Ellen White on Three in Godhead
Fred Bischoff
www.FredBischoff.com
Titles and Functions Ellen White Used for All Three
Notes:
1. Consider the dates (sorted by earliest noted); these appear to start in 1900 and continue
through 1909 in their initial uses, and in their further uses, in her lifetime.
2. The frequency of use in all published works does not accurately reflect how she was led to
use them in her lifetime, as many other references are from compilations after her death.
Searches done (not as phrases but any paragraph in which these words occurred anywhere):
1. "three father son spirit"
2. "three father son ghost"
3. "eternal heavenly dignitaries"
Names
Father, God
Son, Christ
Titles and Functions
Earliest
Titles & Functions
Date
1900/08/12 "three great powers"
-"in heaven" 6BC 1074.8
etc.
-"witnesses"; "invisible
but present" FLB 146.3
-"of heaven" ST, June 19,
1901 par. 4 etc.
1900/08/12
"these three all cooperate"
Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost
References (order on CD-ROM, not chronological;
earliest of multiple dates appears in first column)
Ms 118, 1902 [1902/10/06]; Lt 129, 1903
[1903/07/02] {Ev 307.3}; Special Testimonies, Series
B, No. 7, pp. 62, 63. (1905) {Ev 615.1}; {FLB
146.3}; {HP 176.5}; {HP 336.2}; {Mar 252.2}; {ML
343.6}; {RC 107.3}; {RC 178.3}; {2SM 391.2};
(Ms. 57, 1900 [1900/08/12] {6BC 1074.8}; (MS 11,
1901) [1901/02/05]. {7BC 908.11}; The Southern
Watchman, Feb. 23, 1904, p. 122. {7ABC 442.2};
The Signs of the Times, June 19, 1901. {7ABC
442.3}; {8T 254.1}; {GCB, April 14, 1901 par. 32}
& {1SAT 321.1}; {PUR, July 2, 1908 par. 4}; {RH,
June 15, 1905 par. 33}; {RH, June 22, 1905 par. 14};
{ST, June 19, 1901 par. 4}; {ST, February 12, 1902
par. 9}; {ST, March 11, 1903 par. 2}; {ST, May 10,
1905 par. 8}; {ST, May 10, 1910 par. 11}; {SW,
February 23, 1904 par. 2}; {SpTB07 63.2}; [Ms 78,
1905, pp. 3-5; undated] {6MR 27.1}; Ms 118, 1902
(October 6, 1902) {6MR 166.3} & {21MR 150.4} &
{21MR 151.5}; (Letter 32, 1907; 1908/02/05){19MR
235.2}; (Ms 37, 1908 March 10, 1908) {6MR 29.1};
(March 10, 1908) {2SAT 295.5}
(Ms. 56, 1900 [1900/08/12]; Preparation for Baptism
I"; {6MR 163.2}
1900/08/12
"the three persons"
1901/04/03
"three great, infinite
powers"
"the three dignitaries and
powers of heaven"
"three holy dignitaries of
heaven"
"three great personal
Dignitaries of heaven"
"the eternal heavenly
dignitaries" [without
"three" but each named]
"three highest powers"
-"in the universe" ST,
August 16, 1905 par. 1
-"of heaven" RH, May 26,
1904 par. 15
-"in heaven" SpTB07 51.1
-"in the heavenly courts"
6MR 26.3
1901/08/30
1901/09/05
1901/09/05
1901/11/27
1904/01/26
1904/05/14
1907/07/18
1905/11
"three great and glorious
heavenly characters"
-"All heaven is
represented by these
three"
"three powers of the
Godhead"
"three living persons"
-"of the heavenly trio" q.v.
1905/11
"heavenly trio"
1906/03/01
1906/10/20
1906/10/20
"these three powers"
"Three holiest Beings in
heaven"
"the three great Worthies"
1907/07/06
"three great agencies"
1909/12/21
(Ms. 57, 1900 [1900/08/12]; Preparation for Baptism
II" {6BC 1074.9}
{LHU 109.2}; {GCB, April 4, 1901 par. 16}; {2SAT
167.2}
(MS 85, 1901). {6BC 1075.8}
(MS 92, 1901). {5BC 1110.8}
(MS 92, 1901). {7BC 959.9}; {SD 351.3}
(Ms 130, 1901, November 27, 1901) {16MR 204.4}
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p. 51. (1905)
{Ev 617.3}; {OHC 157.4}; {RC 107.2}; {PUR, July
2, 1908 par. 4}; {RH, May 26, 1904 par. 15}; {RH,
June 15, 1905 par. 33}; {RH, June 22, 1905 par. 14};
{RH, August 12, 1909 par. 3}; {ST, August 16, 1905
par. 1}; {SW, December 15, 1908 par. 3}; {SpTB07
51.1}; Letter 53, 1904, p. 6. (To Brother Prescott,
January 26, 1904.) {6MR 26.3}; {SpTB07 51.1};
(June 27, 1907) {2SAT 287.3}
(Ms 45, 1904, May 14, 1904) {6MR 389.3}
{AUCR, October 7, 1907 par. 9}; {RH, July 18,
1907 par. 3}
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, pp. 62, 63.
(1905) {Ev 615.1}; {7ABC 441.9}; {BTS, March 1,
1906 par. 2}; {SpTB07 63.2}
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, pp. 62, 63.
(1905) {Ev 615.1}; {HP 336.2}; {SpTB07 63.2}
{BTS, March 1, 1906 par. 2}
(Manuscript 95, 1906; 1906/10/20) {7MR 267.2} &
{1SAT 367.3}
(Manuscript 95, 1906; 1906/10/20) {7MR 267.2} &
{1SAT 363.1} & {1SAT 367.3}
(Manuscript 67, 1907; 1907/07/06){AG 150.4} &
{1BC 1120.4} & {1MR 118.2}
(Letter 174, 1909, December 21, 1909){6MR 29.3}
"three representatives of
heavenly authority"
Note: As of 2015 all letters and manuscripts are now published electronically online. These
resources were not included in this search.