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{{cleanup}} '''Jehovah's Witnesses''' appeared in the second half of the nineteenth century in the USA. Their founder, Charles Taze Russell [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taze_Russell], was Christian, but became influenced by [[Arianism|Arian]] and [[Seventh Day Adventism|Seventh-Day Adventist]] teachings. Jehovah's Witnesses claim to be "Christians believing in the Bible", hence their real danger to the unaware Orthodox Christian. The [[heresy]] of '''Jehovah's Witnesses''' is clearly presented in their books; ''some'' of which are the following:*Their book "''The Truth that leads to eternal life''," P. 24: [The [[Holy Spirit ]] is not a Person, but God’s effective Power.]
*Their book "''Let God Be True''", P. 113: [The allegation of the clergy that the Holy Spirit is a third Spiritual Person, is an allegation based on a weak basis. It is the result of bad translation of the Greek original text, giving a word that means Person. But actually the origin means "breeze" or "wind", for as the breeze or the wind is invisible so also is God's Spirit. Whenever God’s Spirit comes upon a person, that person receives an authorization from God to perform a certain work. The Holy Spirit is the Power of God Almighty and Invisible. He is the Power that motivates God's servants to do His will.]
*Their book "''This is eternal life''", P. 176: [The Spirit is Power not a Person. He is the Effective Holy Power originating from the bountiful source God.]
*Their book "''Talk from the Holy Scriptures''", P. 132: [God's Holy Spirit is His Effective Power.]
To sum up, their denial of the Hypostatic Nature of the Holy Spirit is a part of their denial of the Three Persons. Accordingly they deny the doctrine of the [[Holy Trinity]]. Jehovah's Witnesses also believe that [[Jesus Christ]] is the [[Archangel]] Michael. They say that Jesus Christ Himself does not have an immortal soul, but gained immortality as a reward for His success in the test and for His faithfulness to the Father until death. Jehovah's Witnesses have their own [http://www.watchtower.org/bible/index.htm false translation] of the [[Bible]], in which they have altered many verses to suit their doctrines. For example, John 1:1 in their ''New World Translation'' reads, "''In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god.''" Other verses worth noting in this context include Acts 20:28 (reads "''with the blood of His own''" instead of the correct "''with His own blood''"), Luke 23:43 ("''Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise''" instead of the correct "''Assuredly I say to you: 'today you will be with Me in Paradise'''" - note the different meanings of 'today'), and 1 Timothy 3:16.
==Source==
[http://tasbeha.org/content/hh_books/jehovwit/index.html Online book: '''''The Heresy of Jehovah's Witnesses''''' by H.H. Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church]
==External Linkslinks==* [http://www.watchtower.org/ Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Society Official Web Site]* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses on Wikipedia]* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrines_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses (Wikipedia)]*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jehovah's_Witnesses_literature List of Jehovah's Witnesses literature (Wikipedia)]*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Wikipedia)]*[http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htmJehovah's Witnesses - The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry]* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=299 Bishop of the Moscow Patriarchate: Orthodox should be missionaries to the Jehovah’s Witnesses]
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