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In 1953, former American Bible Society board member Bruce M. Metzger stated that the translation was written to support Jehovah's Witness doctrines, with "several quite erroneous renderings of the Greek", [120] and cited 6 examples (John 1:1, [121] Col. 1:15-17, [122] Phil. 2:6, [123] Titus 2:13, [124] 2 Pet. 1:1, [125] and Rev. 3:14 [125]). In ...
Those remaining supportive of Rutherford adopted the new name "Jehovah's witnesses" in 1931. They renamed their magazine as The Watchtower . Many of the most prominent Bible Students who had left the society held their own meeting in October 1929 to gather other dissenters; the First Annual Bible Students Reunion Convention was held in the old ...
The Watchtower is overseen by the Writing Committee of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. [9] [10] The Watchtower is the official means of sharing Jehovah's Witness beliefs, [11] and includes articles relating to biblical prophecies, Christian conduct and morals, and the history of religion and the Bible.
The author, a lifelong Witness, presents an in-depth look at the Bible Student/Jehovah's Witness movement. He explores its doctrinal growth and shifts and notes schisms from the main body. 300 pages. ISBN 978-1-4303-0100-4. Armed with the Constitution: Jehovah's Witnesses in Alabama and the U.S Supreme Court, 1939-1946 by Merlin
Aid to Bible Understanding was the first doctrinal and biblical encyclopedia of Jehovah's Witnesses, published in full in 1971. Raymond Franz , a former member of the Governing Body who left the organization [ 25 ] claimed to have been one of the researchers. [ 26 ]
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the entire Bible, including both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is inspired of God and important for the Christian faith.(2 Timothy 3:16,17) Witnesses generally use a translation of the Bible that they developed in the mid-twentieth century, known as the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT).
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Mary conceived Jesus as a virgin [146] but do not believe that she was born free from sin or that she remained a virgin after his birth. [163] Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus served as a redeemer and a ransom sacrifice to pay for the sins of humanity. [164]