ClaimDoctrine changesverified1920sExplicit statement

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Ab Juni 1929 lehrte der Watch Tower, die 'höheren Gewalten' bzw. 'obrigkeitlichen Gewalten' aus Römer 13:1 seien 'primarily the Most High God and his reigning Son Jesus Christ' (in erster Linie der höchste Gott und sein regierender Sohn Jesus Christus) und nicht die weltlichen Herrscher.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-superior-authorities-1929-jehovah-christConcerns 1. Juni 1929Ausdrückliche Aussage

Die Aussage und ihre Belege

Ausdrückliche Aussage · 1. Juni 1929 Geprüft

Ab Juni 1929 lehrte der Watch Tower, die 'höheren Gewalten' bzw. 'obrigkeitlichen Gewalten' aus Römer 13:1 seien 'primarily the Most High God and his reigning Son Jesus Christ' (in erster Linie der höchste Gott und sein regierender Sohn Jesus Christus) und nicht die weltlichen Herrscher. Source: The Watchtower, 15. November 1950Source: God's Kingdom Rules! (2014), 2014Source: The Watch Tower, 1. Juni 1929 (unverified)

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Gottes Königreich regiert! (2014), S. 56: 'Beginning in 1929, however, our publications had also reasoned that the superior authorities of Romans 13:1 were not the secular rulers at all, but Jehovah and Jesus.'

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

The Watchtower, “Subjection to the Higher Powers”

15. November 1950 · pp.439-448 · p. 441 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“The conclusions arrived at were published in the June 1 and 15, 1929, issues of The Watchtower in the article, in two parts, entitled “The Higher Powers”. … Romans 13:1-7 has since 1929 been taken by Jehovah's witnesses to be instructions on rendering to God what belongs to God. Why? Because the expression “the higher powers” is now understood to mean primarily the Most High God and his reigning Son Jesus Christ.”

Restates and defends the 1929 interpretation; also says 'Up till 1928 they, too, had held to the ecclesiastical interpretation of Romans 13:1-7'.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, Subjection to the Higher Powers

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording confirmed; page 441 from page markers (some summaries give pp. 439-440).

Untermauert durch. src-kr-2014-ch5-superior-authorities

Notes. Serves as primary evidence of the 1929-1962 teaching in lieu of the unopened 1929 issues.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-w-1950-1115-subjection-higher-powers

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

God's Kingdom Rules! (2014), “Chapter 5 — The King Shines Light on the Kingdom”

2014 · pp.49-57 · par. 23 (p. 56); par. 24 (p. 57) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Beginning in 1929, however, our publications had also reasoned that the superior authorities of Romans 13:1 were not the secular rulers at all, but Jehovah and Jesus. … The holy spirit guided Christ's followers to just such a view in 1962, when landmark articles on Romans 13:1-7 were published in the November 15 and December 1 issues of The Watchtower.”

The organisation's own history of the 1929 and 1962 positions.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for God's Kingdom Rules! (2014), Chapter 5 — The King Shines Light on the Kingdom

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording and pages confirmed.

Untermauert durch. src-w-1950-1115-subjection-higher-powers, src-w-1962-1115-subjection-superior-authorities

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-kr-2014-ch5-superior-authorities

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Ungeprüft

The Watch Tower, “The Higher Powers (parts 1 and 2)”

1. Juni 1929 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

The two-part 1929 article (1 and 15 June) that identified the 'higher powers' of Romans 13 as Jehovah and Christ.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watch Tower, The Higher Powers (parts 1 and 2)

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Original not opened: no lawful scan found (archive.org items 'rihswatchtower1929' and 'Watchtower19291930' are US school/college publications, not Watch Tower Society material). The existence, date and thrust of the article are confirmed by w50 11/15 p. 441 and kr p. 56.

Untermauert durch. src-w-1950-1115-subjection-higher-powers, src-kr-2014-ch5-superior-authorities

Notes. Do not quote 1929 wording directly until a scan is opened.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-w-1929-0601-higher-powers

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