POLITICS
(See also Church and State; Governments; Lobbying; Nationalism; United States of America; Voting)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
Australia: g76 9/22 20-22
Balfour, Arthur:
failure to mention Christ in speech on uniting mankind: w58 317
Bible view: uw 161-168; g81 3/22 3-4, 11; w78 3/1 29; w76 748-750; w75 357-358; w74 679-680; g74 11/22 6; w73 549; w71 465-466; g71 5/8 4; w70 247-248; w68 72-73; w67 88; ms 353; g65 4/22 16-18; w64 308, 357-359; g62 1/8 5-6; g62 3/22 27-28; g61 1/22 27; g57 10/8 25-26; w56 645-648; g55 8/8 6-8; w54 433-434; w52 54-55; w35 344; w34 11-12; g30 7/9 667
neutrality is a protection: w75 697
party cards: w80 6/15 7
bragging by politicians: g74 12/22 30
Britain:
number of different parties: g83 11/22 31
Catholic Church: w83 1/1 27; w83 6/15 26; g81 4/8 29; g81 5/8 29-30; g81 7/8 29-30; g81 8/8 30; g80 2/8 29; w78 1/15 27-28; w76 167; g74 11/22 3-5; w73 549; g73 6/8 23-25; g73 9/8 6-7; g73 11/8 7; g73 12/8 16-17; w72 367; yb72 142-143; g72 2/22 30; g72 4/22 6-17, 30; g72 6/22 9-10, 24-26; g72 12/22 29; w71 740; g71 2/22 3-5; g71 7/22 6-8; g71 8/22 29; g70 5/8 30; g70 9/22 30; g69 9/22 29-30; w68 618; rl 6-8; g68 1/8 30; g68 1/22 6; g68 4/22 21, 31; g68 6/22 29-30; g68 12/8 25; g68 12/22 23; g67 5/8 19, 23; g67 6/8 22; g66 5/8 31; g66 8/8 13-16; g66 8/22 5; g65 4/22 14; g65 8/22 30; g64 4/22 18; g64 5/8 18-21; g64 12/22 30; w63 516; g63 1/22 30; g62 1/8 5-8; g62 7/8 29; g62 8/8 18; g62 10/22 30-31; g61 1/22 16-19; g61 3/22 30; g60 7/8 29-30; g60 10/8 10-12, 19; g60 12/8 29; g57 6/8 20; g57 10/8 25; w56 695; g55 8/8 9, 11-12; g54 9/8 19; w52 53-54, 148; g50 3/22 4; g50 4/22 3-7, 18-19; g49 8/22 7; g49 9/8 3-8; w48 155, 220-221; g48 2/8 7-8; g48 6/22 13-14; g48 7/22 9; w47 12; g47 5/8 4-5; g46 3/13 8-12; g46 7/17 7-8; ow 13-15; g44 6/7 23-26; g44 9/27 14-15; g39 1/11 17-18; g39 2/8 17-18; g39 3/22 4-9; g39 8/23 20; g38 8/10 17; g38 10/19 22
Brazil: w78 1/15 27-28
Canada: g83 5/8 30-31
El Salvador: yb81 91-93; w78 1/1 7-8
“guerrilla theology”: g80 7/8 29
Latin America: w82 1/1 4
missionaries of: w82 8/15 15
nun who is mayor of Dubuque, Iowa: g80 8/8 31
Pope John Paul II: g83 12/8 5-6, 9
pope’s association with political figures: w82 3/1 11
popes’ interference: g85 10/8 6; qm 291; g60 10/8 11-12; w59 760; w58 106-107; yw 261-262; w57 510; qm55 291; g54 1/22 7-8; g52 4/8 3-4; g51 1/8 5-12; g50 10/8 4, 6; w49 45; w48 155, 286; g48 1/8 5; g47 10/22 3-11; g46 3/13 10; ta 322; g45 4/25 7-8; g45 7/18 10; ow 13-15; w41 294-295; w40 123; g39 12/27 16; g38 2/23 3-4; g38 10/5 20-22; g38 10/19 20; w37 123, 133; en 261, 271; g37 2/10 304
pope’s statements on: w80 9/15 14
U.S. bishops’ pastoral on economy: w85 7/15 21
Christendom: g73 1/22 29; g73 4/8 29; g73 6/8 16-19, 23-25; g73 12/8 16-19, 29; w72 340, 366-367, 573-574; g72 3/8 19; g72 4/22 3-5, 14-17; g72 7/8 31; g72 12/22 29; kj 152-153, 296-298; g71 1/8 29; g71 5/8 3-4; g71 12/8 3-4; w70 198-199; g70 2/22 29-30; g70 4/22 19-20, 25, 30; g70 5/22 30; g69 4/22 6-7, 31; g68 2/22 5-6
involvement in politics: w85 8/1 3-7; w79 11/1 28
missionaries of: g75 9/22 21
Sixth Assembly of the World Council of Churches: w85 10/15 22
Church of England: g84 7/22 29; w83 8/1 12; g83 5/8 30; w81 9/15 15; g74 5/22 29; g68 5/22 31; g64 4/22 17
clergy: g84 7/22 29; w83 6/15 26; w83 8/1 12; g83 8/22 7; w82 1/1 3-7; w82 4/1 13; g81 3/22 3-4, 8-11; w80 11/1 27; w74 101; g74 11/22 3-6; w73 675; g73 6/8 16-19, 23-25; g73 9/8 6-7; g73 11/8 7; w71 644; g71 5/8 3-4
Capucci, Hilarion: w83 1/1 27; g79 8/8 30
kingdom of God is a political one (quote): w81 9/15 15
Moral Majority: g81 3/8 29; g81 3/22 9-10
non-Christian: g66 8/8 14-16
Protestant clergy: w67 88; li 319; g66 8/22 5; g66 9/8 3; g65 4/22 31; g63 6/8 29; yb61 157; w58 293; g57 10/8 25; w55 480; g55 8/8 4-6; w53 561-562; g52 11/22 28; w48 220; g48 2/8 3-7; g48 7/22 10; g46 1/30 3-5; g40 12/25 21-22; g33 11/22 104-108; g30 7/9 667
talk by Jim Branch, “Has Religion Gone Too Far?”: w81 2/15 10
conservative: go 38
corruption: g80 4/22 29; g75 11/8 21-23; g73 1/8 30; g73 6/22 7; g73 11/8 3-5; w71 299-300; g66 11/22 6-7; g64 8/8 5; g64 10/8 11; g64 12/22 20-22; w63 583; g63 4/8 6; g63 10/22 10-11; g62 7/8 13-14; g62 10/22 15-16; w61 519; g60 9/8 11; g60 11/8 29-30; w58 383, 495; g56 3/8 8; w53 131-132, 419; w52 148; g52 6/8 5-7; g52 11/8 27-28; w51 323; g51 7/22 8-12; g49 8/22 3-7; g49 11/8 20; g41 9/17 28-29; g31 11/25 109-114
demagogue: g58 9/22 3-4
derivation of term: g85 4/8 3
early Christians shunned: w82 2/1 7; w78 1/15 28; w78 4/15 16; w68 589; qm 277; li 192, 203-204; ms 353; g62 4/22 17-18; w58 73; g57 10/8 26; w56 645; qm55 277; el 202-203
would not hold political office (quote): sj 12
experiences:
political activists accept truth: yb85 35-36; g83 3/8 10; hp 159; g79 9/8 15
politicians accept truth: g81 10/8 16-20; w80 11/1 32; w78 1/1 10-11; w75 266; g75 11/8 21-23; yb71 259; yb70 242
school: g72 9/8 7-8
failure of leaders: g79 9/8 15; w75 241-243
political messiahs of the twentieth century: g85 4/8 6-10
false prophets: g81 12/8 14-15
forms of (chart): g85 4/8 4
gerrymandering: g53 4/22 23
hypocrisy in:
comment by Richard Nixon: g83 4/8 29
instability of governments: g74 7/22 29
Jesus Christ shunned: w82 10/15 18; w78 1/15 28; g74 11/22 6
leaders distrusted: g76 4/22 29; g72 8/22 29
lobbying: g55 8/8 11-12; g53 5/8 15; g51 8/8 3-4; g30 9/3 777-778
Machiavelli, Niccolò: g81 10/8 4
statesmen’s rules: g85 4/8 7
political elections: g64 12/22 20-22; g63 1/8 16-19
Satanic influence: g85 4/8 11-12
school elections: sj 16; w64 380-381
spiritism: g81 3/8 31; g80 12/8 6; g79 7/22 9; g75 7/8 31; w56 118; w55 528-531; dh 12-18; g45 1/17 4-6; w34 156
sports as a political tool: g84 8/8 30; g80 6/22 30
survey as to religion’s role in: g81 12/22 29
symbolic representations: w85 10/1 13-18; w83 10/1 15-16; w81 3/15 20; w81 5/15 23-26; tr 60-61, 99; w76 664; w75 227-230; w69 103; w68 711; w66 241; w63 698; w62 730; w56 479; wl 203; w41 365; w40 277; w38 197; w33 308; pp 184, 192-193
cedar of Lebanon (Eze 31): w77 300-314
terrorism: g76 1/22 21-24
use of newspapers: g63 9/8 10-11
view of Ezra Taft Benson: w80 5/1 27
view of worldly people: g73 10/8 31
women: g57 7/8 17; g53 12/22 3-4; g50 2/22 9-11; g47 8/22 9-12
world divided politically: go 37-39
World War I fruitage: g85 4/8 5-7
Quotations
early Christians would not hold political office: sj 12
kingdom of God is a political one: w81 9/15 15
no world leaders with vision enough: w76 39
political and economic “new order” needed: w76 39