P.Gerard Damsteegt A comprehensive and detailed examination of the orgin and development of the major doctrines which have motivated the SDA movement.The Author describes how SDAs arrived at the biblical arguments used to support their existence their place in the history of the Christian church and their concepts of the church, interchurch relationships, salvation history, end-time prophecies, health, the Sabbath, and the nature of Christs high-priestly ministry in relation to His imminent return. PB 348 pg.