How do I answer Seventh-Day Adventists?

[kate20011970]

I have a friend of over 30 years who has joined the 7 day church and sent me this website saying the pope is God on this earth, and is immortal, infallible, and all people must be subject to the authority of the pope in order to be saved, and even if the pope is in error or were evil, he still holds power over all Christ’s faithful.

She wants to know if I believe this and answering seems a trick for me because this stuff is all taken out of context and this church seems to be based on just hating us and some out there interpretations of the bible. How do I answer?

 

[Reginald_Plum]

kate,

These links should be helpful in refuting Seventh-Day Adventists. Our staff apologist Michelle Arnold grew up as an Adventist and has also written and spoken on the topic for Catholic Answers. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please contact Catholic Answers directly.

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