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by Raymond Franz


  Q

  Quackenbush, Colin, 317

  Qualified to Be Ministers, 87

  R

  Rainbow, Jack, 18

  “Rank and file,” 68, 92, 129, 132, 188, 440, 514, 520

  Recanting, 394

  Red Cross, 56

  Reform, prospects re, 159, 438–439, 448

  Relationship, personal with God, 7, 202, 229, 454–455, 467, 504

  Religion, rejection of term, 14–15

  Reports, reporting, 318–319, 334–335, 347, 358, 360, 370, 376, 437

  Resignation, author’s, 318, 380–381, 387, 405, 416

  Responsibility, 12, 49, 185, 305, 336

  evasion of, 143, 161, 163, 221, 223, 236, 266, 278, 284–287, 306, 308, 310, 397

  Worldwide Church of God example, 308–309

  Resurrection, views, 22, 203–205, 212, 217, 250, 269, 296, 392

  “Revealed truth,” 312, 326, 330, 366

  Revelation—It’s Grand Climax At Hand!, 197

  Richardson, Raymond, 284, 347

  Rigidity, of policies, 159, 172, 409–410

  Role model, not intended to be, 463

  Rules, 157, 313, 383, 388, 423, 506

  Rumors, 297, 363, 365, 368–369, 374–375, 434

  Rusk, Fred, 284–285, 328, 383

  Russell, Charles Taze, 39, 216, 221–224, 228–229, 261, 270, 439, 441, 442, 495–496, 498–504

  1914, 205–208, 211, 222, 227, 229, 234, 235–236, 276

  corporation, control of, magazine, 70–73, 90, 115

  death, 72–73, 125, 236, 237, 505

  exaltation of writings, 75–76, 115, 208–222, 232, 239–253

  God’s “faithful and wise servant,” 71–74, 79–80, 121, 250–254

  Second Adventists, connection re, 208–212, 229, 295

  Will and testament, 72, 469–470

  Russell, Maria, 70–71

  Rutherford, Joseph F., 14–17, 19, 21, 90–92, 126, 269, 294, 330, 442

  admits to asinine claims, 201, 265–266, 282

  Beth Sarim, 22–23, 266–267

  death, 84–85, 270, 439

  elders, disbanding re, 33–34

  gains total control, 72–74, 82, 88, 90

  imprisonment, 242

  “indisputable facts,” 15–17, 246–247, 250–252, 265

  justification of failed predictions, 237, 261, 266

  leader, “chief,” 78, 81–84, 126, 497

  “mantle,” transfers, 117–119, 128, 441

  Millions Now Living Will Never Die, 243, 246, 261, 264, 266, 277

  suppresses articles on Christian qualities, 78

  S

  Sachs, Professor Abraham, 38

  Salvation, by faith not works, 52

  Salvation, by J. F. Rutherford, 23

  Sánchez, Cristobal, 342–344, 349, 362, 368

  Sanhedrin, 51, 68, 370

  Schmidt, Victor, 18

  Schroeder, Albert D., 97, 101, 157, 188, 321, 393, 444

  Bethel elders talk, 388–389

  Gilead school, fellow instructor with Edward Dunlap, 382

  heresy trials, re roll in, 341–349, 356, 358, 362–364, 372, 376–379, 380

  New World Translation Committee, 67

  “this generation,” 292–293, 297–302, 320, 413, 476

  Scotland trial, 89–90, 118

  Scriptures, adherence to, at issue, 378–379

  sustaining power of, 404, 460–462

  understanding of, 462

  Second Advent movement, 206–207

  Secrecy,

  judicial actions, 340, 366

  Governing Body, 40, 314, 326, 372

  Security, 100, 186, 315, 369, 430, 452

  Senegal, 324

  Servetus, Michael, 6

  Service, Christian, simplicity of, 464

  Service Committee, 316, 321–322, 516

  Service Department, relations with, 342, 393, 409

  Service Department, Service Department Committee 47, 54, 59–60, 63, 99, 279, 326, 334, 388–389, 408–409

  1975, share in buildup, 285

  author’s letters to, 488–489

  judicial matters, 342–343, 356, 363, 371, 390–393, 419, 421, 424

  members, 393–394

  Seventh Day Adventist, doctrines, 449

  Sexual relations, 57

  “unnatural,” 65–67

  Siege mentality, 17, 322, 390

  Silva, Fabio, 368, 379

  Sinclair, David, 447

  Smalley, Gene, 346

  Socialists, 240–242

  Sons of God, children of God, 330–331, 336, 383

  Spanish translation department, 368

  Special pioneers, 21–22, 380

  Spirit, witness of, 331

  Spiritual food, control of, 78, 90

  Splane, David, 444–445

  Sputnik, 299

  Storrs, George, 211

  Submission, 12, 114, 162, 171, 301, 430, 443, 507, 517

  Suiter, Grant, 54, 97, 101, 103, 110, 132, 157, 188, 347

  heresy trials, 318–320, 343, 382

  “this generation” 297–301, 413

  Sullivan, Thomas, 54

  Supreme Court, 11, 118, 143–145, 190

  Suspicion, 116, 339, 371, 405

  Swingle, Lyman, 29, 33, 54, 89–90, 97, 119, 120, 133, 157, 444

  administration authority, 123–124

  date predictions re, 293–295, 297

  heresy trials 341, 344, 347–348, 372, 373, 377, 379–381

  Writing Committee and Writing Department, 296, 322, 341, 380

  Sydlik, Daniel, 97, 101, 110, 124, 138, 157, 293, 342, 344, 444

  T

  Tacking, 410

  Tapes, Taping, 282, 295, 319

  author’s trial, 358, 372, 379, 397–398, 403

  heresy trials, 343–345, 348, 357, 360–365, 371, 382

  Tax, includes compulsory service, 159, 171, 473, 508, 514, 517–518

  Taylor, Daniel, 452–453

  Teacher, Teaching, 313

  Fred Franz’ comment re, 119–120

  Teaching Committee, 319, 384

  Temple, sanctuary, 407

  The Approaching Peace of a Thousand

  Years, by Fred Franz, 276

  The Bible Examiner, 211

  The Finished Mystery, by Clayton J. Woodworth and George H. Fisher, 73, 74, 237, 242

  The Gentile Times Reconsidered, by Carl Olof Jonsson, 79, 205, 207, 229–230

  The Messenger, (1931) 82–84

  The Midnight Cry, 208

  The Myth of Certainty, by Daniel Taylor, 452–453

  The New World, by Fred Franz, 266–267

  The Three Worlds, by N. H. Barbour, 205, 207

  The Time Is At Hand, by C. T. Russell, 216, 218, 223, 226, 236, 261

  The Way to Paradise, 261–264

  Thompson, Bart, 395

  Thought control, as policy, 393–395

  Thought crimes, 431

  Thy Kingdom Come, by C. T. Russell, 224

  Time, magazine, 39–40

  Time of the end, 203, 212, 247–250

  Time prophecies, see also, Dates; Predictions

  Times of the Gentiles, 208, 226, 229

  Tolerance, 10–11, 415, 450

  “Tom, Dick and Harry,” Fred Franz‘

  comment re, 323

  Tradition, 131, 163, 389, 523

  Transition, traumatic, 434, 454

  Translation, rumors re, 368

  Trinity, 448–449

  Trujillo, Raphael L., 24–26, 370

  Truth, 160, 250, 306, 311, 326, 406, 453

  concern for, 7, 15, 42, 45, 414, 450

  “established truth,” 223, 226, 233,

  foundation, 389–390, 443

  “present truth,” 256, 259, 294–295

  “revealed truth,” 72, 312, 326, 330, 366, 500

  Scriptures, 460–461, 465–466, 468

  The Plain Truth, magazine, 309

  Tyndale, William, 6

  U

  Understand
ing of Bible, 31, 89, 133, 302, 306, 327, 413, 462, 503

  Uniformity, 193, 326, 359

  United Nations, 195–197, 200

  Unity, 11–12, 47, 101, 105, 326, 493

  V

  Vázquez, René, 332–333, 342–344, 349, 351, 362, 366–368, 372, 375–376, 379

  “Victims of victims,” quotation, 312

  Voting, 34, 72, 95–96, 122, 124, 416

  Governing Body, 55, 65, 101, 105, 125, 129, 130, 132, 134–137, 139, 146, 157–158, 160, 188, 193, 286, 316–318, 444, 447, 519, 521–523

  W

  Wallen, Robert, 284, 321, 383–384, 447, 516

  Walsh case, 89, 90, 118

  Watch Tower Society, 14, 18, 29, 45

  board of directors, 54, 70, 87, 92

  power struggle, 95–130

  presidency, 90, 440

  properties of, 315

  Russell’s full control of, 69–73, 90, 439, 469–470

  Weaver, Leon, 393

  Weber, Michel, 146, 148, 188, 519

  Weil, Warren, 388

  Wellston, Ohio, 21

  West Africa, zone trip, 296, 314, 324

  Where is the “Great Crowd” Serving God?, by Jon Mitchell, 525–559

  Wilkinson, Bill, 328

  Wischuk, John, 29

  Woodworth, Clayton J., 73

  Woody, Charles, 393

  World War I, 234, 236, 238, 292

  Worldwide Church of God, 308–309

  Writing Committee, 119, 295–296, 316, 321–322, 329, 341, 380–381

  Writing Department, 28–33, 35, 65, 96, 284, 293, 322, 376

  control of, 85, 380

  heresy charges, 319, 340–342, 344, 346–347, 376, 382

  Wycliffe, John, 6

  Y

  Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses:

  1965, 167

  1975, 18, 265

  1978, 40

  1980, 266

  1995, 195

  Yeast, 464

  Yoke, 434

  Youth, 20–21, 267–268

  Z

  Zenke, Howard, 285

  SCRIPTURE INDEX

  Genesis

  6:3

  475

  7:6, 11

  87

  9:3, 4

  141, 506

  Exodus

  20:16

  42

  Leviticus

  17:10-12

  141

  17:10-14

  506

  18

  61

  19:16

  42

  Numbers

  14:34

  204

  32:13

  290

  Deuteronomy

  18:20-22

  231

  18:22

  199

  2 Kings

  2:8, 11-14

  117

  Psalms

  5:8

  468

  15:3

  42

  27:10

  459

  31:11

  459

  31:11-16

  456

  37:5-9, 32, 33

  50

  38:11

  459

  43:3

  160

  50:20

  459

  55:2-6,12-14, 22

  456

  60:11, 12

  456

  69:8, 9, 20

  459

  73:25, 28

  459

  86:11

  160

  94:17-22

  456

  Proverbs

  3:6

  468

  10:19

  235

  13:12

  305

  16:9

  468

  17:15

  415

  17:17

  47

  18:13

  28

  20:23

  189

  24:21, 22

  388

  Isaiah

  2:4

  521

  5:20

  236

  28:20

  289

  29:13

  455

  60:17

  125

  Jeremiah

  23:21

  243, 306

  29:11

  468

  29:13

  3

  Ezekiel

  4:6

  204, 475

  Daniel

  4

  37, 207, 209, 229

  4:17, 23-33

  204

  6:1-11

  191

  8:14

  122, 205-206

  11:29-45

  442

  12:11, 12

  205

  Matthew

  5:41

  159, 171, 517

  5:11, 12

  51

  5:14-16

  465

  5:41

  517

  6:26-33

  454

  7:7

  3

  7:1-5

  185

  7:12

  41, 461

  10:17, 21

  437

  10:32, 33

  454

  11:28

  454

  11:28-30

  434, 455, 465

  12:1-7

  507

  12:34, 37

  81

  12:36, 37

  50

  13

  90

  13:37-43

  457

  15

  389

  15:6-9

  131, 169

  16:19

  320

  17:24-27

  171

  18:15-17

  411

  19:9

  66

  20:1-8

  464

  20:25

  313

  20:25, 26

  69, 97

  20:25-28

  312

  22:40

  461

  23:2, 3

  165

  23:3

  340

  23:6

  316

  23:8

  121, 377

  23:8, 10

  97

  23:8-12

  312

  23:10

  81

  24

  302, 306, 413

  24:4

  138

  24:29

  299

  24:33, 34

  294

  24:34

  292, 303, 304, 476

  24:36, 42, 44

  281

  24:45-47

  53, 79, 499

  24:47

  90

  25

  306

  25:40

  419

  27:32

  159

  28:20

  456

  Mark

  7

  389

  8:12

  304

  9:36, 37

  455

  9:50

  123

  10:13-16

  455

  13:9-12

  437

  13:33

  281

  Luke

  5:37-39

  312

  10:22

  518

  11:53

  374

  11:53, 54

  339

  13:20, 21

  464

  15:1-7

  455

  15:2

  406

  21:16

  437

  21:24

  37, 204, 207, 229

  John

  2:1

  324

  2:14-16

  407

  6:68

  466

  8:32

  3

  10:3

  454

  10:14, 15

  454

  14:26

  503

  15:5

  454

  15:11-15

  455

  15:17-19


  521

  15:19

  135

  Acts

  1:7

  269, 281, 377

  2:17

  378

  2:46

  460

  4:5-23

  51

  4:19, 20

  6

  4:20

  28

  5:17-40

  51

  5:29

  521

  6

  110

  8:5-13

  110

  10:34, 35

  457

  10:35

  438

  13:36

  304

  14

  112

  14:23

  34

  15

  113, 114

  15:28, 29

  141

  19:8, 9

  336

  20:26-27

  336

  20:29

  387

  21:8

 

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