What did Ellen White believe about the many different religions and denominations?
Ellen White believed that while all truth comes from God, the clearest revelation of truth is found in Jesus Christ and His Word—the writings of the Old and New Testament. She believed that “there are now true Christians in every church” (The Great Hope, p. 449), but that it is each person’s responsibility before God (both Christian and non-Christian) to continue to search for and accept truth in contrast to error, following the convictions of their conscience. Ellen White understood the book of Revelation to teach that as we get closer to the time of Jesus’ return the distinction between mere human religious systems and the true worship of God will progressively sharpen, leading to the call described in Revelation 18 for God’s faithful followers to separate themselves (“come out”) from false religious systems (“Babylon”).
