Which denomination name was ultimately adopted?

Which denomination name was ultimately adopted?

• A. Seventh-day People
• B. Seventh-day Doorshutters
• C. Seventh-day Adventists
• D. Shut-door Seventh-day Sabbath And Annihilists

Answer: (C)

The name was chosen to clearly reflect the movement’s defining beliefs: observing the seventh-day Sabbath and expecting Christ’s imminent return. By using Seventh-day Adventists, the group signaled both a calendar-based practice (the Sabbath on Saturday) and a forward-looking hope (Advent). This combination gave the denomination a distinct and positive identity that stuck as the official label. Other proposed or pejorative names circulated at the time, but they didn’t convey the same clear message or unity, so they didn’t become the formal designation.

The name was chosen to clearly reflect the movement’s defining beliefs: observing the seventh-day Sabbath and expecting Christ’s imminent return. By using Seventh-day Adventists, the group signaled both a calendar-based practice (the Sabbath on Saturday) and a forward-looking hope (Advent). This combination gave the denomination a distinct and positive identity that stuck as the official label. Other proposed or pejorative names circulated at the time, but they didn’t convey the same clear message or unity, so they didn’t become the formal designation.