Unlike in the modern SDA debate about the personhood of the Holy Spirit, early SDAs regarded the question of whether the Holy Spirit is a person to be distinct from the question of whether trinitarianism is true. All early SDAs were anti-trinitarian, but their primary objections to the trinity had nothing to do with the Holy Spirit. Instead, they objected to the trinitarian idea of what it means to be a person. When using the early SDA notion of personhood, accepting that the Holy Spirit is a person does not imply an acceptance of trinitarianism.

Blog Article: SDA Holy Spirit Debate Now vs Then 1 - (bdsda.com)

J. H. Waggoner's Letter to James White: EllenWhite.Org Website - 000960-o.pdf

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