We would not have included - in the context of talking about the errors of the Seventh-day Adventists - this topic (conversation with spirits), if the Seventh-day Adventists had not falsely accused the church of “belittling Christ” and despising “his word and his people” by accepting this scourge (Ellen White, The Great Conflict, pp. 654-655).

Those who have read the distorted writings of the Seventh-day Adventists know that they link the communication of spirits with the prayers that the church performs for the dead brothers. Ellen White says: “The teaching of the natural immortality of the soul, which was first taken from pagan philosophy... was introduced into the Christian faith,” and it “occupied the place of the truth so clearly taught in Scripture, which says that the dead know nothing.” White claims that many people have begun to believe that “the spirits of the dead are ministering spirits…” (meaning: angels), and she adds more sin by saying: It was prayer for the dead that paved the way for “the modern doctrine of communing with spirits.”

What we must emphasize, first of all, is that what the Seventh-day Adventists call “the doctrine of communing with spirits” is something that the Church absolutely does not say about, and it hates it very much, and has denounced it - and all kinds of magic and divination..._ without a council or a law (see the Council of Ankara, year 314, Canon 24; Council of Latakia, fourth century, canon 36; Canons of Saint Basil the Great, canon 65 and 83; the letter of Saint Gregory of Nyssa mentioned in the Ecumenical Councils: the fourth, sixth and seventh century, canon 3; Council of Trullo, year 692, canon 61), and that this “ Doctrine, therefore, has nothing to do, in Christian education, with supplication to God for the sake of brothers who have previously fallen asleep, for that is different from that, and there is no connection between them (see “My Parish” 32/1996, where we devoted an article entitled: “Prayer for the Fallen” ). Those who are informed know that the Church, which forbids believers from all imaginary methods that seek physical contact with spirits or dormant souls in order to obtain “news or assistance,” is advising them to rely on God in every situation, and to be inspired by His Word to be wise and attain “salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15; see also Luke 16:19-31).

We know the story of conjuring the spirit of the Prophet Samuel, which King Saul resorted to after he exiled “the necromancers and diviners from the land.” How he disobeyed the Lord and His word, after he despaired of getting an answer from Him (“Saul asked the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him, neither by dreams nor by Urim.” Nor by the prophets.” He went in disguise on a dangerous journey near the enemy camp in Shunem, to consult a “woman who conjures spirits” in En Dor... (1 Samuel 28: 3-25), and this act led to his rejection and death (1 Chronicles 10: 13-14). This, and what is similar to it: the art of magicians and the use of knots and laces... was forbidden to the people of God. The Lord says: “Do not pay attention to necromancers, nor go to diviners or become defiled by them” (Chronicles 19:31; Deuteronomy 18; Exodus 23; Jeremiah 8:17; Ezekiel 13:17-23; Wisdom 4:12). This is because the Lord is stronger than the forces of the evil world (Genesis 41; Exodus 7: 8-24; Daniel 2: 4 and 5: 14), and He wants His people to ask Him alone for everything that will benefit their salvation, and to rely on Him and believe in His wisdom... Readers of the New Testament know that The apostles preserved this divine teaching, rejecting all types of magic and its arts (Acts 8: 9-24, 13: 6-12, 16: 16-18, and 19: 11-20, 2 Timothy 3: 8).

We have shown above that the Church, which possesses the legacy of truth, rejects superstitions (souls and divination), and this applies to every hybrid art that distorts nature and distorts faith. I mean what fascinates the world today: the fortunes of the zodiac signs that newspapers and magazines tell us about; Palm reading or a cup of coffee... and then everything that gives a person false reassurance in facing the misfortunes and difficulties of this life. This is because every reliance on other than God is polytheism and misguidance. God is alive and present with His power (through the Holy Mysteries, the Divine Word, and prayer...), and in this presence - alone - we can know His will, which Jesus called us, in the Lord’s Prayer, to surrender to (He said: Pray, “Thy will be done”). It remains that the true believer who comes from these words of Jesus: “Today’s evil is sufficient,” “And come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 6:34, 11:28), does not fear tomorrow and its heaviness and troubles. This is because there is a fundamental difference between those who believe in Christ and those who search for comfort and reassurance outside of Him. Christ is the believer’s oasis in the desert of this existence, and His revealed light guides the truthful to “eternal life,” which is God Himself (John 17:3; 1 John 5). : 20). As for those who rely on the world and its illusions, they lose themselves and gain nothing.

The defect of the Adventists is that they explain what they do not understand in a way that suits their goals, which are not hidden from those who knew the truth and believed in it. This is the true disdain for the Word of God with which Christ shames the Lord and condemns its promoters.