Entre 1928 et 1936, la croix a été reclassée : les épinglettes ont été qualifiées de contestables en 1928, d’idoles en 1933, de païennes en 1934, et en 1936 le livre Riches a enseigné que Jésus était mort sur un poteau dressé plutôt que sur une croix.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-chg-cross-stakeConcerns 1 janvier 1936Déclaration explicite

Déclaration explicite · 1 janvier 1936 Vérifié

Entre 1928 et 1936, la croix a été reclassée : les épinglettes ont été qualifiées de contestables en 1928, d’idoles en 1933, de païennes en 1934, et en 1936 le livre Riches a enseigné que Jésus était mort sur un poteau dressé plutôt que sur une croix. Source: God’s Kingdom Rules!, 2014 Source: The Watchtower, 15 mai 1995

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : L’organisation cite des membres se rappelant qu’ils ont abandonné cet emblème de bon gré : « We easily gave it up when we realized what it represented. »

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

God’s Kingdom Rules!, “The King Refines His People Spiritually”

2014 · p.104 · chap. 10, par. 12 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“For many years, the Bible Students viewed the cross as an acceptable symbol of Christianity. … they proudly wore a cross-and-crown pin as an identifying badge. To them it signified that if they proved faithful to death, they would receive the crown of life. Beginning in 1891, a cross-and-crown symbol appeared on the cover of the Watch Tower.”

The chapter's timeline box records the successive steps: cross-and-crown pins called “objectionable” at a 1928 assembly, called idols in Preparation (1933), the cross called pagan in The Golden Age of 28 February 1934, and the stake teaching published in The Golden Age of 4 November 1936 and in Riches (1936).

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Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-chg-d-kr-2014-ch10-cross

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Watchtower, “Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small”

15 mai 1995 · p.20 · pars. 19-20 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“For many years the Bible Students made the cross prominent as a symbol of Christianity. They even had a “cross-and-crown” pin. … The book Riches, published by the Society in 1936, made clear that Jesus Christ was executed, not on a cross, but on an upright pole, or stake.”

The same retrospective records that the cross was used as a Christian symbol, appeared on the cover of the magazine, and was replaced in 1936 by the teaching that Jesus died on an upright stake.

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Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-chg-d-w-1995-0515-p1-cross

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L’affirmation et ses preuves

God’s Kingdom Rules!, “The King Refines His People Spiritually”

The Watchtower, “Part 1—Flashes of Light—Great and Small”