SPAIN
(See also Andorra; Basque [Language]; Catalan [Language]; Columbus, Christopher; Spanish [Language]; Valencian [Language])
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Acinipo (Ronda la Vieja): g04 3/8 14-16
agriculture:
Extremadura area: g02 5/22 17
Moorish system: g88 11/8 27
olive oil: g17.2 13
olive pits as fuel for heating: g 10/06 30
Albarracín: g 7/09 16-19
alcohol abuse: g 7/14 3
animals:
equestrian ballet: g05 5/22 15-17
exotic: g04 1/8 28
Iberian lynx: g04 7/22 18
Pyrenees national parks: g 3/09 16-17
art of damascene: g05 1/22 16-18
Barcelona: g03 7/8 14-17
beverage horchata de chufas: g90 11/8 12
birds: g02 5/22 17-18
imperial eagle: g88 7/8 18
preservation of migratory: g88 7/8 16-18
purple gallinule: g88 7/8 17
red-crested pochard: g88 7/8 16
bullfighting: g90 10/22 30
Cádiz:
Phoenician settlement: w08 11/1 26-27
Catholic Church: g90 3/8 2-12
bishops give Nazi-Fascist salute (civil war, 1936-1939): g92 1/8 31
church in Mejorada del Campo: g96 4/8 10
debate of Dominican priest versus Rabbi Naḥmanides (1263): w97 4/15 19-22
decline: g05 7/8 28; g03 9/8 29; g91 3/22 28; g91 9/8 28; g90 3/8 3, 9-11; g89 5/8 28; g87 7/8 29; g86 8/22 29-30
Inquisition: w90 2/1 18; sh 283; g90 3/8 4, 6-7; w89 9/1 3; gm 30; g87 10/8 23-27; g86 4/22 23
percent who assign part of taxes to: g 2/06 30
percent who ignore birth-control prohibition: g89 9/22 23
persecution of Muslims: g89 8/8 22
power in 15th-16th centuries: g90 3/8 4-5
priests decreasing: g04 11/8 29; g95 10/22 28
relics supposedly of apostle James: g91 5/8 22-25
solid gold crown for “Our Lady of Hope”: w88 11/15 7
survey on effectiveness: g92 5/22 29
children:
psychological disorders: g03 12/22 29
TV watching: g04 2/8 29; g98 11/22 28-29
Christmas: w04 12/15 3-4
civil war (1936-1939):
religious incitement: re 207-208, 262; g90 3/8 7-9
colonies in Americas:
baptism of natives: w93 4/1 3
conquistadores: g90 3/8 5; gm 34
effect on Maya: w08 12/1 13-14
power of Catholic Church: g90 3/8 5
reading of the Requirement: g 6/13 14-15
Córdoba: g 2/12 28; sh 302-303; g88 11/8 24-25, 27
debt collectors in costume: g90 2/22 29
description: g17.2 12-13
drugs: g 1/07 15; g92 7/22 28; g88 12/8 4
earthquake (2011, Lorca): g 3/14 3
employment:
university degrees dropped from résumés: g 12/13 3
Expo ’92: g92 12/22 17-19
families:
“adopting” elderly: g02 12/22 28
separation and divorce: g 5/06 14; g02 8/8 28
food: g17.2 13
Galicia:
hórreo (homestead storehouse): g90 4/8 24
gambling boom: g89 10/8 28
geography: g17.2 12
Cabárceno Nature Park: g01 3/22 22-23
Coto Doñana wildlife preserve: g88 7/8 16-18
Las Médulas gold mine: g01 1/22 22-23
Monfragüe nature reserve: g02 5/22 16-18
government:
Alfonso X, the Wise: g 1/07 12-14
Church and State: g03 8/8 31; g90 3/8 4-9, 11
empire: g90 3/8 6-7
Ferdinand and Isabella: g90 3/8 4-5
Francisco Franco: lfs article 6
Moors: g88 11/8 23-26
Philip II: g90 3/8 6-7
Umayyad dynasty: g88 11/8 24-25
Granada:
the Alhambra: g 2/06 14-17
health and disease:
pesticides in people: g 12/08 29
Jews:
debate with Catholic Church (1263): w97 4/15 19-22
expelled (1492): w11 12/1 18; g93 1/8 32; g91 5/8 21; sh 217
lack of trust in institutions: g05 7/8 28
languages: g17.2 12
Madrid: g03 6/22 23-27
Magellan, Ferdinand: g97 11/8 12-17
maps: g17.2 12; yb09 21; g 6/07 16; g04 3/8 14; g03 7/8 14
medicine:
memorial statue to liver: g88 3/8 29
Witnesses explain stand on blood at university (1996): w97 2/15 19-20
monument to Satan: g02 7/8 31
Moorish Spain: g03 7/22 14-17; g88 11/8 23-27
Moriscos expelled (1609-1614): g 9/14 14-15
oil spill (La Coruña, 1992): g93 8/22 31
oil spill (ship Prestige, 2002): g03 8/22 20-21
Olympic Games (Barcelona, 1992): g93 1/22 22-25
Pamplona:
running of the bulls: g02 10/8 21
Paul’s intention to visit: bt 214; it-2 1015; w14 3/1 12; si 234
religion: g17.2 13
Alfonso de Zamora (16th-century Bible scholar): w11 12/1 18-21
Bible translations: w14 3/1 12-15; w04 8/15 28-29; w92 6/15 8-11; g87 10/8 25-26
decline: g96 4/8 3-6, 8
intolerance reversed: g93 1/8 32
Islam: sh 302; g89 8/8 22; g88 11/8 23-26
persecution for having Bible during 16th century: w86 5/15 17
Royal Bible sponsored by King Philip II: w06 11/15 14-16; w05 8/15 9-13
World Conference on Faith and Order (1993): g95 3/22 11
saffron: g89 10/8 26-27
Santiago de Compostela: g91 5/8 22-25
science:
“Man of Orce” fiasco: g94 1/8 24-25
Segovia’s aqueduct: g87 12/8 22-23
Seville: g03 7/22 14-17
sleep habits: g 8/07 29
Spanish Armada (1588): g 6/11 24-25; g 1/10 20-21; g 8/07 24-27; dp 138; yb90 102; w88 5/15 24
Tarshish possibly: it-2 1066
tax evasion:
false sales price for property: w90 2/15 28
“telemothers” provide food: g03 1/22 28
terrorist attack on railways (2004): g04 11/8 13-15
Toledo: g17.2 12-13; g 6/07 16-19; g88 11/8 26-27
School of Translators (1200’s): g 1/07 12-14; g 6/07 19
Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479): g 3/15 10
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494): g 3/15 10-11; g97 11/8 14; g94 12/8 20; g92 3/8 7
trees:
evergreen oak: g02 5/22 17
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Assembly Halls: yb97 24; yb96 26; yb94 18; jv 329; g87 9/8 26
auxiliary pioneers:
victim of cerebral aneurysm: yb12 11-12
ban (1939-1970): lfs article 6; kr 93; w93 11/15 23
blind Witness: g 11/15 8-9
blood issue: w93 6/15 19
boy with leukemia: w08 10/1 30-31
meeting on bioethics at university (1996): w97 2/15 19-20
victim of automobile accident: g00 5/8 12-13
branch office:
Barcelona (1970): lfs article 6
Madrid area (1983): jv 346-347, 384
Madrid area (1998): yb99 28-30
bus-collision tragedy (1996): g97 5/8 30; g96 8/22 26-27
children:
unbaptized, reach auxiliary pioneer hours: yb12 10-11
clergy commendation:
conference of religious leaders: rs 206
Protestant minister praises publications: w87 12/1 32
clergy opposition: lfs article 6; w95 2/1 22; jv 666-667; w89 3/1 3
incite authorities: jv 494
commendation:
city of Cádiz: w99 4/1 32
for volunteers building Kingdom Halls: g03 8/8 31
home for senior citizens: w05 11/1 32
relatives of sister who died: g05 10/22 31
congregations: jv 501
conventions: w90 1/15 29; yb89 15
quotes: g86 12/22 23
courts:
custody of children retained (2008): g 7/10 14
early witnessing: jv 384, 424, 430, 436-437
growth: kr 93; w09 9/15 32; yb99 28; jv 384, 494, 510; g90 4/8 24; yb87 47
honesty: w90 2/15 28
rewarded: w90 3/1 30; yb89 50-51
Kingdom Halls: g17.2 13; w94 8/1 8; jv 384, 700
commendation in press: kr 204-205; g96 4/8 10
congregation shares hall in Portugal: w12 1/1 12-13
host French congregation: w12 1/1 14-15
“Kingdom Hall” in prison: yb88 57
land donated by communities: g03 8/8 31
window display: w89 2/15 24
legal recognition (1970): lfs article 6; re 185; jv 384, 494, 696, 700
royal decree recognizes as ministers Witnesses in special full-time service (2008): yb09 24
life story of former nuns: w16.04 23-26
meetings: g17.2 13
first secret meeting place in Galicia: g90 4/8 24
Ministerial Training School: yb92 11, 13
minority-language field: w14 9/15 8-9
missionaries: w95 6/1 20-25; jv 494, 537-538, 541
mother’s resurrection appointment with dying daughter: w08 3/15 19-20
neutrality:
faithful unto death: g03 3/8 31
life story of prisoner: lfs article 6
prisoners continue witnessing: bt 216-217; jv 495
opposition:
misrepresented as dangerous sect: g99 1/8 9
persecution: lfs article 6; re 185; w95 2/1 22-23; jv 494; g93 1/8 32; g88 6/8 25
letters of protest: jv 316
persons:
Alarcón, Félix: w15 8/1 9-11
Arias, Julián: w03 7/1 21-25
Arroyo, Francisco and Yolanda: g91 7/8 17-19
Barber González, Enrique: g87 9/22 19-22
Bazán Listán, Caridad: w93 6/15 19
Beveridge, Eric and Hazel: w01 10/1 27-29
Castillo, Soledad: w08 10/1 28-31
Cooke, Eric: jv 430; w89 4/1 27
Cooke, John: jv 430; w89 4/1 27-28
Gargallo, Antonio: g03 3/8 31
Gunther, Richard and Rita: w95 6/1 20-25
Hundertmark, Paul and Evelyn: w95 6/1 20, 22-23
Kirkup, Raymond: g97 2/8 18-21
Martín, Jesús and Mercedes: lfs article 6
Martínez, Gaspar and Mercedes: w09 9/15 30-32
Martín Pérez, José: g88 11/8 13-15
Matthews, Gwendoline: w98 5/1 26-29
Morlans, Maite: w14 3/1 7-9
Mula Giménez, Manuel: jv 667
Muñiz, Juan: jv 436
Nebrera, Jose Antonio: g 4/11 21-23
Peláez, José María: g87 1/22 26-27
Piccone, Domenick: jv 541; w91 10/1 24-26
Reuter, Georg: g90 9/8 21
Ruiz-León Arroyo, Jairo: w15 3/1 9-11
Sánchez Escríbano, Amparo and Carmen: g88 2/8 22-25
Taylor, Ronald: w95 2/1 20-25
Unglaube, Willy: jv 429-430
West, Margaret: w89 3/1 10-13
Young, George: w00 7/1 25; jv 436-437
“Photo-Drama of Creation”: jv 437
pioneers:
increase: g95 10/22 28
places:
Alicante: lfs article 6
Galicia: g90 4/8 24
Logroño: w09 9/15 30-31
Madrid: w95 6/1 20-24
preferred for employment: yb89 51
printing: yb99 28, 30; jv 384, 584
resolution “A Testimony to the Rulers of the World”: jv 437
service experiences: w95 6/1 21-24; w94 9/15 27; w92 2/15 18; w91 1/1 5; w90 1/1 6; w90 2/15 6; yb90 53; g90 3/8 12; w89 9/15 32; g88 1/22 20-21
107-year-old mother and 83-year-old daughter: w10 12/15 25
actress and zarzuela singer: w11 5/1 28-29
atheist teacher moved by essay: w06 7/1 20
businesswoman who had stroke: w09 9/1 9
catechist: w14 1/1 12-13
Catholic school orders Family Happiness book: yb99 24-25
change in conduct stirs interest: yb99 60
children: w95 1/1 25
cousin of dictator Franco: w95 6/1 24
deaf in home for elderly: w05 11/1 32
drug abusers and criminals: ijwcl article 1; w08 6/1 14-15
harsh man changed by example of Joseph: wp20.3 11
hematologist recommends Bible Teach book: yb07 14
immigrant field: yb07 16; yb05 59-60; yb02 59-60
impressed by father’s example: yb15 71-72
mother remembers kindness: w18.08 25
notice posted at bus stop: yb05 59-60
orthopedic surgeon: yb03 55
prisoner’s letter of appreciation: yb16 70-71
prisoners study: yb88 57-58
professor praises Awake!: g01 3/8 32
terrorists: g 6/11 5-7; w98 8/1 5-6
thief returns goods: jv 178-179
villages: w93 11/15 23-27
witnessing in school: yb98 60
workmate who harassed Witness: yb01 60
youth in café: w95 1/15 32
serving where need is greater:
couple move to Panama: w17.05 30
pioneers from England: jv 437
special pioneers: lfs article 6
traveling overseers: lfs article 6
visits by—
Franz, F. W.: w87 5/1 29-30
Lösch, Gerrit: yb99 30
Rutherford, J. F.: jv 436-437
youths:
schoolgirl explains stand on blood: w05 3/15 18
schoolgirl’s essay based on Awake!: g00 4/8 15