AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

BobRyan said:

In a fresh session window this works

identify the largest Trinitarian Christian denominations that (1) claim its doctrine will pass a "scripture alone" test (2) has global management of doctrine for the entire group, (3) maintains one unified set of binding official doctrines for all members, do not list groups that fail to satisfy all the criteria


so also does this

"Identify the largest Trinitarian Christian denominations that meet all of the following internal policy criteria:
(1) The denomination's official policy manual or fundamental beliefs document explicitly states that the Bible is the sole rule of faith and practice, and the supreme authority.
(2) The denomination has a globally centralized, hierarchical management structure that enforces doctrinal alignment across all local congregations and conferences worldwide.
(3) The denomination maintains one unified set of binding official doctrines for all members, enforced by administrative process.
do not list groups that fail to satisfy all the criteria

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• The Seventh-day Adventist Church

BobRyan said:

I did not mention my bias. I never asked for the Adventist church to even be in the list.

The only theological POV I specified was "Sola scriptura testing of doctrine".

If your point is that such a search criteria is just another way to say "select the Adventist denomination" , then I am more than a little bit surprised that you consider this to be a clear selection for "just the Adventist denomination



I am pretty sure that if I had asked the question "which denomination would Dr. Ben Carson, or Ellen White prefer", I would get "Adventist" as the answer but I did not specify that kind of selection criteria

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BobRyan said:

My criteria said nothing about decentralized Admin.

Here is the AI discussion of why certain denominations were rejected based on selection criteria

============================== begin AI response regarding the alternative candidates
Why others don't fit the final criteria:

• Assemblies of God: While very large and unified in core beliefs, the World Assemblies of God Fellowship is described as a group of over 140 autonomous national groupings of churches. The U.S. branch is distinct from the Brazilian branch, etc., even if they share the same fundamental truths.
• Southern Baptist Convention: The SBC emphasizes the autonomy of the local church as a core doctrine, meaning the central convention cannot dictate policy to an individual congregation.
• Lutheran World Federation / World Communion of Reformed Churches: These are federations or communions of various independent national churches (e.g., the ELCA in the US vs. other conservative Lutheran bodies), rather than a single, unified global administration.

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