SUBMI

TTEDBY:ALI
GATO,J
UVELYN SUBMI
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ONATHANSAGALA

ESMERALDA,EMI
EDEL

BSMT-I
ISI
EMOWE10:
30AM -12:
00PM

1.
Whydoweneedt
ost
udyhi
stor
y?

Historyisanint
egralpartofourli
v es
,itwher eweder i
vedfrom ouranc est
ors,our
cult
ur es
,thewaywet hink,ourtechnology,andsoonands oforth.It
’st
hefoundati
on
ofev ery
thingofever
ythingwek nowof .The Basisofours tudies.I
tiswherewehistor
y
helpsust ounders
tandandgr aspt hecompl exquest
ionsanddi l
emmaofl if
eby
exami ni
nghowar epas thasconti
nuedt os hapedeverythi
ngi noutlives
.

Hist
oryc anhelpusunder st
andouridenti
ti
es,s
ystems ,i
deologies
,andtechnol ogy
.A
fundament all
earni
nghubwher ewecanlearnfrom.I tiswhereallthebasicinfor
mati
on
i
nl i
fethatwec anunder s
tandandhelpusunder standhowev eryt
hingwork sand
behaves.Forexample,thereasonwhyFili
pino’
shav es omanydi sti
nctc
ulturesis
becauseofpas tannexati
onofempiresthatorcount r
yhav esaw.

But,His
toryi
snotexc l
us i
veforexter
naleventsr
atheritcanhelpanindi
vidual
/pers
on.
Wec anlearnthequestionsthatweus edtoponders uchaswhydowebehav esuch
ways,orwhydowel ookl i
kethis
,orwhydowehav edist
inctsk
il
lsf
rom eachother.We
canlearnsomethi
ngsf ormt hepastastowhyt heyhav efai
l
ed/mist
akentodos o.Ther
e
aremanyt hi
ngsthatleadst otheimportanceofst
udy i
nghistor
y.

2.
Whoar
etheSev
ent
h-dayAdv
ent
ist
s?Doy
ouknowy
ouri
dent
it
yasSDA?

Seventh-
DayAdv enti
sts.Isac hurchderi
vedfrom aPr otes
tantChri
st
ianDenomi nati
on
thatbeli
evesonthes econdc omi ngofJesusandthepr acti
ceofworshi
pingont he
sevent
hdayoft heweek ,whichisSaturday.I
tsgoalsistopreparepeoplef
orheav en,t
o
helpthem unders
tandmor eaboutt hebibleandmor eaboutGod,andt ospreadthe
wor dofGodandt osavel i
vesfrom thedarknes
s.Itissi
mi l
artotheotherchurchesbut
i
thasadi sti
nctpract
icesandunder s
tandingoftheBible.

I
twasor igi
nall
ys tartedwiththes t
oryofWi l
liam Mil
lerashepr edi
ctedandpreachedof
thesoonc omingJ es usChri
stin1844,butJ esusfail
edt oret
urnt oeart
hatthatdat e,
knownast heGr eatDi s
appointment .Foll
owi ngupaf tert
heeventithadi ns
pir
eds ome
ofWill
iam Mill
er’sf oll
owers:JosephBat es,JamesWhi t
e,andEll
enWhi t
ewhom
cont
inuedt opreac hedaboutt hesoonc omi ngofJ es
usandes tabli
shedtheSeventh-
DayAdv enti
st
sChur chin1863whi chc ontinuesupt ot hi
sday.

Wheni dent
ify
ingyourselfasaSDAy oudonoti denti
fyasanAdventis
tjustbec
auseyou
onlyworshi
ponSat urday ,acer
ti
fi
cat
et oprove,orgetbapti
zed.But,r
atherfai
thf
ul
repr
esentat
ionands pi
rit
ualbeli
efs
.Youbeliev
et hatGodisy
ours av
iour,t
hatyou
beli
eveonthes ec
ondc omi ngofChri
st,youbelievethatontheimportanceofthe
Sabbat
handt okeepi
tholy,andy
oubelievet
hati
deal
sandbelief
sareast
eppi
ng
st
onethroughyourj
ourneyonear
th.That’
showyouident
if
yyoursel
fasaSDA.

Sour
ces
:ht
tps
://
www.
bri
tanni
ca.
com/
topi
c/Adv
ent
ism

ht
tps
://
www.
adv
ent
ist
.or
g

3.Wr
it
ethet
hingst
haty
ouk
nowaboutt
hehi
stor
yoft
heSDAc
hur
ch.

Iam notinformedaboutt hehi s

toryoft heSDAc hurchbutaccordi
ngt ot hes i
te
namedAdv entis
t.
org,thefounder softhes ec tsatinthepewsofot herprotestant
churc
hesint heearl
ytomi d1800sbef orec onver t
ingtoSeventh-dayAdv enti
s m.
AfewofAdv ent
ism'swell
-k nownear l
yleader swer ealreadyengagedi npas t
or al
minis
try
;theywer efar
mer s,lawyers
,teac hers,andot herprof
essi
ons .TheSec ond
GreatAwakening,whichspar kedas pi
ritofr evi
v alacr
os st
heUnitedSt at
esi nt he
l
ate1700sandear l
y1800s ,iswhereAdv ent i
sm' sori
ginscanbefound.

Mor epeoplestar
tedk eepingBiblesinthei
rhomesands tudyingtheBible
i
ndependent l
yratherthanl eav
ingittoc l
eri
cs.Manybibl
i
c alt
ruths,l
ikethe
sevent
h-daySabbat handt herealSecondComi ngofChri
st,wereredisc
overed.
Peoplegainedadeeperc omprehens i
onofGod' sl
oveandHi sdesignsfor
humanitythrought entmeet i
ngsandBi blest
udies.

Beyondt hec ust

omsandr i
tualsthathadbeens tandardforsol ong,peopl
e
st
artedtoy earnforamor etrueChr i
sti
anli
fe.ThesedevotedChr i
sti
answere
scat
teredov erthenort
heaster
nUni t
edStat
esins ever
aldiff
erentgroups.
Howev er,Goddr ewthem together,andwhats t
artedasthe" AdventMov ement
"
hass i
ncegrowni ntoaglobalChr i
sti
anprot
es t
antdenomi nati
onwi thover20
mill
i
onadher ents
.

4.Chooseoneamongt hesef
orerunner
soft
heSDAandwr
it
ethebac
kgr
ound,
contr
ibut
ion,wor
k,i
nfl
uence.
a.ManueldeLacunza
b.Edwar
dIr
ving
c
.Jos
ephWol
ff
d.Fr
anc
oisGaus
sen
Theonlychil
dofweal t
hymerchantsCarlosdeLac
unz aIz
iaur
reandJ osef
aDazMont er
o,
ManuelLacunz ayDazwasbor nonJ ul
y19,1731,i
nSant i
ago,Chi
le.Therehadbeena
bi
shop,mili
taryof
fic
ers
,pri
est
s,andat t
orneysi
nearl
iergener
ati
ons.Hi smotherr
aised
hi
m alonewhenhi sfat
herpassedawaywhenhewasonl y10y ear
sol d.OnAugust12,
1741,Lac
unz aenter
edtheS.Franci
scoXav i
erc
onvent.Hejoi
nedtheSoc iet
yofJesuson
August23,1747,tocompl
etehi
stwo-yearnovi
ti
ate.Lat
er,Lac
unzac omplet
edhis
studi
esi
nphilosophyandgothi
sMaster'
sdegreefrom t
heUni ver
si
tyoftheJes
uit
s.At
theageof24,Lac unz
awasordai
nedasapr i
esti
n1755.

LaVeni dadelMes asenGl oriayMaj es t

ad,whi c
hwoul dc omet ober egar dedas
Lacunz a'smos timportantc ompos i
tion,wass tartedi n1755.Thet hirdandl astv ol
ume,
whic ht ook35y earstofinish,wasr eleasedi n1790.Thepot ent ialcaus est hatmot ivat
ed
himt owr it
ehi sbookhav ebeendi scus sedbyac ademi cs.Hisdet r
ac torsc ont endt hatit
wast her esultofhisexil
e'sdi s
appoint ment sandt hes uppr essionofhi sreligiousor der
thatf ollowed,whi chhadt heas s
ist
anc eoft heRomanpont i
ff.Ot hersv i
ewt hewor kasa
cons ervat iv
eChr i
st
ianres ponset orationalism'sef fects,parti
c ularlyasi tr elatest odeism,
adoc tri
net hatwaspopul aratt hetimei nbothCat holicandPr otestantChr i
stianit
y.
LaVeni dadelMes asenGl oriayMaj es t
ad( TheComi ngofMes s i
ahi nGl or yand
Maj esty ),wr i
ttenbyChi leanCat holi
ct heologianManuelLac unz ai nt heei ght eenth
centur y,iss eenbymanyasapr edeces s
orofs omec oreAdv ent istbel i
efs,s uchas
Christ'sliteralandi mmi nentSec ondComi ng.Ot her sc onsi
deri tast hef ruitofani ntense
studyofSc riptur
e,particularl
yDani elandRev elation,wi t
houtt hei nf l
uenc eoft he
Chur chFat her sandtheol ogians.

Inhi sownwor ds,Lacunz ahadt hreegoal sinmi ndwhenhewr otehisbook :toi nspire
priestst oreadt heirBibl
es,tos preadthegos pelofJ esusChrist,andt oc onvertJewst o
Chr i
stianity.Thec omment sgivenbyFat herGonz álezCar v
ajal,whos ervedasFat her
Lac unz a'
samanuens i
s,regardinghispractic
eofBi bles t
udy,thought ,andpr ayerar e
veryi mpor tant.Whenpr esentedwi t
hac hall
engingc oncepttoex pr
es s
,Car vaj
alr ecall
s
thatLac unz awoul dputhi swor konhol dunt i
ltheyc ouldmor ef erventl
ys eekheav enl
y
i
llumi nat i
on.Hisbookneededmor eofament aleffortthani tdidofhi sk nees.Hi s
wr i
tinghadanot iceableeffectnearl
yr i
ghtaway .Thef i
rs
ttor espondwer eCat hol i
c
clergymen.

Whi l
es omepr aisedthewor k ,ot her shadc oncer nsabouti tsappr oac handi deas .His
rejectionoft heChur chFather sast hepr imar yi nterpretiveaut hority,hisli
teral( as
oppos edt omet aphor ic
al)viewofSc ri
ptur e,andhi sinterpretati
onoft heAnt i
chr is
twer e
par ti
cul arlyc ont enti
ousi nCat hol i
cc ircl
es .Hi smi llenar i
anwor l
dv i
ew,whi chpl aceda
strongemphas isont wor esur rections ,t
hef irstoft her i
ghteousandt hes econdoft he
wi cked,s epar atedbyanephemer almi l
lenni um,al sogener atedal otofdi scussi
on
bec aus et heCat holi
cChur chhades sentiallygiv enupons uchav iewpoi nt.Although
ManuelLac unz a'swor kdidnothav emuc hofani mpac tdur i
nghi sl i
feti
me,i tdi d
i
nf luenc eanumberofl at
erbi blicals cholar sandhi st
or i
ans.17Amongt hesewer e
Sev ent h-dayAdv enti
sts
,whoear lyonr ec ogniz edLac unz aasas ignifi
cantf orerunnert o
Wi lli
am Mi ll
erbec auseofhisapoc alypticandmi ll
enni ali
stinterpretations.
18Al t
hough
notent irel yinac cor
danc ewithSev enth- dayAdv entistdoc tri
ne,ManuelLac unz ai s
significanti nAdv enti
sthist
oryf orhel pingt oc reateanenv ironmentwher e
esc hatol ogi calex pectat
ionmademanySout hAmer icansmor er eceptivetot heAdv entis
t
mes sage.