I found a great WT archive...

by AlphaOmega 14 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • AlphaOmega
    AlphaOmega

    I've not been on here for a while, so forgive me if it's been mentioned before..

    http://www.a2z.org/wtarchive/archive.htm

    It has PDF downloads of documents and literature throughout the years including documents that preceded the WT.

    Subject headings include:

    Historical Influences
    N.H. Barbour Era (1870-1880)
    C.T. Russell Era (1876-1916)
    J.F. Rutherford Era (1917-1942)
    Publications from 1942 onwards

    Magazines
    Publications by Associates
    Trials and Legal
    News and Magazines
    Bibles
    Concordances & Other

    Re-examine revisited?

  • freetosee
    freetosee

    Great! THX! :-)

  • AnnOMaly
    AnnOMaly

    Cool. All sorts there. Thanks for the link.

  • JW_Researcher
    JW_Researcher

    Thank you for posting this link.....lots of good information available.

  • binadub
    binadub

    Yes, thank you. That IS a good resource.

    ~Bin (aka Ros)

  • betterdaze
    betterdaze

    Thanks, AlphaOmega!

    And thanks also to whoever created the archive.

    It is *a lot like* the old re-examined.com. :–)

    ~Sue

  • cabasilas
    cabasilas

    Lots of interesting stuff there.

    Interesting to see the development of the organizational instructions. These were the precursors to the "Lamp" and "Organized" books. They're in this section:

    http://www.a2z.org/wtarchive/archive.htm#42

    1949 Counsel on Theocratic Organization For Jehovah's Witnesses

    1955 Preaching Together in Unity

    1960 Preaching and Teaching in Peace and Unity

    Disfellowshipping doesn't really appear until the 1955 version. In the 1960 version, the section on Disfellowshipping has been re-worked. In fact, it looks like another revision was pasted in for that section. Apparently, something had to be changed.

    Also, there's a PDF of the 3 volume work "The Theocratic Kingdom" by George Peters (1884):

    http://www.a2z.org/wtarchive/docs/1884_The_Theocratic_Kingdom.pdf

    What's significant is that Peters critiques both Barbour and Russell a couple of dozen places in this work. Volume 3 of Peters' work is dedicated to W.H. Conley, the first WT president! Since Russell wasn't made president of the WT Society until December of 1884, this dedication was made to Conley while he was still president of the WT Society! Peters strongly criticizes Barbour and Russell for the idea that Christ had already come (in 1874). I wonder if the dedication to Conley in Peters' book indicates Conley's support for Peters' more traditional views about the Second Coming? Did Conley apostacize about the invisible coming in 1874? The PDF file has the entire text of Peters 3 volume work with bookmarks to all the places where he cites Barbour and Russell.

  • startingover
    startingover

    WOW, thanks for the link!

  • Homerovah the Almighty
    Homerovah the Almighty

    Thanks for posting that up Alpha

    Here is another good site relating to the history of the JWS

    http://www.catholic-forum.com/members/popestleo/jwhistory.html

  • Kenneson
    Kenneson

    Great site. Definitely a keeper.

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