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  • Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
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PURGATORY

(See also Hell; Immortality of the Soul; Mass [Roman Catholic]; Roman Catholic Church)

All Souls’ Day: g78 11/8 3

Apocrypha used to support: w71 709-710; w53 71; w47 89; g36 11/4 91

basis for doctrine: w59 762; g56 10/22 26; w53 72; ms53 287; g48 5/22 21-24; wl 26-27

Buddhism: rm 211-212; g48 5/22 23; rw 24

Catholic definition: g74 6/8 27

Catholic statements: w75 56; g60 10/8 7

description: g66 1/22 27; w63 453-454; w59 761; w53 69; g48 7/22 8; rw 17; g41 11/12 16; g40 11/27 13-15; g40 12/25 3; g34 11/21 112

Egypt (ancient): g48 5/22 21; ta 297

Greece (ancient): g48 5/22 22; g45 1/17 15-16

Hinduism: g48 5/22 22-23

indulgences: w75 55; ts 64-69; w58 390; g34 8/29 752; g33 4/12 426-427

Islam: g48 5/22 23

origin: w68 143; w64 376; g64 4/22 13-14; bf 143-144

Durant’s (Will) comment on: w78 5/15 25

pagan concepts of: w75 55; ts 61-65

Plato’s concept: g84 10/8 9

prayers for the dead: g82 11/22 26; ts 64-68; w61 582; w49 77; rw 27-28; co 19-20; g37 6/2 561; g36 4/22 476-477; g36 11/4 92

priest fined for delaying Mass: g38 11/2 21

refutation: g74 6/8 27-28; w70 611-612; w66 679-680; g66 1/22 28; ms 403-406; w59 761-762; w53 69-72; w52 427; g52 5/8 25-26; rw 16-28; g43 11/24 17-18; hp42 16-17; w40 86; g40 4/3 20; g40 11/27 13, 16-18; w37 228-229; co 7-21; g37 5/19 529-530; ch 181-184; g36 11/4 94

scriptures misapplied to support: w66 680; g66 1/22 28; w63 454-455; w61 582; w53 71-72; g40 4/3 20

source of income for church: w75 55; w71 709-710; w59 761-762; w53 712; w49 76-78; g43 11/24 19-20; hp42 16-17; g42 4/1 20; rf 19; g40 11/27 16; w37 228; en 171; g37 5/5 497

statement of belief: w70 611; w66 678; ms 403; w61 582; w60 518; w53 69; ms53 286-287; w48 174; w46 117; rw 17-18; hp42 14-15; w40 85; rg 58; rf 11-12; w37 11, 228; en 172-173; ar 18-19; g37 4/7 433; g37 5/5 497-498; af 12; wd 13

when introduced into Catholic Church: w59 762; ms53 287; w52 159-160; rm 274; w49 76; g48 5/22 23-24; rw 22; hp42 15; g40 11/27 16; g36 11/4 91

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