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Adventismissa esiintyy muutakin roomalaiskatolisia piirteitä kuin asenne, että maallikko ei ymmärrä Raamattua, vaan EGW tarvitaan kuin "korkeimpana opetusvirkana" selittämään Raamattua "oikealla tavalla". Geoffrey J. Paxton sanoo, että adventismissa esiintyy triumfilismia (triumphalism), arroganttia omahyväistä asennetta ja itsensä korottamista muiden yläpuolelle. Sellaisesta triumfilismista on eräänä esimerkkinä liikkeen yleiskonferenssin jumalanpalveluksessa puhuneen Robert H. Piersonin sanat vuonna 1976

"When you and I joined the General Conference family something special happened to us. When we begin work in the General Conference office we become part of what inspiration describes as God's highest authority on earth. ... All of us are something special in God's sight. Our relationship to our church, to the world field, to one another, and to the work entrusted to us is unique. we are part of 'the highest authority that God has on earth.'... These three buildings are not ordinary buildings.... These buildings constitute a consecrated place where God, through His appointed servants —you, me — directs His worldwide work. ... As those of us here on the General Conference staff continue our unique service for Him, let us remember that we are daily, hourly, momentarily a part of a group of leaders that constitute the highest authority of God upon earth..

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Consider the following as an example of triumphalism. At a General Conference worship, Jan. 9, 1976, Robert H. Pierson said: "When you and I joined the General Conference family something special happened to us. When we begin work in the General Conference office we become part of what inspiration describes as God's highest authority on earth. ... All of us are something special in God's sight. Our relationship to our church, to the world field, to one another, and to the work entrusted to us is unique. we are part of 'the highest authority that God has on earth.'... These three buildings are not ordinary buildings.... These buildings constitute a consecrated place where God, through His appointed servants —you, me — directs His worldwide work. ... As those of us here on the General Conference staff continue our unique service for Him, let us remember that we are daily, hourly, momentarily a part of a group of leaders that constitute the highest authority of God upon earth..." (Robert H. Pierson, The Ministry, June 1976). Pope Paul, please take note! (A thoughtful observer could not but see that this Rome-like ecclesiology springs from a soteriology of the same character.)"


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Tämä yllä oleva triumfalismi on täysin katolinen asenne: adventistien pääjohto (liikkeen korkein hallintoelin USA:ssa) on osa Jumalan korkeinta toimivaltaa maan päällä, he ovat jotenkin erityisiä Jumalan näkökulmasta, heidän hallintorakennuksensa on pyhitettyjä paikkoja, missä Jumalan asettamat palvelijat johtavat Jumalan maailmanlaajaa työtä ja heidän johtajiensa ryhmällä on Jumalan korkein toimivalta maan päällä!

Seurakunnat pienenee, nuoret advarit vähenee ja taitaa kuolla kohta koko liike. Eipä ole jeesuskaan tullut takaisin vielä vaikka se on koko adventismin ajan ollut tulossa PIAN.