Theos

The early Christians sustained their belief in the begotten Son of God who inherited His divinity from His Father. Chapter three traces the first two hundred years following the death of the apostle John.

Presented by Gary Hullquist

With the end of the apostolic era the church of Ephesus was replaced by the church of Smyrna. Antichrist would deny the truth that our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. Now belief in God and His Son was faced with tribulation and persecution.

Presented by Adrian Ebens

A comparison of Patrick's confession of faith, the Nicene Creed, and Early Christian Baptism follows the begotten belief into the fifth century.

Presented by Gary Hullquist

Three horns, three nations were eliminated by the power of Rome because they opposed the little horn Papal power and her day, her baptism, her traditions and her God.

Presented by Adrian Ebens

A remnant of believers in the one true God survived in a migration that can be traced from Syria and Armenia through the Balkans and into the mountains of Europe as the Church in the Wilderness protected the Word of God for over a thousand years.

Presented by Gary Hullquist

The Reformation defended freedom of conscience against 16th century tradition with Sola Scriptura. Two young lawyers challenged orthodoxy. Martin Luther escaped the threats of Rome. Michael Servetus died at the hands of fellow Protestants--a martyr for religious liberty and his belief in the divinely begotten Son of God.

Early American Christians turned to the Bible and found not only themselves in prophecy but the begotten Son everywhere they looked. The Advent Movement, following its bitter-sweet birth in reading Daniel 8:14, became grounded on two Scriptures: 1Corinthians 8:6 and John 5:6.

History of the Begotten Belief concludes with the defection of DM Canright, the conversion of Dr. JH Kellogg, HC Lacey's influence on Marion Davis, ML Andreasen's epiphony, and Ellen White's corrections of Boardman and Cummings.