ClaimAuthority and accountabilityverified1960sExplicit statement

Autorität und Rechenschaft · Claim record

Im Oktober 1967 erklärte Der Wachtturm, die Bibel „belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals“ und „cannot be properly understood without Jehovah's visible organization in mind“.

Claim ID claim-authority-1967-bible-cannot-be-understood-without-organizationConcerns 1. Oktober 1967Ausdrückliche Aussage

Die Aussage und ihre Belege

Ausdrückliche Aussage · 1. Oktober 1967 Geprüft

Im Oktober 1967 erklärte Der Wachtturm, die Bibel „belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals“ und „cannot be properly understood without Jehovah's visible organization in mind“. Source: The Watchtower, 1. Oktober 1967

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The Watchtower, “Finding Freedom with Jehovah’s Visible Organization”

1. Oktober 1967 · pp.585-591 · par. 9 (p. 587) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“Thus the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian congregation as an organization, not to individuals, regardless of how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible. For this reason the Bible cannot be properly understood without Jehovah’s visible organization in mind.”

Argument that each Bible book was written to the congregation as an organisation, so interpretation belongs to the organisation.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, Finding Freedom with Jehovah’s Visible Organization

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Opened the WOL document; page marker confirms p. 587 (the brief's page reference is correct).

Notes. The sentence 'Jehovah's organization alone, in all the earth, is directed by God's holy spirit' does NOT appear in this article (it is from w73 7/1 p. 402; not opened in this session).

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-w-1967-1001-finding-freedom-visible-organization

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