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1 2  Alan Rogerson (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Constable. ص. 90.
1 2  Rogerson، Alan (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses. Constable & Co, London. ص. 39, 52. ISBN:978-0094559400.
↑  Gruss، Edmond C. (2001). Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes, and Prophetic Speculation. What Does the Record Show?. Xulon Press. ص. 218. ISBN:978-1-931232-30-2. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-02-05.
↑  Rogerson، Alan (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses. Constable & Co, London. ص. 6. ISBN:978-0094559400.
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحة 2
↑  Crompton، Robert (1996). Counting the Days to Armageddon. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. ص. 37–39. ISBN:978-0-227-67939-5.
↑  "Gentile Times: When Do They End?". Bible Examiner. أكتوبر 1876. ص. 27–28. The seven times will end in A.D. 1914; when Jerusalem shall be delivered forever ... when Gentile Governments shall have been dashed to pieces; when God shall have poured out of his fury upon the nations and they acknowledge him King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
↑  Studies in the Scriptures. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. ج. IV The Battle of Armageddon. 1897. ص. xii.
↑  Russell، Charles (1889). The Time is at Hand. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. ص. 101.
↑  Botting، Heather؛ Botting، Gary (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ص. 36. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2022-02-28.
↑  Holden & 2002 Portrait، صفحة 18
↑  "Prospectus". Zion's Watch Tower. 1 يوليو 1879. ص. 1. This is the first number of the first volume of "Zion's Watch Tower," and it may not be amiss to state the object of its publication. That we are living "in the last days"—"the day of the Lord"—"the end" of the Gospel age, and consequently, in the dawn of a "new" age.
↑  "Part 1 — United States of America". 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1975. ص. 38.
↑  "The Ecclesia". Zion's Watch Tower. سبتمبر 1884. ص. 7–8.
↑  Russell، Charles (1904). Studies in the Scriptures. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. ج. VI The New Creation. ص. 195–272.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 26–29
↑  The Overland Monthly, January 1910 pg. 130
↑  W.T. Ellis, The Continent, McCormick Publishing Company, vol. 43, no. 40, October 3, 1912 pg. 1354
↑  The New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 1910, vol 7, pg 374
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 26
↑  Rogerson، Alan (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses. Constable & Co, London. ص. 31. ISBN:978-0094559400.
1 2  Penton 1997، صفحات 58, 61–62
↑  Crompton، Robert (1996). Counting the Days to Armageddon. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. ص. 101. ISBN:978-0-227-67939-5.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 55
↑  Rogerson، Alan (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses. Constable & Co, London. ص. 44. ISBN:978-0094559400.
↑  Franz, Raymond (2007). "Chapter 4". In Search of Christian Freedom. Commentary Press. ISBN:978-0-914675-16-7.
↑  "7. Advertise the King and the Kingdom! (1919-1941)". Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. 1993. ص. 72–77.
↑  Rutherford، Joseph F. (1920). Millions Now Living Will Never Die!. Brooklyn, New York: International Bible Students Association. ص. 89–90. ISBN:978-1-4116-2898-4. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-03.
↑  Chryssides، George D. (2010). "How Prophecy Succeeds: The Jehovah's Witnesses and Prophetic Expectations". International Journal for the Study of New Religions. ج. 1 ع. 1: 27–48. DOI:10.1558/ijsnr.v1i1.27. ISSN:2041-952X.
↑  Franz، Raymond (2007). In Search of Christian Freedom. ص. 144. ISBN:978-0-914675-16-7.
↑  Salvation. as cited in Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1939. ص. 76.{{استشهاد بكتاب}}:  صيانة الاستشهاد: آخرون (link)
↑  Herbert H. Stroup, The Jehovah's Witnesses, Columbia University Press, New York, 1945, pg 14,15: "Following his election the existence of the movement was threatened as never before. Many of those who remembered wistfully the halcyon days of Mr Russell's leadership found that the new incumbent did not fulfill their expectations of a saintly leader. Various elements split off from the parent body, and such fission continued throughout Rutherford's leadership."
↑  Penton 1997، صفحات 58, 61 "نسخة مؤرشفة". مؤرشف من الأصل في 2021-01-21. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2021-01-21.{{استشهاد ويب}}:  صيانة الاستشهاد: BOT: original URL status unknown (link)
↑  Gruss، Edmond C. (2001). Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes, and Prophetic Speculation. What Does the Record Show?. Xulon Press. ص. 218. ISBN:978-1-931232-30-2. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-03.
↑  Reed, David, Whither the Watchtower? Christian Research Journal, Summer 1993, pg 27: "By gradually replacing locally elected elders with his own appointees, he managed to transform a loose collection of semi-autonomous, democratically run congregations into a tight-knit organizational machine controlled from his office. Some local congregations broke away, forming such groups as the Chicago Bible Students, the Dawn Bible Students, and the Laymen's Home Missionary Movement, all of which continue to this day." نسخة محفوظة 9 مارس 2021 على موقع واي باك مشين.
↑  Tony Wills (A People For His Name, pg. 167) cites The Watch Tower (December 1, 1927, pg 355) in which Rutherford states that "the larger percentage" of original Bible Students had by then departed.
↑  Gruss، Edmond C. (1970). Apostles of Denial: An Examination and Exposé of the History, Doctrines and Claims of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co. ص. 265. ISBN:978-0-87552-305-7. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-12.
↑  Rogerson, Alan (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses. London: Constable. ص. 55. In 1931, came an important milestone in the history of the organization. For many years Rutherford's followers had been called a variety of names: 'International Bible Students', 'Russellites', or 'Millennial Dawners'. In order to distinguish clearly his followers from the other groups who had separated in 1918 Rutherford proposed that they adopt an entirely new name—Jehovah's witnesses.
↑  James A. Beckford, The Trumpet of Prophecy, 1975, page 30, "The new title symbolized a break with the legacy of Russell's traditions, the instigation of new outlooks and the promotion of fresh methods of administering evangelism."
↑  "A New Name". The Watch Tower. 1 أكتوبر 1931. ص. 291. Since the death of Charles T. Russell there have arisen numerous companies formed out of those who once walked with him, each of these companies claiming to teach the truth, and each calling themselves by some name, such as "Followers of Pastor Russell", "those who stand by the truth as expounded by Pastor Russell," "Associated Bible Students," and some by the names of their local leaders. All of this tends to confusion and hinders those of good will who are not better informed from obtaining a knowledge of the truth.
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحة 31
↑  Penton 1997، صفحات 71–72
↑  Crompton، Robert (1996). Counting the Days to Armageddon. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. ص. 109–110. ISBN:978-0-227-67939-5.
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحة 35
↑  Garbe، Detlef (2008). Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. ص. 145. ISBN:978-0-299-20794-6.
↑  1943 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. 1942. ص. 221–222.
↑  Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose. Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. 1959. ص. 312–313.
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحات 47–52
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحات 52–55
↑  Penton 1997، صفحات 89–90
1 2  "'They keep changing the dates': Jehovah's Witnesses Changing Chronology - Cryssides". www.cesnur.org. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02.
↑  Chryssides، George D. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses. Scarecrow Press. ص. 19. ISBN:978-0-8108-6074-2.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 95
↑  Botting، Heather؛ غاري بوتينغ (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ص. 46. ISBN:978-0-8020-6545-2. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2021-03-08.
↑  "Awake!". Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. 8 أكتوبر 1968. ص. 14. Does this mean that the above evidence positively points to 1975 as the complete end of this system of things? Since the Bible does not specifically state this, no man can say... If the 1970s should see intervention by Jehovah God to bring an end to a corrupt world drifting toward ultimate disintegration, that should surely not surprise us. {{استشهاد بمجلة}}: الاستشهاد ب$1 يطلب |$2= (مساعدة)
↑  "How Are You Using Your Life?". Our Kingdom Ministry. مايو 1974. ص. 63. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02. Reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service. Certainly, this is a fine way to spend the short time remaining before the wicked world's end.
↑  Franz, Raymond (2002). "1975—The Appropriate Time for God to Act". Crisis of Conscience. ص. 237–253. ISBN:978-0-914675-23-5. مؤرشف من الأصل (PDF) في 2020-10-03. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2006-07-27.
↑  Singelenberg, Richard (1989). "The '1975'-prophecy and its impact among Dutch Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociological Analysis. ج. 50 ع. 1: 23–40. DOI:10.2307/3710916. ISSN:0038-0210. JSTOR:3710916. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2015-10-01. Notes a nine percent drop in total publishers (door-to-door preachers) and a 38 per cent drop in pioneers (full-time preachers) in the Netherlands.
1 2  Stark and Iannoccone (1997). "Why the Jehovah's Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Application" (PDF). Journal of Contemporary Religion: 142–143. مؤرشف من الأصل (PDF) في 2019-04-12. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2013-07-16.
↑  Dart, John (30 يناير 1982). "Defectors Feel 'Witness' Wrath: Critics say Baptism Rise Gives False Picture of Growth". Los Angeles Times. ص. B4. Cited statistics showing a net increase of publishers worldwide from 1971 to 1981 of 737,241, while baptisms totaled 1.71 million for the same period.
↑  "The Watchtower". 15 مارس 1980. ص. 17–18. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-25. With the appearance of the book Life Everlasting—in Freedom of the Sons of God, ... considerable expectation was aroused regarding the year 1975. ... there were other statements published that implied that such realization of hopes by that year was more of a probability than a mere possibility. It is to be regretted that these latter statements apparently overshadowed the cautionary ones and contributed to a buildup of the expectation already initiated. ... persons having to do with the publication of the information ... contributed to the buildup of hopes centered on that date. {{استشهاد بمجلة}}: الاستشهاد ب$1 يطلب |$2= (مساعدة)
↑  Hesse، Hans (2001). Persecution and Resistance of Jehovah's Witnesses During the Nazi-Regime. Chicago: Edition Temmen c/o. ص. 296, 298. ISBN:978-3-861-08750-2.
↑  Chryssides Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses، صفحات 32,112
↑  Chryssides Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses، صفحة 64
↑  Joel P. Engardio (18 ديسمبر 1995)، "Apocalypse Later"، Newsweek، ج. 236، ص. 24–25، Bibcode:2017NewSc.236Q..24L، DOI:10.1016/S0262-4079(17)31969-3، مؤرشف من الأصل في 2009-04-01
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 317
↑  "Jehovah's Witnesses Abandon Key Tenet : Doctrine: Sect has quietly retreated from prediction that those alive in 1914 would see end of world". Los Angeles Times. 4 نوفمبر 1995. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-01.
↑  ""Let Your Kingdom Come"—But When? - Study". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2017-07-07.
↑  "Overseers and Ministerial Servants Theocratically Appointed". The Watchtower. 15 يناير 2001. ص. 16. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-09. Theocratic appointments come from Jehovah through his Son and God's visible earthly channel, "the faithful and discreet slave" and its Governing Body.
↑  "Following Faithful Shepherds with Life in View". The Watchtower. 1 أكتوبر 1967. ص. 591–92. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-11. Make haste to identify the visible theocratic organization of God that represents his king, Jesus Christ. It is essential for life. Doing so, be complete in accepting its every aspect. We cannot claim to love God, yet deny his Word and channel of communication. Therefore, in submitting to Jehovah's visible theocratic organization, we must be in full and complete agreement with every feature of its apostolic procedure and requirements.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 211
↑  "What Is the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses?". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-12-09.
↑  Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. 2007 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. ص. 4, 6. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02.
↑  Botting، Heather & Gary (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ISBN:978-0-8020-6545-2. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2021-03-08.
↑  Franz، Raymond (2007). In Search of Christian Freedom. Commentary Press. ص. 123. ISBN:978-0-914675-17-4.
↑  "How the Governing Body Is Organized". The Watchtower. 15 مايو 2008. ص. 29. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02.
↑  "Seek God's guidance in all things". The Watchtower. 15 أبريل 2008. ص. 11. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-25.
↑  Franz، Raymond (2007). In Search of Christian Freedom. Commentary Press. ص. 153. ISBN:978-0-914675-17-4.
↑  "Preaching and Teaching Earth Wide — 2009 Grand Totals". 2010 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 2010. ص. 42.
↑  "Annual Meeting Report". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2018-09-16.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 101, 233–235
↑  Penton، M. James (2015). Apocalypse delayed: the story of Jehovah's Witnesses (ط. 3rd). University of Toronto Press. ص. 326, 460–461. ISBN:978-1442616059. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-03. For many years they received only $14 per month, but that has been increased during the last several decades to $100 or more per month, and their clothing allowance has also been increased significantly. Barbara Anderson relates that she and her husband received $100 a month, were given board and room, and had a yearly clothing allowance of $250 during the years they were at Bethel until they left in 1997. Although Bethelites may receive somewhat more today, they are certainly not paid anything like 'real wages.'
↑  Botting، Heather؛ غاري بوتينغ (1984). The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. University of Toronto Press. ص. 32. ISBN:978-0-8020-6545-2. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2021-03-08. Missionaries, circuit overseers, district overseers, special pioneers, and branch-office workers receive small allowances each month.
↑  "Watchtower Society". Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics. ص. 466. The religious order of Jehovah's Witnesses caters to the needs of all volunteers who have taken a vow of poverty and obedience.
1 2  Gallagher، Eugene V.؛ Ashcraft، W. Michael (2006)، Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America، Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press، ج. 2، ص. 69، ISBN:978-0-275-98712-1
↑  Taylor، Elizabeth J. (2012). Religion: A Clinical Guide for Nurses. Springer Publishing Company. ص. 163. ISBN:978-0-8261-0860-9.
↑  Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock. Watch Tower Society. 1981. ص. 147.
↑  Study 29 - Transcript - Jehovahs Witnesses - Day 147 - 27072015.pdf ""Case Study 29: Transcript (day 147)", page 16, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 27 July 2015" (PDF). مؤرشف من الأصل (PDF) في 2019-02-04. {{استشهاد ويب}}: تحقق من قيمة |مسار أرشيف= (مساعدة)
↑  Hoekema، Anthony A. (1963). The Four Major Cults. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans. ص. 291. ISBN:978-0-8028-3117-0.
↑  Franz, Raymond (2007). In Search of Christian Freedom. Commentary Press. ص. 116–120. ISBN:978-0-914675-16-7.
↑  Chryssides Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses، صفحة 14
↑  "Baptism and Your Relationship With God". What Does the Bible Really Teach. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. ص. 182. Going beneath the water symbolizes that you have died to your former life course. Being raised up out of the water indicates that you are now alive to do the will of God. Remember, too, that you have made a dedication to Jehovah God himself, not to a work, a cause, other humans, or an organization.
↑  "30. What You Must Do to Live Forever". You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1989. ص. 255. It is simply not true that all religions lead to the same goal. (Matthew 7:21–23; 24:21) You must be part of Jehovah's organization, doing God's will, in order to receive his blessing of everlasting life.
↑  "You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth—But How?". The Watchtower. 15 فبراير 1983. ص. 12. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-11. Jehovah is using only one organization today to accomplish his will. To receive everlasting life in the earthly Paradise we must identify that organization and serve God as part of it.
↑  "Serving Jehovah Loyally". The Watchtower. 15 نوفمبر 1992. ص. 21. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-09-30. I determined to stay by the faithful organization. How else can one get Jehovah's favor and blessing?" There is nowhere else to go for divine favor and life eternal.
1 2  Meyers، Jim (أكتوبر 2010). "Jehovah's Witnesses — Publishing Titans" (PDF). Newsmax. West Palm Beach, FL: Newsmax Media. مؤرشف من الأصل (PDF) في 2021-03-08.
↑  "Online Bible". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-01.
↑  Joe Pompeo (30 سبتمبر 2010). "Did You Know The Most Widely Circulated Magazine In The World Is The Monthly Publication Of Jehovah's Witnesses?". Business Insider. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-09.
↑  "Jehovah's Witnesses Reach New Preaching Milestone—JW.ORG Now Features Content in 1,000 Languages". Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-12.
↑  "8. Tools for Preaching — Producing Literature for the Worldwide Field". God's Kingdom Rules!. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 2014. ص. 79.
↑  "AT THE TOP / NYC COMPANY PROFILES / NYC 40". Newsday. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-12.
↑  2002 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 2002. ص. 31. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-01.
↑  Van Voorst, Robert E. (2012). RELG: World (with Religion CourseMate with eBook Printed Access Card). Cengage Learning. ص. 288. ISBN:978-1-1117-2620-1. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-12-09.
↑  "Remember Those Who Are Taking the Lead Among You". Organized to Do Jehovah's Will. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 2015. ص. 17–19.
↑  "Cooperating With the Governing Body Today". The Watchtower. 15 مارس 1990. ص. 19. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-12-09.
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحة 119
↑  "Focus on the Goodness of Jehovah's Organization". The Watchtower. 15 يوليو 2006. ص. 22. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-04.
↑  "Impart God's Progressive Revelation to Mankind". The Watchtower. 1 مارس 1965. ص. 158–159. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحات 165–171
↑  "Flashes of Light—Great and Small". The Watchtower. 15 مايو 1995. ص. 15. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-09-22.
↑  "The Path of the Righteous Does Keep Getting Brighter". The Watchtower. 1 ديسمبر 1981. ص. 26–31. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-07.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 165
↑  Rutherford، Joseph (1933). Preparation. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. ص. 64, 67. Enlightenment proceeds from Jehovah by and through Christ Jesus and is given to the faithful anointed on earth at the temple, and brings great peace and consolation to them. Again Zechariah talked with the angel of the Lord, which shows that the remnant are instructed by the angels of the Lord. The remnant do not hear audible sounds, because such is not necessary. Jehovah has provided his own good way to convey thoughts to the minds of his anointed ones ... Those of the remnant, being honest and true, must say, We do not know; and the Lord enlightens them, sending his angels for that very purpose.
↑  "The Spirit Searches into the Deep Things of God". The Watchtower. 15 يوليو 2010. ص. 23. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02. When the time comes to clarify a spiritual matter in our day, holy spirit helps responsible representatives of 'the faithful and discreet slave' at world headquarters to discern deep truths that were not previously understood. The Governing Body as a whole considers adjusted explanations. What they learn, they publish for the benefit of all.
↑  "Do We Need Help to Understand the Bible?". The Watchtower. 15 فبراير 1981. ص. 19. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02. True, the brothers preparing these publications are not infallible. Their writings are not inspired as are those of Paul and the other Bible writers. (2 Tim. 3:16) And so, at times, it has been necessary, as understanding became clearer, to correct views. (Prov. 4:18)
↑  "Do You See the Evidence of God's Guidance?". The Watchtower. 15 أبريل 2011. ص. 3–5. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02. How, then, do we react when we receive divine direction? Do we try to apply it "right afterward"? Or do we continue doing things just as we have been accustomed to doing them? Are we familiar with up-to-date directions, such as those regarding conducting home Bible studies, preaching to foreign speaking people, regularly sharing in family worship, cooperating with Hospital Liaison Committees, and conducting ourselves properly at conventions? ... Do you clearly discern the evidence of divine guidance? Jehovah uses his organization to guide us, his people, through "the wilderness" during these last days of Satan's wicked world.
↑  "Unity Identifies True Worship". The Watchtower. 15 سبتمبر 2010. ص. 13. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2021-01-02.
1 2  "Overseers of Jehovah's People". The Watchtower. 15 يونيو 1957. ص. 369–375. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-27. Let us now unmistakably identify Jehovah's channel of communication for our day, that we may continue in his favor ... It is vital that we appreciate this fact and respond to the directions of the "slave" as we would to the voice of God, because it is His provision.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 172
↑  "Archaeology and the Inspired Record". All Scripture is Inspired of God. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1990. ص. 336.
↑  "All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial". All Scripture is Inspired of God. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1990. ص. 9.
↑  "Jehovah's Witnesses". Reasoning From The Scriptures. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1989. ص. 199–208.
↑  Holden & 2002 Portrait، صفحة 67, "Materials such as The Watchtower are almost as significant to the Witnesses as the Bible, since the information is presented as the inspired work of theologians, and they are, therefore, believed to contain as much truth as biblical texts."
1 2  James A. Beverley, Crisis of Allegiance, Welch Publishing Company, Burlington, Ontario, 1986, (ردمك 0-920413-37-4), pages 25–26, 101, "For every passage in Society literature that urges members to be bold and courageous in critical pursuits, there are many others that warn about independent thinking and the peril of questioning the organization ... Fear of disobedience to the Governing Body keeps Jehovah's Witnesses from carefully checking into biblical doctrine or allegations concerning false prophecy, faulty scholarship, and injustice. Witnesses are told not to read books like this one."
↑  "Keep Clear of False Worship!". The Watchtower. 15 مارس 2006. ص. 27–31. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-08. True Christians keep clear of false worship, rejecting false religious teachings. This means that we avoid exposure to religious programs on radio and television as well as religious literature that promotes lies about God and his Word.
↑  "Questions From Readers—Why do Jehovah's Witnesses decline to exchange their Bible study aids for the religious literature of people they meet". The Watchtower. 1 مايو 1984. ص. 31. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-11. So it would be foolhardy, as well as a waste of valuable time, for Jehovah's Witnesses to accept and expose themselves to false religious literature that is designed to deceive.
↑  "Question Box". Our Kingdom Ministry. سبتمبر 2007. ص. 3. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02. Throughout the earth, Jehovah's people are receiving ample spiritual instruction and encouragement at congregation meetings, assemblies, and conventions, as well as through the publications of Jehovah's organization. Under the guidance of his holy spirit and on the basis of his Word of truth, Jehovah provides what is needed so that all of God's people may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought and remain stabilized in the faith. Surely we are grateful for Jehovah's spiritual provisions in these last days. Thus, the faithful and discreet slave does not endorse any literature, meetings, or Web sites that are not produced or organized under its oversight.
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحات 84, 89, 92, 119–120
↑  "Questions From Readers". The Watchtower. 1 أبريل 1986. ص. 30–31. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-29.
↑  Holden & 2002 Portrait، صفحة 24
↑  Ringnes, Hege Kristin; Sødal, Helje Kringlebotn, eds. (2009). Jehovas vitner: en flerfaglig studie (بالنرويجية). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 27. ISBN:978-82-15-01453-1.
↑  Holden, A. (2002). Cavorting With the Devil: Jehovah's Witnesses Who Abandon Their Faith (PDF). Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YL, UK. ص. Endnote [i]. مؤرشف من الأصل (PDF) في 2020-08-09. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2017-04-04.
↑  Alan Rogerson (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Constable. ص. 87.
↑  Beckford 1975، صفحة 105
↑  "What is the Holy Spirit?". The Watchtower. 1 أكتوبر 2009. ص. 5. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02. There is a close connection between the holy spirit and the power of God. The holy spirit is the means by which Jehovah exerts his power. Put simply, the holy spirit is God's applied power, or his active force.
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحة 262
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحات 276–277
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 372
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحة 270
↑  "Stay in the "City of Refuge" and Live!". The Watchtower. 15 نوفمبر 1995. ص. 19. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-01.
↑  Penton 1997، صفحات 188–189
1 2  Penton 1997، صفحات 188–190
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحات 298–299
↑  Holden & 2002 Portrait، صفحة 25
↑  "Identifying the Wild Beast and Its Mark". The Watchtower. 1 أبريل 2004. ص. 5. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-12. This does not mean, however, that every human ruler is a direct tool of Satan.
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحات 322–324
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحات 265–269
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 186
↑  Penton 1997، صفحة 193–194
↑  "Young Ones—Are You Ready to Get Baptized". The Watchtower (ط. study). مارس 2016. ص. 4. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-10. It is a great privilege to get baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Moreover, baptism is a requirement for Christians, and it is a vital step toward gaining salvation.
↑  "Our Readers Ask: Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe That They Are the Only Ones Who Will Be Saved?". The Watchtower. 1 نوفمبر 2008. ص. 28. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-01. Jehovah's Witnesses hope to be saved. However, they also believe that it is not their job to judge who will be saved. Ultimately, God is the Judge. He decides.
↑  You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1989. ص. 255. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-10-21. Do not conclude that there are different roads, or ways, that you can follow to gain life in God's new system. There is only one ... there will be only one organization—God's visible organization—that will survive the fast-approaching 'great tribulation.' It is simply not true that all religions lead to the same goal. You must be part of Jehovah's organization, doing God's will, in order to receive his blessing of everlasting life.
↑  "Remaining Organized for Survival Into the Millennium". The Watchtower. 1 سبتمبر 1989. ص. 19. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-11-13. Only Jehovah's Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the 'great crowd,'as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil.
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحات 315–319
↑  "Declare Righteous". Insight on the Scriptures. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. ج. 1. 1988. ص. 606.
↑  "A Royal Priesthood to Benefit All Mankind". The Watchtower. 15 يناير 2012. ص. 26–30. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-09-19.
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحات 295–296
↑  Alan Rogerson (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Constable. ص. 106.
↑  "God's Kingdom—Earth's New Rulership". The Watchtower. 15 أكتوبر 2000. ص. 10. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02.
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحة 298
↑  Alan Rogerson (1969). Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Constable. ص. 105.
↑  "Daniel's Prophetic Days and Our Faith". The Watchtower. 1 نوفمبر 1993. ص. 8–9. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-02. In 1914 the appointed times of the nations ended, and the time of the end for this world began. The Davidic Kingdom was restored, not in earthly Jerusalem, but invisibly in "the clouds of the heavens." ... Who would represent on earth the restored Davidic Kingdom? ... Without any doubt at all, it was the small body of anointed brothers of Jesus who in 1914 were known as the Bible Students but since 1931 have been identified as Jehovah's Witnesses.
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحة 297
↑  Hoekema 1963، صفحات 286