CHRISTIANITY
(See also Christendom; Christian Congregation; Christians; Christians [Early])
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
advertising used by: g88 2/8 9-11
an education: w05 10/15 4-5
appeal to lowly people: w88 7/1 28-29
beginning: sh 236-237, 239-242, 244, 246-257, 260; g89 6/8 24-27
conditions at time of: it-1 1232
beliefs not to be combined with pagan: w90 9/1 6
Bible terms for: jv 149
Christian principles: w88 10/1 26-29
contrast between true and false: g 1/07 18-19; w06 3/1 3-7
contrasts to other religions: g89 6/8 25-26
Dark Ages and after: g89 12/22 17-19
discussion: it-1 440-441; sh 235-260
early, not acquired by chance: g88 8/8 5-7
identifying features: scl 17; lff lesson 18; wp16.4 14-15; w14 9/15 7-11; w10 1/15 12-16; jv 26-32; sh 344-348
conduct: jv 29-30
God’s name made known: w12 3/1 7
hospitality: it-1 74-75, 1150-1151
love: w23.03 26-31; cf 177; cl 301; w17.02 12; w15 11/15 23-24; w12 3/1 6; w10 1/15 15-16; w09 6/1 14; w09 11/15 20; bm 29; w06 3/1 5; w03 2/1 13-14; w03 3/15 5-6; jv 30; w91 10/1 20-22; sh 242, 244; w89 5/1 27-28; rs 329; w87 7/15 29; w86 6/1 3-7
miracles not necessary: it-1 937
neutrality in war: w14 9/15 7-8
organization: ijwbq article 90; od 24; jv 28-29
persecution: jv 30-32
“remain in my word” (Joh 8:31): w13 11/1 7; w12 3/1 4; w06 3/1 5-6
respect for God’s Word: w12 1/15 4-8; w12 3/1 4
separateness from world: w13 3/15 19; w12 3/1 5; g 1/11 7; w10 1/15 12-15; g 4/07 9; jv 30
witness work: w14 9/15 8-10; w12 3/1 8-9; w10 1/15 13-14; jv 26-28; rs 330
Jewish arguments against:
first century: it-1 1077-1079
middle ages (Rabbi Naḥmanides): w97 4/15 19-22
life everlasting on earth taught: w09 8/15 7-11
meaning of term: w06 3/1 3; sh 235
not—
a failure: g 1/07 18-19
an escape from reality: w86 7/1 14-15
a sect: g88 1/8 26
based on myth or legend: sh 65-67
dependent on places or objects: w90 12/15 7
fanatical: w87 7/15 28-31
oppressive: w04 8/15 22-23
only one true form: ijwbq article 91; fg 20; w11 8/1 16; w03 9/1 3-7
practicality: jt 22-24; br78 23-24
restoration in modern times: w23.05 15-17, 19; cl 79-81; w91 12/1 13-14; sh 344-354; g89 10/22 20-21; je 8-11
spread: it-1 441-442; it-2 744-745; w15 2/15 19-23; re 142; gl 32-33; jv 27-28; w90 1/15 13-14; g89 6/8 27
after Pentecost: w07 8/15 8, 10-11; gl 32; sh 257, 260
Asia: w11 1/1 29
Asia Minor: w07 8/15 8-11
Bithynia: it-1 320
contributions of Greece and Rome: w15 2/15 20-23; w15 6/15 32; w88 5/1 26
Gentiles: bt 74; it-1 565-566
Jewish Diaspora: it-1 418; w15 2/15 23; w05 10/15 12-15
Judea: it-2 134
maps: it-2 744; nwt 1790-1791; g 9/12 15; gl 32
missionary activity: w89 1/1 10-14
Phoenicia: it-2 636
reaction of heathen priests: re 62
Roman Empire: w15 2/15 20-23; w15 6/15 32; jv 27; w88 5/1 26-28; g88 8/8 5-7
superiority over Jewish system: it-1 1079; it-2 1208-1209; w99 12/15 16-17
way of life: g 4/07 26-27; kl 119; jv 29-30; rs 329
“The Way” (Ac 9:2; 19:9, 23): it-2 1174; nwt 1716
Quotations
exists only where memory of Christ is activated in practice: w06 3/1 4
it brought a new morality of brotherhood, kindliness, decency, and peace: g96 4/8 10
one of mankind’s greatest spiritual advances: w06 3/1 3
spread with remarkable rapidity: w01 4/1 14; jv 27
the one great curse: w06 3/1 3-4
triumphs seen in making good men—blameless lives, irreproachable morals, good citizenship: jv 30; w92 2/15 15
unparalleled achievements in many realms: w06 3/1 3
where persecution begins, Christianity ends: re 102