APOSTASY
(See also Antichrist; Man of Lawlessness)
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
after Russell’s death: kr 22-23; jv 66-68, 624, 627-628
Antichrists: w86 7/15 13-14
apostates “impale the Son of God afresh” (Heb 6:6): it-1 1192
apostates’ methods of operation: w11 7/15 15-16; re 44-45; w04 2/15 16-17; w04 9/1 15-16; w99 7/15 17; jv 627-629; w92 7/15 13; rs 34-36; yb88 127
attacking New World Translation: w90 8/15 16
attacking Witnesses: ip-1 336; w94 7/1 12
video Beware of Deceit: lff lesson 58
attitude of modern-day apostates: w09 4/15 6; re 33-34; w94 7/1 11-12; w87 11/1 19-20
comments by Russell: w94 7/1 12
unwillingness to wait: w00 9/1 13
attitude of Witnesses toward apostates: mwb23.05 16; w22.05 4; lff lesson 58; w12 5/15 26; w11 7/15 15-17; w08 3/15 5; w06 1/15 23; w04 2/15 28; w00 5/1 9-10; w94 7/1 12-13; w92 7/15 12-13
association with: it-1 200; w13 12/15 8
elders not hasty to accuse individuals: w00 5/1 12
publications to resist apostasy: jv 111
relatives or friends: si 171-172
response to attacks of apostates: w19.11 15-16; w98 5/1 21-22
sincere questions about claims of apostates: w86 3/15 13-14
those advocating personal views while Witnesses: jv 629
those professing belief in Bible, God, and Jesus: w86 4/1 30-31
those who disassociate themselves: lff lesson 58
when a Witness joins another religion: w86 10/15 31
writings of apostates: w12 5/15 26; w86 3/15 12-14
avoiding apostasy: w20.07 23-24; w20.09 29-30; w06 1/15 23-24; re 44-45; w04 2/15 16-17; w04 9/1 13-18; w02 9/15 16-17; w96 2/1 23-24; rs 36; w88 9/15 13-14; w87 11/1 19-20; w86 3/15 10-20
Jehovah loyal to faithful ones: w08 8/15 5-7
Bible examples:
Hymenaeus and Philetus (2Ti 2:17, 18): it-1 1164; it-2 627; w06 12/1 5
Jeroboam I: it-1 947, 1233; it-2 37; w08 8/15 5; w04 11/15 22
Satan: w09 4/15 5-6; w06 1/15 23
Christendom: bt 170, 172; w16.11 23; g 1/07 18-19; g 2/07 7-8; re 29-31; w05 12/15 25; w01 4/1 14-15; w97 12/15 4-5; w95 2/1 5-6; w94 5/1 22-23; jv 35-40; wi 25, 27; w90 2/1 12-14; sh 261-282; gm 25-36; g89 6/22 24-27; w87 9/15 27-28
bishop-priest distinction: jv 35-36
Church and State: w96 5/1 8
clergy-laity distinction: jv 35-37; sh 267, 269-272
collaboration with king of the north (Da 11:32): w93 11/1 16
comments by Porphyry: sh 266
divisions resulting from: w01 4/15 17, 19; sh 278-280
hellfire: w09 11/1 5
hope of life on earth abandoned: w09 8/15 12-13
immortality of the soul: w09 8/15 12-13; w09 11/1 4; jv 36-38; sh 265-266
influence of Greek philosophy: w12 1/15 6; w09 11/1 3; w01 4/15 19-20; jv 36-38
influence of Plato’s teachings: w09 8/15 12-13; jv 36; ti 11-12
role of Cyprian: jv 35-36
source of denominations: w95 4/15 6
Trinity doctrine: w12 1/15 6-7; jv 36-37; sh 264, 266; ti 7-9
Christians during centuries of: od 17-18; rr 98-99; w12 1/15 7-8; w12 4/15 32; w10 3/15 21; re 57; w94 5/1 23-24; jv 44; g89 12/22 17-19
contributing factors: it-1 127; w88 9/1 16; w86 3/15 15-20
offense: w96 2/1 24
pride: jv 626-629
serving men: jv 623-626
discussion: it-1 126-127; lvs 245; rs 34-37; w86 3/15 10-20
experiences:
returns to truth: w11 2/15 19
TV broadcast backfires: w98 12/1 16; yb97 61-62
first and second centuries C.E.: w24.02 3-4; bt 170, 172; it-1 442; rr 97-98; w06 3/1 6-7; w06 4/15 19; re 29-30; w03 5/15 27; w01 4/1 14-15; jv 34-35; sh 263-264; si 256-257, 259, 262
“already at work” (2Th 2:7): it-2 311-312
Paul’s warnings and counsel: it-2 984; w06 1/15 23-24; re 44; w92 3/15 20
Peter’s warnings and counsel: it-2 984; si 255
“restraint” against (2Th 2:6, 7): w24.02 3; mwb19.07 4; it-1 130; it-2 311; w90 2/1 12
foretold: w24.02 3-4; it-2 206-207, 310-311; g 9/12 14-15; jv 33-34; sh 260; si 232-233; rs 34
Gnosticism: w90 7/15 21, 23; g89 6/22 26
Greek word: it-1 126; it-2 310
hatred for apostates: w93 10/1 19
identifying: it-1 127; w11 7/15 15-16; w88 5/1 12-13
fruitage of modern-day apostates: w94 7/1 12
illustration of wheat and weeds (Mt 13): it-2 207; rr 97-98, 104-105; w10 3/15 19-21; g 2/07 7-8; w04 2/15 5-6; w03 9/1 5-6; w95 4/15 6; w94 5/1 23-24; jv 44
last days linked with: it-2 206-207
fruitage: it-2 207
Law covenant: it-1 621
likened to gangrene: it-1 889; w89 10/1 18
“man of lawlessness” (2Th 2:3-12): it-2 310-312; w90 2/1 10-25
meaning of term: it-1 126; it-2 310; lvs 245; nwt 1693; w11 7/15 15; w90 2/1 12; sh 260; rs 34; w86 10/15 31
distinct from falling due to weakness: it-1 127
seriousness: rs 36-37
List by Place
Australia: jv 624
Britain: jv 627-628
Costa Rica: yb88 207-208
Denmark: jv 624; yb93 78-79
Finland: jv 624; yb90 152-153, 156-157
Ireland: jv 624; yb88 70, 72, 76-78, 126-128
Israel (ancient): w24.02 3; it-1 126-127, 947; it-2 49; w14 11/15 22; w08 6/1 9-11; ip-2 374-376, 393-395, 405; w88 9/15 13-14
divination: it-1 637
high places: it-1 1107-1109, 1119; w10 8/15 20; w08 6/1 10
reasoning: w99 5/15 12-14
Solomon: w18.07 18-19; it-2 991-992; w09 3/15 13-14; w05 7/1 29; w04 4/1 11-12; w87 7/15 19
treatment of apostate cities: it-2 1031
Israel (northern kingdom):
calf worship: it-1 296-297, 393-394, 947-948; it-2 37; w08 8/15 5; w04 11/15 22
Italy:
apostate literature neutralized by Witness conduct: w90 1/1 26
Japan: yb98 69
Judah (southern kingdom): ip-2 262-266; ip-1 11-17
kings: it-1 1266, 1268-1269, 1271; it-2 307
Moldova:
influence of KGB: yb04 115
Mozambique: yb96 130-131
refugee camp (Milange): yb96 158-159
Nigeria: jv 628
Poland: yb94 180-181, 187-189
Samoa: yb09 103-104
United States: jv 111, 620-621, 627-628
at Bethel (1917-1918): jv 66-68