Source recordPrimary JW publicationsupported1940sBlood doctrine

Source record · Primary JW publication

The Watchtower, “Immovable for the Right Worship”

1 July 1945pp. 198-201Source ID src-w-1945-0701-immovableAccessed 19 September 2026
Primary JW publication Supported

The Watchtower, “Immovable for the Right Worship”

1 July 1945 · pp.198-201 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“(article not opened) — discovery sites attribute to pp. 200-201: “Among the barbarous and fierce, savage nations, such as the Scythians, Tartars, desert Arabs, Scandinavians, etc., who lived most on animal blood…””

Identified by the organisation itself (w87 3/1 p. 13 chart; jv p. 183) as the article that first set out that Christians must abstain from transfusions.

Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Immovable for the Right Worship

Confidence note. Title, date and significance verified via w87 3/1 p. 13 and jv p. 183 (both opened on WOL). The article text itself was NOT opened: not on WOL; no lawful English scan found on archive.org (the 'Watchtower 1945-1946' item there is a college newspaper; the French 1945 volume has no 'transfusion'). Quoted wording is discovery-only and must be treated as unverified.

Corroborated by. src-w-1987-0301-history-chart, src-jv-1993-recognized-by-conduct, src-ajwrb-evolution-blood-policy, src-jwfacts-blood-transfusions

Notes. A lawful scan would materially help; try library microfilm.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1945-0701-immovable