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Face à la défense selon laquelle 'nous n'avons jamais prétendu être des prophètes' : La Tour de Garde du 1er avril 1972 demandait 'does Jehovah have a prophet... to declare things to come?', répondait 'in the affirmative', et identifiait ce prophète comme 'not one man, but... a body of men and women... known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses' ; et en 1894, la Société qualifiait la chronologie de 1914 de 'God's dates, not ours'.

Claim ID claim-predictions-defence-never-claimed-prophetsConcerns 1 avril 1972Contexte
Contexte · 1 avril 1972 Vérifié

Face à la défense selon laquelle 'nous n'avons jamais prétendu être des prophètes' : La Tour de Garde du 1er avril 1972 demandait 'does Jehovah have a prophet... to declare things to come?', répondait 'in the affirmative', et identifiait ce prophète comme 'not one man, but... a body of men and women... known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses' ; et en 1894, la Société qualifiait la chronologie de 1914 de 'God's dates, not ours'. The Watchtower, 1 avril 1972Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, 15 juillet 1894

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : Depuis 2017, la position est que 'The Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible' ; La Tour de Garde de 1914 disait elle aussi 'we are not a prophet'.

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

The Watchtower, “'They Shall Know that a Prophet Was Among Them'”

1 avril 1972 · p.197 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“So, does Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to declare things to come? These questions can be answered in the affirmative. ... This 'prophet' was not one man, but was a body of men and women. ... Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses.”

The article says the only way to prove the claim 'is to review the record'.

Source officielle

Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. Opened on wol; page marker 197.

Notes. The often-quoted form 'Do you believe Jehovah has a prophet...' is not the exact wording; the actual sentence is 'So, does Jehovah have a prophet...'.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-w-1972-0401-p197-prophet

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Can It Be Delayed Until 1914? (editorial reply to readers)”

15 juillet 1894 · pp.226 (standard citation); Reprints pp. 1676-1677 (the passage falls under the [1676] marker) · C. T. Russell (editor) · Tower Publishing Co., Allegheny, Pa.

“our readers are writing to know if there may not be a mistake in the 1914 date. ... We see no reason for changing the figures—nor could we change them if we would. They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours. But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.”

Reply to readers who, seeing labour unrest, doubted conditions could last until 1914.

Numérisation de l’original

Note de provenance et de vérification

Note sur la fiabilité. Wording and 'July 15, 1894' issue header confirmed in the scan OCR; Reprints marker [1676] precedes the passage. Original page number 226 is the standard citation but not read from the scan.

Provenance de la numérisation. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org of the 1894 volume (Reprints pagination visible, e.g. '[1676]'). Public domain.

Notes. Important: the sentence explicitly says 1914 was expected to be the END of the time of trouble.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-zwt-1894-0715-gods-dates

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