Chapter 2: The Union of the Churches

Will every Protestant denomination in America enter into the
coming union of the churches?
          "When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine
      as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to 
      sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman
      heirarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result"(GC 445).

Upon what basis will the Protestant churches eventually unite?
          "The wide diversity of belief in the Protestant churches is regarded by many as decisive
      proof that no effort to secure a forced uniformity can ever be made.  But there has been
      for years, in churches of the Protestant faith, a strong and growing sentiment in favor 
      of a union based upon common points of doctrine.  To secure such a union, the discussion
      of subjects upon which all were not agreed--however important they might be from a 
      Bible standpoint--must necessarily be waived. (ibid. 444).

What are the two principal erroneous doctrines held in common by the churches?
          "Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and sunday sacredness, Satan
      will bring the people under his deceptions.  While the former lays the foundation of 
      spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome" (ibid. 588).

Will Protestantism eventually reunite with Catholicism?
          "The Word of God teaches that these scenes [suppression of the Sabbath] are to be
      repeated as Roman Catholics and Protestants shall unite for the exaltation of the
      Sunday" (ibid. 578).
          "How the Roman church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot
      see....And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so
      much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism" (RH June 1, 1886).

Will there be organizational unity or unity of action?
          "Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue
      a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts" (GC 616).