I did some investigation and found out that all of these allegations are not true. Someone wrote a book alleging these things but none of them have been proven to be true.
I found this information on the official website for Ellen G. White Estate. Turns out she never claimed to be a prophet only a messenger. She never plagiarized. The trustees for her estate wrote a letter to the company who printed the book she was accused of plagiarizing and they replied that the work was not copyrighted and she was free to quote it.
Here are the findings from their website:
When the Crowell company was quizzed about the matter [that they had charged her with plagiarism] some thirty years later, they replied:
We publish Conybeare's Life and Epistles of the Apostle Paul, but this is not a copyrighted book and we would have no legal grounds for action against your book and we do not think that we have ever raised any objection or made any claim such as you speak of.
On the question of the legality of literary borrowing, Attorney Vincent Ramik, who is not a Seventh-day Adventist, investigated Ellen White's use of sources according to the copyright laws and cases in the nineteenth century. He concluded that her use did not constitute literary piracy even if all the books from which she drew had been legally copyrighted.
There are some apparent contradiction in her work but what work doesn't contain some apparent contradiction? I didn't see any charges of contradicting the Bible so I can't speak to that charge.
I've been reading a couple of her books here at CCEL and find nothing deceptive in them. Can you cite an example? I've been reading "Steps To Christ," a wonderful little book and now I am starting to read "The Great Controversy." I've read about half of it, maybe more. A very interesting read which cover a great span of time from Jerusalem to the Reformers and beyond. It doesn't read like a history book though it contains a wide sweep of history. It places everything in the context of the controversy that is raging between Christ and Satan. A very pertinent read for any Christian.
I read widely of many authors. This has proven to be a blessing to me because I get the perspective of many viewpoints. Those which do not give me peace I lay aside.
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"Iniquitas mentita est sibi"
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“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."
Your statements appear to be a false witness
I did some investigation and found out that all of these allegations are not true. Someone wrote a book alleging these things but none of them have been proven to be true.
I found this information on the official website for Ellen G. White Estate. Turns out she never claimed to be a prophet only a messenger. She never plagiarized. The trustees for her estate wrote a letter to the company who printed the book she was accused of plagiarizing and they replied that the work was not copyrighted and she was free to quote it.
Here are the findings from their website:
When the Crowell company was quizzed about the matter [that they had charged her with plagiarism] some thirty years later, they replied:
We publish Conybeare's Life and Epistles of the Apostle Paul, but this is not a copyrighted book and we would have no legal grounds for action against your book and we do not think that we have ever raised any objection or made any claim such as you speak of.
On the question of the legality of literary borrowing, Attorney Vincent Ramik, who is not a Seventh-day Adventist, investigated Ellen White's use of sources according to the copyright laws and cases in the nineteenth century. He concluded that her use did not constitute literary piracy even if all the books from which she drew had been legally copyrighted.
There are some apparent contradiction in her work but what work doesn't contain some apparent contradiction? I didn't see any charges of contradicting the Bible so I can't speak to that charge.
I've been reading a couple of her books here at CCEL and find nothing deceptive in them. Can you cite an example? I've been reading "Steps To Christ," a wonderful little book and now I am starting to read "The Great Controversy." I've read about half of it, maybe more. A very interesting read which cover a great span of time from Jerusalem to the Reformers and beyond. It doesn't read like a history book though it contains a wide sweep of history. It places everything in the context of the controversy that is raging between Christ and Satan. A very pertinent read for any Christian.
I read widely of many authors. This has proven to be a blessing to me because I get the perspective of many viewpoints. Those which do not give me peace I lay aside.
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"Iniquitas mentita est sibi"
_______ _______ ______ ______ ______
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."