ClaimDoctrine changesverified1940sExplicit statement

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By 1943 the organisation taught that 'The King's presence or parousia began in 1914', and its 1993 history states that Witnesses 'came to understand that it was in the year 1914 that Christ's invisible presence had begun'.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-presence-1914-by-1943Concerns 1943Déclaration explicite

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Déclaration explicite · 1943 Vérifié

By 1943 the organisation taught that 'The King's presence or parousia began in 1914', and its 1993 history states that Witnesses 'came to understand that it was in the year 1914 that Christ's invisible presence had begun'. Source: “The Truth Shall Make You Free” (book), 1943Source: Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), 1993

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : jv p. 148 (note) rattache la chronologie révisée au livre de 1943.

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

“The Truth Shall Make You Free” (book), “Chapter on the manner of the King's coming”

1943 · p.324 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

“The King's presence or parousia began in 1914, and then his appearing or epiphaneia at the temple came in 1918.”

Comparing the days of Noah with the present; the OCR shows the page header '324 “THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE”' immediately before the passage.

Note de provenance et de vérification for “The Truth Shall Make You Free” (book), Chapter on the manner of the King's coming

Note sur la fiabilité. Scan OCR opened; wording and page confirmed (OCR reads 'Icing's' for 'King's').

Provenance de la numérisation. Internet Archive item 'in.ernet.dli.2015.128249' (Digital Library of India scan); OCR text downloaded and searched.

Corroboré par. src-jv-1993-ch10-1874-1914

Notes. jv p. 148 (footnote) states the revised chronology 'was published in 1943, in the book “The Truth Shall Make You Free”'.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-tf-1943-presence-1914

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), “Chapter 10 — Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth”

1993 · pp.120-148 · p. 133; p. 137; p. 148 (footnote) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“From Mr. Barbour, editor of that publication, Russell also came to be persuaded that Christ's invisible presence had begun in 1874. … They also came to understand that it was in the year 1914 that Christ's invisible presence had begun”

The organisation's own history of the move from 1874 to 1914.

Note de provenance et de vérification for Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), Chapter 10 — Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth

Note sur la fiabilité. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording confirmed; pages from page markers (p. 133 and p. 137).

Corroboré par. src-w-1955-0101-early-voices-1874, src-tf-1943-presence-1914

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-jv-1993-ch10-1874-1914

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