PRIESTS
(See also Anointed Christians; Priesthood; Roman Catholic Church)
Armenian, fight with Greek Orthodox priests in Church of the Nativity: g85 4/8 30
Aztec: w65 436
Baal: qm 272-273; ns 136, 139-140, 142-145, 296, 304-310; w58 623, 743; qm55 272-273; ta 291; w40 108
Baal’s priests (Chemarim): qm 272; qm55 272; w40 108
Babylonian: qm 272-273; g64 4/22 15; bf 469; w61 27; qm55 272-273; ta 291; w34 38
Buddhist: mg63 189-190; w60 43; g60 1/8 18; rm 209; g49 9/22 16; g43 6/23 12; g38 12/28 4
Catholic:
admissions about church: w75 650; w74 746-747; yb71 140-141; w70 649
admit Jehovah is God’s name: g74 4/22 20
admit there is no hell, purgatory: yb79 40
admit to Bible ignorance: yb86 55-56
admit to clergy corruption: g74 2/22 29
admit Witnesses have truth: g80 4/8 27-28; w79 10/1 12; g74 4/22 20; g74 8/8 29; g71 9/22 12; w70 538; yb70 307-308; yb66 249-250; yb65 130-131
admit Witnesses love God more: w74 342
alcoholism: g80 7/22 30; g72 7/22 30
Anglican clergymen can be ordained as: w81 1/1 23
arrested as subversives: g83 2/8 29
asks for payment for funeral prayer: w76 567-568
assaulted: g70 5/8 29
become Witnesses: w84 4/1 21-25; w76 295; g70 2/22 21; g70 10/22 12-14, 19
beliefs: yb74 18-19; g70 4/8 16; g68 1/22 27
bless war weapons: g85 12/22 4; g77 4/8 31
burning of Bibles: w80 2/1 20
celibacy: g85 11/8 4-6; w80 8/1 23; w74 102; w73 549; g72 5/8 9-12; g71 11/22 12; w70 391-392, 515, 517, 646; g70 4/22 15-17; g70 5/22 30; g70 11/22 29; g69 4/22 12; g69 5/22 31; g69 9/8 7; g68 4/22 7, 21; g68 7/8 30; g67 6/8 5; g67 7/22 10, 29; g67 8/8 31; g66 9/8 17-20; g66 11/8 31; w62 185-190
chaplain’s advice to a bomber pilot: g85 1/8 28; g84 7/22 19-20
clothing: w79 3/1 19; g75 5/22 29; g48 8/22 23; g45 2/14 26; g45 7/4 15; g42 6/24 5-6; g40 5/15 22; g39 5/17 20; g36 4/8 447; g33 4/26 475-476; v-3 242
commend Witnesses: yb86 33, 40; w81 5/1 11; yb78 244; w76 552
complain against lavish churches: g74 6/22 30
condone immorality: g74 5/22 29; g72 4/8 22-23; g72 4/22 19; w71 556-557; g70 11/22 29; is 169; g69 4/8 31; g68 4/22 15; w67 326; g67 4/8 30; g67 8/22 29
confessional: w74 198; g74 11/8 27-28; g69 2/8 27-28; g69 8/8 30; g60 10/8 7; w58 511; w57 744-745; g55 1/22 4-6; g50 5/22 24; g44 1/5 22-23; g42 1/21 21; g41 3/19 3-8; g40 12/11 29
crimes: g66 11/22 29; g65 8/8 30; g64 6/8 12-15; yb63 117; g63 3/8 30; g63 12/8 11-12; w62 187; g62 3/22 8; g62 6/22 7; yb61 128-129, 232; g61 3/22 30; g60 10/8 24; g52 2/8 24; g49 4/22 26-27; g48 12/22 4-5; g47 1/8 24; g44 12/6 20-21; g42 1/21 20; ar 24
criticism of, analyzed in book Enquiry Into Vocations for the Ministry: g79 6/8 7
decrease in number: g84 7/22 30; w82 1/1 15; g81 8/22 30; g80 2/22 18; g80 9/22 10; g79 8/22 30; w78 1/15 26-27; g78 10/8 29; g76 3/22 31; w75 684; g75 3/8 24; g74 6/22 30
defiant young: g80 9/22 10
discredit Bible: g79 6/8 3; yb78 173-174, 193; g74 6/8 30; g74 7/8 30
discussion: g75 3/22 16-19
encourage accepting magazines: yb86 32-33
encourage study with Witnesses: w76 363-364; w74 143; yb72 194; yb71 139-141, 195-196, 208; w70 136-137; yb70 123-124; yb69 163, 165; g68 12/22 25
favorably impressed by Bible truths: g80 4/8 27-28; w74 143; g74 4/22 20; yb71 221; yb70 182; yb69 150, 254-255; yb67 80-81; yb62 169, 275-276, 285-286; yb61 140-141
fear to quit: w56 292
fighting: g74 2/22 30; g74 10/22 31
financial wealth: g63 6/22 22-23
fund-raising: w76 552
Gigante, Louis: g80 1/22 30-31
guerrilla warfare: g82 3/22 5; w79 5/1 30; w79 11/1 29; g78 4/22 31; g74 11/22 4-5
held in low esteem (quote): g78 8/8 30
homosexuality: g76 4/8 29; g74 4/22 30; g73 12/8 29
honorary titles: g70 1/22 27-28; g63 11/22 30
immorality: yb81 38; w79 4/1 27-28; w78 1/1 9, 29; w74 38; g74 8/22 30; w72 281; g72 5/8 9-10; g72 6/22 12; g71 7/22 4-5, 9-10; w70 392; g70 7/22 29; g68 4/22 15-16; g67 4/8 29; g67 6/8 5; g64 10/8 13; w62 186-189; g60 10/8 24-26; w57 745; g49 4/8 4-8; g49 4/22 26-27; g47 6/22 15; g44 12/6 21; g41 3/19 4-8; g40 12/11 29-30; g37 3/10 355-356; g37 7/28 687
involvement with communism: g61 3/22 30; g60 10/8 22-23; g59 10/22 8; w54 28-30; w53 145, 651, 707-708; w52 35; g52 9/22 6
Jesuit priest accepts truth: yb85 56-57
Jesuits: g74 7/8 10-12
lack accurate Bible knowledge: w75 650; yb71 110; yb70 129, 248; yb69 136; yb68 135; yb66 212-213; g66 5/22 24; w65 419-420; yb65 120-121; yb64 209-210, 234; yb63 68, 137-138, 163, 170, 181, 194, 239-240, 308; yb62 275-276; g62 2/8 24; yb61 167; w59 755; w53 67-68, 99-100, 228
lack interest in Bible: w73 547-548
lack interest in parishioners: yb73 18; g73 12/22 29; w67 421-422; yb65 152, 208; yb64 266
marriage: g83 11/8 29; w79 9/15 31; g71 6/8 30; g71 8/8 24-25; g70 11/22 30-31; g68 5/22 31; g50 11/8 17-19; g49 8/8 17-19
motion pictures: g71 3/8 31
number: g76 3/22 31; ka 392; g61 5/22 29; g61 6/22 30; g60 10/8 31; w58 357
on strike: g78 4/8 31
opposition to use of Bible: yb82 61; yb78 182
opposition to Witnesses: yb86 84-85, 114-116; yb84 52, 56-57, 62-63, 109-113, 115; yb83 131-132, 138-139, 187, 218, 245; w82 7/1 30; w82 8/15 12; yb82 139-140, 150-151, 163-164, 172, 198-212, 214-216, 218-220, 228; yb81 45, 71-72, 77-78, 188-189, 195; yb80 61-62; yb79 40, 139-141, 177, 218-219; w78 2/15 14; yb78 54-56, 140-141, 149, 164-165, 171-172, 174-175, 182, 189, 198, 223, 230, 241, 243-245; yb75 180-181, 183; g74 5/8 20; yb73 39-40, 63, 117-118, 152-153, 157; w72 148-150; w72 282-284; yb72 105-106, 127, 138, 150-151, 153-154, 160-161; w71 18; yb71 23, 128, 238, 250, 262, 302-303; yb70 308; yb69 90-91, 223, 268-269; w66 591; yb66 246-247; g66 2/22 27; yb65 64, 176, 178-179; yb64 115, 137-138, 205, 230-231, 255, 287-288; g64 6/8 12-15; yb63 68, 93-94, 138, 163, 180-182, 188, 234, 302-303; yb62 49, 114, 116, 187, 205, 278, 281; yb61 101-102, 109, 128-129, 187, 195, 270-271
orders Youth books for college: w79 10/15 32
Pallottine Fathers: g80 5/8 15; g78 4/22 30; w76 552
parishioners locked in church: g78 5/8 31; g63 7/8 30
pistol-packing priest: g80 10/8 30
politics: w80 9/15 14; g79 8/8 30; w78 1/1 7-8; w74 166; w74 217; w74 244; g74 1/22 29-30; g74 7/8 11-12; g74 11/22 3-5; g73 9/8 6-7; w72 367; g72 2/22 30; g72 6/22 9-10, 25; g72 11/22 29; w71 408; w71 644; w71 740; g71 2/22 3-5; g71 7/22 6-8; g70 9/22 30; g69 5/22 30; g69 9/22 29-30; g68 4/22 21; g68 6/22 29; g68 12/8 25; g68 12/22 23; g66 5/8 31; g66 8/8 15; g66 8/22 5; g65 8/22 30; g61 1/22 16-19, 29
polygamy: w80 7/15 10
powers claimed: g46 4/10 11-12; g43 7/21 26; g37 10/6 22; g37 11/3 22
prayers: g68 8/22 30; g64 4/22 18
prayers for Massachusetts House and Senate: g77 7/22 31
price increase for certain sacraments: g79 7/8 30
priest asks for Bible Stories book: yb85 46-47
problems: g75 3/22 16-18; g74 7/8 10-12; g71 8/8 25; g69 1/8 30-31; g69 4/8 29; g69 4/22 30; g67 2/8 30; g66 9/8 3-4, 17-20
quitting: g81 3/8 30; g80 1/8 16; w78 1/15 26; g78 2/22 31; g78 5/8 29; g76 2/22 9; g76 7/22 29; g75 3/8 24; g75 3/22 16-18; g75 6/22 31; w74 15; w74 102; g74 3/8 30; g74 4/8 30; g74 4/22 18-19; g74 7/8 10, 12; g73 7/8 29; g73 12/8 29; g73 12/22 29; w72 214; g72 4/8 21, 30; g72 6/22 10-11; g72 8/22 30; w71 407-408; w71 484; g71 1/22 31; g71 5/8 29-30; g71 8/8 24; g71 8/22 13; w70 263-264, 392; yb70 307-308; g70 4/8 29; g70 4/22 5-6; g70 5/22 30; g70 6/22 30; g70 7/8 29; g70 8/8 30; g70 12/8 29; g70 12/22 30; g69 1/22 29; g69 3/8 10; g69 5/8 30; g69 6/8 30; g69 9/22 29; g68 1/8 30; g68 4/22 8-10; g68 9/8 29-30; g68 12/22 23; g67 2/8 30-31; g67 6/22 29; g67 7/22 8-10; g67 11/22 18; w66 72; g66 4/22 30; g66 7/22 30; g66 9/8 18-19; g65 3/8 31; g65 12/22 29; g62 8/8 31; w56 292; w52 35; g52 9/22 6; g41 3/19 3-4; g38 10/5 14; g38 10/19 12
rebellion: g74 4/22 18; g74 9/22 14-15; g72 6/8 29; g72 6/22 29; g72 7/8 31; g72 12/8 29; g69 5/22 30-31; g69 6/8 29
refuse to preach about God: g73 9/8 3-4
reinstatement of married, if civil divorce obtained: g79 1/22 30
relied on by the people: w64 332
repents for persecution of Witnesses: yb78 244
riot led by priest at soccer game: g78 4/22 29-30
salaries: g82 4/22 29; g79 8/8 30-31; g76 4/8 30
sermons: w77 77
shortage: g83 10/22 29; g82 9/22 29; g82 12/8 26-27; w80 1/1 23; w80 10/15 22; g80 10/22 18; g80 12/8 31; g79 8/8 30-31; w74 456; g74 11/22 31; g74 12/22 8; w72 214, 367; g72 4/8 21, 30; g72 6/22 10; g72 8/8 30; g72 11/22 30; w71 408; w71 484; w71 739-740; g71 2/8 17, 30; g71 2/22 30; g71 4/8 30; g71 8/22 13, 30; g71 11/8 30; g71 12/22 30; w70 453-454; g70 8/22 30; g70 9/22 29; g70 11/8 31; g69 1/22 13; g69 6/22 30; g68 1/22 30; g68 4/22 9-11; g68 7/8 30; g68 12/8 26; g68 12/22 30; g67 3/22 26, 30; g67 4/8 22; g67 5/8 31; g67 7/22 9-10; w66 72-73; g66 7/22 30; g66 9/22 4; g64 12/8 15; w63 143; w62 153-154; g62 4/22 30; g60 10/8 31; w58 357; g38 5/18 29
spiritism: g80 11/8 29-30
supports Witness daughter in pioneer work: w69 573
unable to defend Trinity: yb83 10-11
use of magic: g68 6/8 30-31
use of Truth book for catechism lesson: g82 1/22 11
weekend work load: g79 8/22 31
why some continue: g74 5/8 30
Witness conduct impresses priest: w68 469
women: g71 2/8 30; g70 4/8 31
Church of Sweden:
women: g83 1/8 30; g81 6/8 22
congregation of God: w81 4/15 18; tr 106-107; w74 251-254; w74 690; ka 107-112, 115-116; pm 88, 103-105; ad 773, 785; w69 133; w68 246, 407-408, 543; w67 241-242; w66 28-30, 112-113, 115; im 351; w64 86, 405, 479; g64 8/8 28; w63 139-148, 415-416; bf 563-564; w58 748; sr55 40, 304-305; w54 209-223; nh 182, 307; el 274; w43 316; w38 351-352; w37 7; w34 118, 164; v-3 301-303
Jehovah appoints: w78 7/1 23-26
“priests of Jehovah” (Isa 61:6): w78 7/1 23-26
discussion: w74 156-159; ad 1339-1343
Egyptian: ad 1340, 1342-1343; w65 365, 369; rm 117; s 113; w37 90; w33 120
priests of Amon-Ra advocated war: w78 6/15 15
turned water to blood: w77 735-736
Episcopal:
homosexual: g76 11/22 30
Greek Orthodox: w66 611-612; g66 10/22 26; g65 4/8 29
court case against Witnesses in Greece: yb86 24-25
fight with Armenian priests in Church of the Nativity: g85 4/8 30
Hindu: g62 6/22 21; g54 3/8 31; w53 677-678; rm 201; g47 11/8 7-8
Israelite:
age requirement: ad 1340; w60 6; w58 319; w47 312; w45 5; ch 20
Caiaphas: w77 61-63; ad 274-275
care of Holy Scriptures: is 110
cities: ad 1343
consecration: w52 310-311; w46 56, 166-171, 180-183
discussion: ad 1339-1342; w68 241-242, 340-344; w67 598; w63 137-140; w55 748-754; sr55 38-50; w46 163-171, 179-187; w36 163-170
divisions or courses: ad 18, 574, 1341; w57 742; w56 254; w54 382-383; g50 12/22 26; w40 12; w38 174; w36 165-166; g34 9/26 825-826
end of: w74 681
ephod: ad 525; w68 395-396; w65 224
family of Aaron: w78 7/1 23-24; po 114-115, 118
functions: w74 156-157; w72 489; ad 1340-1341; w68 343, 371-376; w67 241; w64 86; w63 137, 522, 524
head coverings: ad 1340; w68 383-384, 396
Hebrew word: ad 1339; w68 334; w66 27; w64 412
high priest: w82 2/15 22; w74 157; w74 251; ka 103-105; pm 175-176, 179-180; ad 9-10, 767-772; w68 241, 340-341, 364-366, 394; w67 128; g65 8/8 27-28; w64 460-461; w63 139-140; bf 75-76; ns 115-116; w60 458-459; pa 79; w55 723-725; sr55 37; ki 245-246; w43 366-367
installation: w74 251; po 118; ka 104, 106-107; ad 835-836, 1129, 1607; w68 341-342, 393, 397, 399-403, 406; w64 460; bf 76
Levites: po 114; ad 1058, 1339-1341; w68 341; w64 329, 460; w63 137-140; bf 75; ns 115-116, 134, 276-277; w60 6, 458; w59 136-137; w58 173-174, 746-749; w57 742; w56 254; w54 382-383, 692-695; w52 305-306; w48 313; w46 163-170; w40 12; w36 164-165; ch 20; v-3 301-303
linen robe: ad 467; w68 394-395
marriage: ad 1340; w68 373; bf 459; w56 596; g49 8/8 17; v-3 276-277
Nadab and Abihu: ad 17, 1198; g70 3/22 27-28
no land inheritance: ad 1340; w68 375
offering of sacrifices: ad 1341; w68 372-373; bf 77-78, 459; ns 276-277; w58 173; w56 50-51, 625-626; sr55 39-43; w46 171, 180-186, 366
physical requirements: ad 1020, 1590; w68 342-343, 371, 373-374; w61 734
prophetic significance: w79 12/1 20; w71 283-284; ad 1342; w69 648; w68 364-366, 371-377; w65 648; w58 748-749; w46 166-168; w34 319
provisions for maintenance: ad 1340; w56 51; w55 750; w48 312-313
purpose: w74 156-157; ka 87-88; ad 1340-1341
Sabbath keeping: w68 376; w61 376
sleeveless coat: ad 467, 768; w68 395
symbol of dedication on high priest’s turban: w82 2/15 22; ka 104; ad 398, 438, 768
temple watch: ad 295; w66 698; bf 564; w61 87; w58 173-174, 747-748
Urim and Thummim: w74 157; ad 1626-1627; w68 396; w65 224; g65 8/8 27-28
use of intoxicants: ad 17; g70 3/22 27-28; w68 373-374; g65 9/8 27; w59 136-137
warfare: ad 1058, 1341; w54 692-695; w49 102; w36 164
Jesus Christ: w83 7/1 14; tr 106-107; go 189; w74 157-159; w73 308-312; ka 87-93, 102-103; pm 87-88, 176, 179, 181-185; w71 570; ad 769-773; w69 133, 648; w68 543; w67 241-242; w66 26-27; w65 648-650, 654; w64 478-479; g64 4/8 28; g64 8/8 27-28; bf 459-460, 645; ns 280; w57 95; w55 723-725; sr55 36-37, 40, 235-239; nh 182, 307, 350-351; w52 619; rm 243-244; el 106-107, 274; w49 285-286; w47 261; w43 159; w42 246; w37 236; ch 20
High Priest: w83 2/15 19-20
when made King-Priest like Melchizedek: w78 3/1 18
juju: ts 70-72
“kingdom of priests” (Ex 19:6): w79 11/15 21; w74 688, 694-696; po 114; ad 1339
Melchizedek: su 40; w83 7/1 14; w74 158; ka 89-90; ad 769, 1133, 1339; w68 235, 237-238; ns 280
Mormon:
blacks may become: w78 9/15 11; g78 12/8 15
patriarchal society: ad 1339; w68 333-334; w65 401; w57 236; w52 435; w36 163
Sumerian: w64 411; bf 47