ClaimDoctrine changesverified1940sExplicit statement

Lehränderungen · Claim record

By 1943 the organisation taught that 'The King's presence or parousia began in 1914', and its 1993 history states that Witnesses 'came to understand that it was in the year 1914 that Christ's invisible presence had begun'.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-presence-1914-by-1943Concerns 1943Ausdrückliche Aussage

Die Aussage und ihre Belege

Ausdrückliche Aussage · 1943 Geprüft

By 1943 the organisation taught that 'The King's presence or parousia began in 1914', and its 1993 history states that Witnesses 'came to understand that it was in the year 1914 that Christ's invisible presence had begun'. Source: “The Truth Shall Make You Free” (book), 1943Source: Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), 1993

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: jv S. 148 (Fußnote) verbindet die überarbeitete Chronologie mit dem Buch von 1943.

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

“The Truth Shall Make You Free” (book), “Chapter on the manner of the King's coming”

1943 · p.324 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

“The King's presence or parousia began in 1914, and then his appearing or epiphaneia at the temple came in 1918.”

Comparing the days of Noah with the present; the OCR shows the page header '324 “THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE”' immediately before the passage.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for “The Truth Shall Make You Free” (book), Chapter on the manner of the King's coming

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Scan OCR opened; wording and page confirmed (OCR reads 'Icing's' for 'King's').

Herkunft des Scans. Internet Archive item 'in.ernet.dli.2015.128249' (Digital Library of India scan); OCR text downloaded and searched.

Untermauert durch. src-jv-1993-ch10-1874-1914

Notes. jv p. 148 (footnote) states the revised chronology 'was published in 1943, in the book “The Truth Shall Make You Free”'.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-tf-1943-presence-1914

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), “Chapter 10 — Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth”

1993 · pp.120-148 · p. 133; p. 137; p. 148 (footnote) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“From Mr. Barbour, editor of that publication, Russell also came to be persuaded that Christ's invisible presence had begun in 1874. … They also came to understand that it was in the year 1914 that Christ's invisible presence had begun”

The organisation's own history of the move from 1874 to 1914.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), Chapter 10 — Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording confirmed; pages from page markers (p. 133 and p. 137).

Untermauert durch. src-w-1955-0101-early-voices-1874, src-tf-1943-presence-1914

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-jv-1993-ch10-1874-1914

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