Dies Domini & Adventism

DIES DOMINI, A Theological Resource for Catholic-Adventist Dialogue.

The site is an interesting starting point for those of us who know next to nothing about Seventh-day Adventism and are confronted with some of its more bizarre and peculiar doctrines. It also reveals some interesting information concerning the various debates on biblical interpretation -- from either point of view. Of particular interest is the collection of essays regarding the "Intermediate Condition" of the soul (scroll down). The reference is to thnetopsychism and psychopannychism, the assertion that the soul is not immortal and dies with the body only to be resurrected with the body, and the insistence that the soul lies unconscious between bodily death and the bodily resurrection -- the "intermediate condition", sometimes referred to as "soul sleep". Some of these articles are from the folks at the sda2rc blog.

Yes, there has certainly been debate about some of these issues, but does Scripture really provide a clear and consistent witness to them? Don't be fooled. Let us not be, as St. Paul warns, "tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles."

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