Great Controversy theme

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The Great Controversy theme is a central Seventh-day Adventist theological framework that portrays human history as part of a cosmic conflict between Christ and Satan over God’s character, law, and government.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Great Controversy 1
Great Controversy theme canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Seventh-day Adventist doctrine ⓘ
cosmic conflict motif ⓘ
theological theme ⓘ
associatedWith Ellen G. White ⓘ
category Adventist metanarrative ⓘ
Christian theological framework ⓘ
centralTo Seventh-day Adventist theology ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist worldview ⓘ
closelyLinkedTo the book "The Great Controversy" ⓘ
concerns God’s government ⓘ
God’s law ⓘ
cosmic conflict between Christ and Satan ⓘ
vindication of God’s character ⓘ
contrasts Christ’s self-sacrificing love with Satan’s self-exaltation ⓘ
emphasizes cosmic dimensions of salvation ⓘ
moral freedom ⓘ
the justice of God ⓘ
the love of God ⓘ
the reality of evil ⓘ
theodicy ⓘ
frames the final eradication of evil ⓘ
the origin of sin ⓘ
the problem of suffering ⓘ
goal final restoration of harmony in creation ⓘ
vindication of God before the universe ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Adventist education ⓘ
Adventist mission strategy ⓘ
Adventist preaching ⓘ
hasKeyOpponents Christ ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
influencedBy Ellen G. White’s writings ⓘ
linked to: Ellen G. White
interprets biblical history as part of a cosmic war ⓘ
the end-time events ⓘ
the fall of humanity ⓘ
the final judgment ⓘ
the life and death of Jesus Christ ⓘ
religiousTradition Seventh-day Adventism ⓘ
scope human history ⓘ
universal history ⓘ
supports Adventist understanding of the Second Coming ⓘ
Sabbath emphasis in Adventism ⓘ
investigative judgment doctrine in Adventism ⓘ
teaches that God’s law is central to the conflict ⓘ
that Satan accuses God’s character ⓘ
that human beings participate in the cosmic conflict ⓘ
that the universe is watching the resolution of the conflict ⓘ
usedIn Seventh-day Adventist eschatology ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist evangelism ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist systematic theology ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seventh-day Adventist Church → coreBelief → Great Controversy theme ⓘ
Seventh-day Adventist 28 Fundamental Beliefs → hasBelief → Great Controversy ⓘ
linked to: Great Controversy theme