Great Controversy Theme
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In Seventh-day Adventist theology, the Great Controversy theme refers to the cosmic battle between Jesus Christ and Satan, and also played out on earth. The concept, or metanarrative, is derived from many visions the author reported to have received, scriptural references, and is delineated in the book The Great Controversy, first published in 1858, by Ellen G. White, a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The concept is important in Adventist theology because it provides an understanding of the origin of evil, and of the eventual destruction of evil and the restoration of God's original purpose for this world. It constitutes belief number 8 of the church's 28 Fundamentals.
Calvinistic leaning Christians view this theme and the Adventist movement that produced it as cultic or heterodox.
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