The Watchtower Society, the Bible, and Johannes Greber
©2026 Victor R. Claveau, MJ Introduction: A Brief Biography of Johannes Greber Johannes Greber (1876–1944) was a German-born Catholic priest whose life took a dramatic and troubling turn from orthodox Christianity into the realm of spiritism. Ordained to the priesthood in the early twentieth century, Greber initially served faithfully within the Church. However, during his […]
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
by Giuseppe Monno Jehovah’s Witnesses are a religious movement that arose in the United States in the nineteenth century and subsequently spread worldwide. I. HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES The movement originated around 1870 through the initiative of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), a young American from a Presbyterian Protestant background. Troubled by certain traditional Christian […]
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
by Giuseppe Monno Jehovah’s Witnesses hold that the Holy Spirit is not a divine Person, but an impersonal active force of God. They even claim that any sincere reader of the Bible would have to reach this conclusion. In reality, this view stems from a selective and overly narrow reading of Scripture, along with theological […]
COLOSSIANS 1:16–17 AND THE ABSENCE OF “TA ÁLLA” (“OTHER THINGS”)
by Giuseppe Monno THE GREEK TEXT AND ITS OBJECTIVE MEANING The text of Colossians 1:16–17 reads: Hóti en autō ektísthē ta pánta, en tois ouranoîs kai epì tēs gēs, ta horatà kai ta aórata, eíte thrónoi eíte kyriotētes eíte archài eíte exousíai; ta pánta di’ autoû kaì eis autòn éktistai; kaì autòs estin prò pántōn, […]
JOHN 1:1: “AND THE WORD WAS GOD”
by Giuseppe Monno The Greek text of John 1:1 reads: En archē ēn ho Logos kai ho Logos ēn pros ton Theon kai Theos ēn ho Logos. A faithful and theologically sound translation is: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. THE ARTICLE: A MISLEADING […]
THE DISCIPLES WORSHIPPED THE RISEN LORD
by Giuseppe Monno Luke 24:51–52 “Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven. They worshipped him and then went back to Jerusalem full of joy.” In contemporary debate, it is worth noting that Jehovah’s Witnesses consistently translate proskynéō as “to bow down,” avoiding the word “to worship” when […]
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
by Giuseppe Monno The question of organ transplants within the doctrine of Jehovah’s Witnesses is not merely a medical matter; it raises a deeper issue concerning the reliability of those who claim to interpret the will of God. In 1967, The Watchtower stated without ambiguity that “organ transplants are, in reality, a form of cannibalism” […]
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND FALSE PROPHECIES
by Giuseppe Monno Matthew 24:36 “But as for that day and hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.” This Gospel passage establishes a clear principle: the timing of the final events is not knowable by human beings. This means that any attempt to set precise dates […]
GOD WANTS TO BE CALLED FATHER
by Giuseppe Monno Jehovah’s Witnesses hold that God should be addressed exclusively by the name revealed to the people of Israel, the so-called sacred Tetragrammaton. However, this position does not fully reflect the unfolding of biblical revelation in its fullness. Already in the Old Testament, a more intimate relationship begins to emerge: in the book […]
“Pastor” Russell has “Cancer Cure”
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