The Conjugal Experience of James and Ellen White: Meanings Built by the Couple
Andrews University Seminary Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2, 259–298. Copyright © 2016 Andrews University Seminary Studies. THE CONJUGAL EXPERIENCE OF JAMES AND ELLEN WHITE: MEANINGS BUILT BY THE COUPLE Demóstenes Neves da Silva Gerson Rodrigues Latin American Adventist Latin American Adventist Theological Seminary Theological Seminary Bahia, Brazil Bahia, Brazil The story of James White (1821–1881) and Ellen Gould White (1827–1915), co-founders and leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, begins in the nineteenth century in the United States.1 They were married on 30 August 1846, when James was twenty-five and Ellen eighteen.2 The Whites 1Ellen G. White, A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White (Saratoga Springs, NY: James White, 1851); idem, Spiritual Gifts. My Christian Experience, Views and Labors in Connection with the Rise and Progress of the Third Angel’s Message, 4 vols. (Battle Creek, MI: Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, 1860), 2:iii–iv, 7–300; James White, Life Incidents: In Connection with the Great Advent Movement as Illustrated by the Three Angels of Revelation XIV (Battle Creek, MI: Steam Press, 1868; repr., Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 2003); E. G. White, Testimonies for the Church with a Biographical Sketch of the Author, 9 vols. (Battle Creek, MI: Review & Herald, 1885), 1:9–112; J. White and E. G. White, Life Sketches: Ancestry, Early Life, Christian Experience, and Extensive Labors of Elder James White, and His Wife Mrs. Ellen G. White (Battle Creek, MI: Steam Press, 1880; rev. ed., Battle Creek, MI: Steam Press, 1888). The most relevant secondary sources on James and Ellen White, are Virgil E.
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