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(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
afterlife beliefs: w98 7/1 8-11
anti-Semitism: g93 8/8 13
apostasy: bt 170, 172; w16.11 23; g 1/07 18-19; g 2/07 7-8; w06 3/1 6-7; re 30-31, 35, 136-139, 208-209; 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
comments by Porphyry: sh 266
Greek philosophy: w12 1/15 6; w09 11/1 3; jv 36-38; sh 263-266
hope of life on earth abandoned: w09 8/15 12-13
immortality of the soul: sh 265-266
influence of Plato’s teachings: w09 8/15 12-13; ti 11-12; g88 7/8 9-10
source of denominations: w95 4/15 6
Trinity: w12 1/15 6-7; w09 11/1 7; sh 264, 266, 274-277; ti 7-9
attitude toward—
being “saved”: w89 9/15 5-6
divine name: w13 3/15 24; ip-2 395; w88 4/1 18-19
evangelizing: w96 12/1 32
evolution theory: w86 7/15 5
excommunication: w86 1/1 12
Kingdom: w05 1/15 18-19
making disciples: w11 3/1 6; w04 7/1 15; g95 3/22 28
Millennium: w99 12/1 6-8
miracles: w05 2/15 4-5
ransom: w02 10/15 5; w91 2/15 3-7
sexual immorality: w89 4/15 22; w86 1/1 11-12, 14; tp 27-29
sports: w88 10/15 21
suicide: g01 10/22 4
Babylon the Great includes: w16.11 23; rs 52-53
baptism:
attitude toward unbaptized infants who die: w10 6/1 4-5
by missionaries and conquerors: w93 4/1 3-4
beginning: jv 38
Bible discredited by: w05 9/1 30-31; w98 10/15 4-5; pr 16-19; gm 25-36; w88 4/1 18; g87 9/8 8
higher criticism: g89 10/22 18-19
Bible ignorance in: w91 1/15 7
bloodguilt: re 30-32, 102, 136, 162-163; w97 4/15 21-22; w96 7/1 4-5; w90 2/1 17-21; w89 5/15 3-4; g89 11/8 19-22; tp 23
castration for religious purposes: g96 2/8 11-14
boy singers: g96 2/8 12-14
charts:
betrayal of God and Bible: gu 5
“Christendom’s Major Religions”: sh 327
“Christendom’s Waters Revealed to Be Wormwood”: re 139
church law: w96 9/1 17-19
clergy-laity distinction: g 8/09 22-23; w00 11/15 15-16; jv 35-37; sh 267, 269-272; rs 51
compromises with world change: w17.02 28; w00 6/1 4-6; g89 10/8 21-25
conduct:
obstacle to acceptance of Bible: gm 32-36
confirmation rite: g91 8/8 12-13
councils not approved by God: w86 5/15 24-26
darkness: re 138, 140-141; w01 3/1 13
decline: re 229-230, 260-261; g89 11/22 19-22
Britain: g 9/14 3; g 2/07 4-5; re 229; w89 1/15 30; g89 11/22 19
comments by archbishop of Cologne: w90 7/15 30
contributing factors: w06 9/1 3-4
Europe: g 2/07 4-6; w05 1/15 19
France: g93 9/8 3-4; g87 7/8 29
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): w90 7/15 30; g89 11/22 19; g87 9/8 3-4
Greece: re 229
Italy: g 2/07 4-5; g97 12/8 29; g88 8/22 29; tp 81-82
Latin America: g 2/07 4
Netherlands: g97 2/22 29; g93 9/8 10-12; g89 11/22 19; g88 2/8 12-13, 15
not expected in 1900: g89 11/22 19
Poland: g98 10/8 15-17
Spain: g87 7/8 29; g86 8/22 29-30
Sweden: w90 5/15 20; yb88 56-57
United States: w02 9/15 15; g97 5/22 29; g97 6/22 28; g89 11/22 21
Wales: g96 9/8 31
denominations: ijwbq article 91
number: w12 3/1 3
destruction: w91 6/1 20-25; w87 9/1 24-28
development: w16.11 23; pc 26-27; w00 1/1 7-8; w00 6/1 4-6; sh 261-282
1st and 2nd centuries (Apostolic Fathers): w09 7/1 27-29
2nd century onward (apostasy): w01 4/15 17, 19; jv 35-38; sh 263-266; g89 6/22 24-27
2nd century onward (Greek philosophy absorbed): w01 4/15 19-20; w99 8/15 10-13; dp 172
2nd through 5th centuries (Church Fathers): w01 4/15 17-21
4th century onward (part of world): w93 7/1 8-11
5th century onward (Eastern and Western church): sh 279-280; g89 7/8 21-24
11th century onward (Crusades and Inquisition): sh 281-283; g89 8/8 21-25
15th century onward (missionary activity): g89 9/22 14-17
16th century onward (Reformation and Protestantism): pc 26-27; jv 38-40; sh 306-328; g89 8/22 16-20; g89 9/8 23-27; w87 9/15 26-28; w87 10/1 22-25; w87 11/1 25-29
17th century onward (world change): g89 10/8 21-25
19th century onward (philosophical and scientific challenges): jv 40-41; sh 331-334
19th century onward (restoration of true worship imminent): jv 40; g89 10/22 17-21
belief in fatalism: g99 8/8 7-8
disunity: w10 9/15 15; re 35; w04 3/1 6; w00 12/1 32; w94 7/1 3-7; g91 2/22 3, 9-11; g91 6/8 28
contributing factors: sh 278-280
Eastern and Western church: sh 279-280; g90 6/22 5; g89 7/8 21-24; g89 8/8 23-24
Eastern Orthodox convention (1995): g96 9/8 20
efforts to unite: g95 3/22 11; w94 7/1 6; g91 2/22 3-11; g89 11/22 22
missionaries: w92 9/1 5
over Jerusalem: w99 2/15 24-25
over year 2000: g96 10/8 29
schisms through history: g90 6/22 4-5
sects: re 30, 35; g89 9/8 25-26; g88 1/8 26-27
efforts to reconcile with Jews: g91 6/22 3-7
exposed:
as spiritually dead: re 134, 136, 149-151, 154
by Witnesses: w96 4/15 12-13; w88 4/1 15-20, 22-26
failure: cf 185-188; pc 5-6; g02 4/22 6-7; sh 342; g89 10/8 21-25
Africa: w87 5/15 31
Japan: w87 1/1 6
premarital sex among youths: w94 4/15 17
responsibility for atheism: w94 12/1 3-6; sh 343; w89 4/15 21
Rwanda civil war (1994): w97 5/1 14; w94 12/15 28; g94 12/22 19
to bring peace: w97 5/1 14-15
to glorify God: w04 10/1 11-12
to witness: w12 3/1 8-9; w01 4/1 18
false Messiahs: w92 10/1 5-6
fanaticism: w87 7/15 28-30
festivals: g92 11/8 20-21
Fundamentalism: g89 10/22 19-20
fund-raising: w13 7/1 4; w86 12/1 28
hermits: w95 11/1 32
hierarchy:
origin: jv 35-36; sh 267-272; g89 6/22 24-25
hymns:
Songs for the New Millennium: g00 5/8 29
idolatry: w96 7/1 5; w89 4/15 21-22
attempts to justify: w88 8/1 5
images themselves worshipped: w02 7/1 4-5, 7-8; rs 185; w88 8/1 3, 5, 7; g87 6/8 28
origin of image use: w88 8/1 4-5
Queen of Heaven: w88 4/1 19
similarity to apostate Judah (Eze 8): rr 54; w93 1/15 27-28
immorality: w97 1/15 20; w96 7/1 5-6; g89 1/22 7-11; tp 27-29
irreformable: w95 2/1 5-7
Jehovah’s view: w96 7/1 4-7
judgment (1918): w10 9/15 25; re 31-32, 162-163, 260; ip-2 396-397; w92 12/1 13-14
judgment at great tribulation: w04 11/15 19; ip-2 405-406; w96 4/1 18-20; w94 3/1 19-20
judgment messages against:
by Jeremiah class: w88 4/1 21-26
by “two witnesses” (Re 11:3-6): re 164-167
six of seven trumpets (Re 8:1–11:14): re 132-171, 174
lack of love: re 35; w89 5/1 27-28
meaning of term: cf 11; w19.10 15; g96 4/22 19; jv 38; sh 235
missionaries: g89 9/22 14-17
Africa: w12 9/1 27-28; ba 11; g96 4/22 20-21; g94 11/22 24-27; w92 9/1 3-9
Americas: g94 12/8 20-22
Asia: ba 11-13; g94 11/8 21-23
Bible translations: w97 10/15 8-10; ba 11-13; w92 9/1 4; w88 7/1 14-15; w87 8/15 25
Catholic: g94 10/22 20-21
contrast with Witnesses: g94 12/22 22-24
Europe: g94 10/22 20-22
failure to learn local language: w92 9/1 21
number worldwide: w88 1/1 3
Orthodox: g94 10/22 20-22
Protestant: g94 10/22 22; gm 34; g89 9/22 16; g89 10/22 17-18
results: w92 9/1 5-9; g89 9/22 16-17
social involvement: g89 10/8 22-23; w87 1/15 3-6
urge Opium War against China: re 263
use of divine name: w88 7/1 14
not channel of communication: w86 5/15 13
not Christian: w06 3/1 3-4; w00 6/1 4-7; pr 16-19
not “wicked and sluggish slave” (Mt 25:18, 24-27): ws 63
number of members: w12 3/1 3
pagan origin of doctrines and practices: w09 11/1 3; w97 12/15 5; jv 36-38; pr 17-18; w90 2/1 13; g89 6/22 25-27
altars: w03 2/15 30
Americas: g94 12/8 21
artwork: it-1 181; rs 354-355
Christmas: ijwbq article 35; w15 12/1 15; bhs 166; ed 17; w14 12/1 11; bh 157-159; w12 12/1 10; w10 4/1 12; g 12/10 5; g 12/08 11; w07 12/15 8-9; w05 12/15 6; w04 12/15 5; w00 12/15 4; w99 12/15 6-8; w97 12/15 3, 5; g95 12/8 31; g93 11/22 11-12; g92 12/22 7-9; w91 12/15 4; g91 12/8 12-13; w89 12/15 26-28; g88 12/8 18-19; w86 12/15 26; g86 12/8 21-22
churches: w02 11/15 6; w99 3/15 24-25
comments by author Octavio Paz: dp 172
comments by Cardinal Newman: re 236
comments by La Civiltà Cattolica: w99 3/15 25
cross: it-1 1191-1192; bh 205; w11 3/1 19; w08 3/1 22; w89 5/1 23-25; rs 90-91; w88 8/1 4-5; w87 8/15 21-22, 24
Easter: ijwbq article 37; lvs 179; w15 3/1 8; bh 223; lv 152; w13 3/1 6; w02 7/15 22; w96 4/1 3-4; g93 11/22 13-14; g92 4/8 5-6; rs 179-180; g86 3/8 16; g86 3/22 7
Epiphany: ijwfq article 59; g95 12/8 31
Germanic peoples: g89 7/8 23
Halloween: ijwbq article 67; lvs 179-180; bh 223; lv 152-153; g 9/13 7; g01 10/8 5-7; g93 11/22 14
harvest festivals: w97 9/15 8-9
hell: it-1 1087; w09 11/1 5; w08 11/1 6; w89 10/1 4-7; rs 175
icons: w02 7/1 4-5
labyrinths and mazes in churches: g99 12/22 20, 23-24
madonnas: g89 3/8 23
May Day: g05 4/22 12-13
Mexico: g 3/08 22-23
New Year’s Day: bh 223; w05 12/15 7; g86 12/22 21
prayers to “saints”: w96 7/15 3-4
rationale: w96 4/1 4
Saint John the Baptist’s Day: g97 2/8 29
“St. Nicholas Day”: w89 12/15 26-28
saints: g89 3/8 23; g89 6/22 25
soul: wp17.4 6; g 2/13 12-13; w10 6/1 30; w09 8/15 12-13; w09 11/1 4; w01 4/15 20-21; w99 4/1 13; w99 8/15 12; w98 7/1 10-13; ie 14-16; w96 8/1 7-8; w90 9/1 4, 6; sh 265-266; rs 51, 379-380; g88 7/8 9-10; w87 11/1 5-6
Sunday: rs 346
Trinity: re 250; g05 4/22 7; w99 8/15 13; sh 264; rs 51, 406; ti 11-12; w88 6/1 18; g88 12/22 21
Valentine’s Day: g92 2/8 32
veneration of Mary: w91 7/1 5-7
veneration of “saints”: w97 2/15 26-27
yew trees in churchyards (Britain): g01 7/8 31
zodiacal signs in cathedrals: it-2 1240
part of Serpent’s offspring (seed) (Ge 3:15): re 30, 102; w89 5/1 28
percentage of world population: w89 7/1 3
political involvement: w00 6/1 4-5; w96 4/15 12-13; w93 7/1 9-11; pr 18-19; w91 6/1 13, 16-20; g87 4/22 3-10
Africa: w94 12/15 28
collaboration with king of the north (Da 11:30, 32): w93 11/1 14-16
Eastern Europe: w91 9/1 4
future reaction to “peace and security” proclamation (1Th 5:3): w87 9/1 19
German Democratic Republic (East): g95 1/8 25
Lutheran Church: g95 1/8 25; w89 12/15 29; g87 9/8 6
religious influence on colonization: gm 34; w87 10/1 24-25
results of clergy rule: w89 9/1 3-4
Russian Orthodox Church: g95 1/8 25
support of UN: w91 6/1 17
political rulers of:
condemned: w88 9/15 23
processions: g92 11/8 20-21
racial prejudice: w99 8/1 32
relationship to—
Oholah and Oholibah (Eze 23): rr 166, 239
responsibility for AIDS in Africa: g96 4/22 19-22
responsibility regarding Holocaust: g91 6/22 3-4
similarity to Canaanites: g89 1/22 7-11
slave trade approved by: g02 9/8 12-14
social gospel: g89 10/8 22-23
use for conversion: w87 1/15 3-6
spiritism: w87 9/1 3-4; w87 11/15 27-28
Sunday schools: g89 10/22 17
superstition: w87 11/1 3-6
symbolized by—
“a third” of earth, sea, waters, light (Re 8:7-12): re 133; w89 4/1 17
“city” (Re 11:13): re 170-171
dragnet (partially) (Mt 13:47): w92 6/15 20
‘great city called Sodom and Egypt’ (Re 11:8): re 167-169
teachings a danger to Witnesses: w94 3/1 11-12
tithing: ijwbq article 170; w02 12/1 3-4, 6; w91 12/1 30
TV evangelists: w88 4/1 17-18; g88 3/22 5-8; g88 7/8 31; g88 10/22 31; g87 7/22 29; w86 11/15 21
war: w06 3/1 6; g99 3/8 31; w98 12/1 5-6; g93 4/22 4-6; gm 32-35; g87 6/8 7-10; tp 23; Lmn 10-12
colonization: gm 34
comments by Catholic sources: g93 4/22 4; w88 4/15 16-17
comments by columnist: w88 5/1 18-19
comments by European Ecumenical Assembly (1989): g90 3/22 20
comments by Rabbi Naḥmanides (1263): w97 4/15 21-22
Crusades: g97 10/8 12-15; w90 2/1 17; sh 281-282; gm 32-33; g89 8/8 22-24; w87 7/15 28-29
effect on non-Christians: w98 12/1 6; g89 11/8 20
former Yugoslavia (1991-1995): w97 5/1 14
Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia (1935): re 262
Japan’s feudal wars: re 268
just-unjust war theory: g00 3/8 28; g97 4/22 10; g92 3/22 12
Opium War against China: re 263
religious wars: g97 4/22 4-10; w93 7/1 11
South Africa: yb07 112-113; g86 1/22 19-20
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): re 207-208, 262
Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648): w04 3/15 20-23; gm 33-34
World War I: w14 2/1 4; g 1/11 5; g 8/09 20; gm 35; w87 5/15 31; ws 30-31
World War II: re 238; w96 7/1 5; g96 1/8 28; w87 10/15 3-4
Quotations
began with Constantine: sh 273
church was Europe’s greatest government: w89 9/1 3; g89 8/8 23-24; w86 11/15 6
of all plagues with which mankind are curst, ecclesiastic tyranny’s the worst: w89 9/1 4
Roman Church followed in footsteps of Roman state: sh 262