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In the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Sanctuary Review Committee was a group of biblical scholars and administrators which met to decide the church's response to theologian Desmond Ford, who had challenged details of the church's "investigative judgment" teaching. The meeting was held from 11–15 August 1980, at the Glacier View Ranch, a church-owned spiritual retreat and conference centre in Colorado, United States. The event is referred to informally as "Glacier View". The outcome was Ford losing his job. It was also the largest investment of money and time of church workers ever given to a doctrinal issue in Adventist history.〔Hammill, 1992:197; as quoted in Ballis, ''Leaving the Adventist Ministry''〕 At the time, one scholar stated it was the most significant Adventist meeting of its type since the 1888 Minneapolis General Conference Session. Ford's firing was a controversial and emotionally charged issue, and the church experienced the largest exit of teachers and ministers in its history. One modern commentator describes 'Glacier View' as "Adventist shorthand for pain, dissension and division".〔"(Twenty-Five Years After Glacier View )" by Arthur Patrick. ''Adventist Today'' 13:6〕 == Background == The investigative judgment doctrine has been criticized, in part or whole, by a few vocal Adventists since the late nineteenth century, such as D. M. Canright, A. F. Ballenger, W. W. Fletcher, W. W. Prescott, Louis R. Conradi, and Raymond Cottrell.〔Des Ford, ''Daniel 8:14, The Day of Atonement and the Investigative Judgment''〕 Many of these individuals ultimately left the Adventist church. Issues with the traditional Adventist interpretation of Daniel 8:14 were acknowledged by a number of North American theologians in the 1950s, with the result that a special committee was formed to discuss "problems in the book of Daniel". In the 1970s, dissident Australian church member Robert Brinsmead attempted to convince leading Adventist theologians Desmond Ford and Edward Heppenstall to write a refutation of it.〔(Where is Robert Brinsmead? ) by Larry Pahl; ''Adventist Today'' (7:3 (May/June 1999) )〕 Brinsmead said he hesitated "blasting this theology because I thought someone from within Adventism should do it."〔 After Ford and Heppenstall declined his request, Brinsmead returned to Australia and wrote the critical work ''(1844 Re-Examined )''.〔 Desmond Ford, described by ''Time magazine'' as "a prominent Australian theologian",〔 had been lecturing in theology at Avondale College in Australia. However due to criticisms of his theology the church moved him to the United States in 1977, where he began lecturing at Pacific Union College.〔L. R. Tarling, ''The Edges of Seventh-day Adventism'' (Bermagui South: Galilee, 1981), 215-16; D. Ford, "The Historical Background of the Crisis," in D. & G. Ford, ''The Adventist Crisis of Spiritual Identity'' (Newcastle, Cal.: Desmond Ford Publications, 1982), 23.〕 On 27 October 1979 Ford delivered an address to the Association of Adventist Forums (now Adventist Forums), held at Pacific Union College, in which he outlined the major problems that he perceived with the doctrine. The speech was entitled, (The Investigative Judgment: Theological Milestone or Historical Necessity? ).〔Desmond Ford, (The Investigative Judgment: Theological Milestone or Historical Necessity? )〕 Ford claims that he had been granted immunity to speak his views publicly at this conference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Good News Unlimited (website) )〕 Even so, the church’s leadership responded by summoning Ford to a meeting of 111 theologians and church administrators to evaluate his views. Before the meeting, he was given 6 months of paid leave during which time he prepared a 991-page document entitled ''(Daniel 8:14, the Day of Atonement, and the Investigative Judgment )'' (which he later summarised in an article for ''Spectrum''). It is also known as the "Glacier View manuscript".〔(Dr. Desmond Ford's reply to Dr. Richard Davidson ) by Desmond Ford. Richard M. Davidson's article was, "(Desmond Ford and Church Reconciliation )", ''Adventist Today''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sanctuary Review Committee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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