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Up to 1890: Anti-Trinitarian Period

Until near the turn of the twentieth century, Seventh-day Adventist literature was almost unanimous in opposing the eternal deity of Jesus and the personhood of the Holy Spirit. During the earlier years some even held the view that Christ was a created being. Theological tension within Adventism began during the Millerite movement and is illustrated by the two principal leaders, William Miller and Joshua V. Himes.

Miller, being a Baptist, was a Trinitarian. He wrote, “I believe in one living and true God, and that there are three persons in the Godhead. . . . The three persons of the Triune God are connected.”

Himes, a close associate of William Miller, was of the Christian Connection persuasion. The northeastern branch of the Christian church almost unanimously rejected the Trinitarian doctrine as unscriptural. Himes wrote, “There is one living and true God, the Father almighty, who is unoriginated, independent and eternal . . . and that this God is one spiritual intelligence, one infinite mind, ever the same, never varying.”

Millerite Adventists were focused on the soon coming of Jesus, however, and did not consider it important to argue on subjects such as the trinity

The Trinity in Seventh-day Adventist History (andrews.edu)

Elsie, William Miller was never an SDA, and most of the "Millerites" came from various Protestant denominations (like Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc.). (Keep in mind that none of the Millerites in the 1840's were SDA's, as the SDA denomination didn't even exist until nearly twenty years after "The Great Disappointment" of 1844 of that Millerite movement.) Furthermore, many of those Millerites never became SDA's, following that "Great Disappointment". Also, many other new denominations were actually formed out of that Millerite group, not just the SDA's.

In our current time, the relatively new "Seventh Day Church of Revelation" (some of whose links about the Trinity I posted above) are just trying to return to the beliefs of the SDA pioneers, not the beliefs of all the other non-SDA Millerites, like Miller.

Thanks for the "Andrews University" link, but, to be honest, I really don't put a lot of stock in the credibility or reliability these days of the pronouncements or utterances of colleges and universities, about anything! :-)

I believe those guys in the "SDCR" links I posted above do a good job of detailing the beliefs they are embracing, and documenting their sources for the information they provide about the actual SDA pioneers. I was not trying to get into a big discussion about the Trinity, but just trying to post a few links from that new Sabbath-keeping Adventist group for my friend "Philsworld", to let him know that I believe their SDCR beliefs seem to match his own views on that one subject.