Footnote

a Notice that he is not called “God the Word,” for he is not God but is the son of God. The apostle John wrote his Gospel after he had written the book of Revelation, and his words at John 1:1, 2 agree.

See pages 53-62, paragraphs 61-83, of the 64-page booklet “The Word—Who Is He? According to John, published in June of 1962 and free copies of which were mailed to all the available priests and clergymen of Christendom on November 19, 1962, for their information.

Said the Britannica Book of the Year 1963, on page 489, under the heading “Jehovah’s Witnesses”: “A further attempt to establish from the words of the apostle John that Jesus Christ was not a part of the Trinity was contained in the booklet “The Word—Who Is He,’ According to John. The first printing numbered more than 2,500,000 copies. Immediately following the assemblies a special world campaign was begun to distribute a free copy to every Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergyman.

According to the reaction on the part of the clergy, the booklet was like a plague to them.