.subject | White, James E. -- (James Edson), -- 1849-1925 -- Views on judgment. | en_US |
dc.subject | Judgment -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. | en_US |
dc.subject | Judgment -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies. | en_US |
dc.title | A comparative study of the concept of judgment in the theology of John Wesley and James White | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |