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Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
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SAINTS (Man-Made)

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All Saints’ Day: ijwfq article 59; w88 12/1 6

Anne (Anna):

traditional mother of Mary: w91 2/15 21

Aquinas, Thomas: g86 4/22 23

promotion of image veneration: w88 8/1 4-5

view of execution of heretics: g87 10/8 25

view of science: g93 5/8 21

view of soul: ie 15

view of suicide: g90 9/8 22

Augustine:

belief regarding “this rock-mass” (Mt 16:18): it-2 816-817; w15 12/1 14; w11 8/1 24; rs 38

comment on pagan view of images: w88 8/1 5

influence of Greek philosophy: w99 8/15 10; ie 15; g89 6/22 27

teachings formed basis for Inquisition: g86 4/22 23

view of Apocrypha: it-1 122

view of existence of evil: g87 10/8 6

view of hellfire: w89 10/1 6

view of infant baptism: w86 3/15 5

view of Kingdom: w09 8/15 12; w93 7/1 9; jv 38; w92 3/15 3

view of Millennium: w09 8/15 12-13; w99 12/1 5, 7-8

view of predestination: w96 9/1 3-4; w95 2/15 3

view of purgatory: w89 10/1 6

view of soul: ie 15

view of suicide: g90 9/8 22

view of treatment of heretics: g87 10/8 25

bandit revered as (Mexico): g89 8/22 28

Boniface:

missionary to Germany: g95 5/8 30; g94 10/22 20-21

Catholic Church: w02 9/15 3; rs 352-355

acceptance of identifying pagan gods with Catholic “saints”: g05 2/22 13

Tridentine profession of faith: rs 352

Columba:

missionary to Scotland: g94 10/22 20

Confucius:

recommended by Jesuits for canonization: sh 175

Constantine the Great: w98 3/15 26-30

discussion: w02 9/15 4-6; rs 352-356

experiences:

keeps gallons of oil to keep lamp lit to saint: yb96 215-216

for film industry: g95 9/8 28

for television: g95 9/8 28

founder of Opus Dei: g92 1/8 28-29

Greek Orthodox Church: w97 2/15 25-29

halos: rs 354-355

holidays that honor: ijwfq article 59

Name Day: ijwfq article 59

Isabella I (Queen of Spain) recommended as: g91 6/8 28

John of Damascus:

comment on Christendom’s use of images: w88 8/1 4

meaning of term: rs 352

Nicholas: w89 12/15 26-28

Our Lady Untier of Knots: g02 11/22 28

Patrick: w95 4/15 26

introduction of Easter bonfires into Ireland: g86 3/22 8

missionary to Ireland: g94 10/22 20

Pope Pius IX: g01 3/22 28

prayer to: ijwbq article 29; g 9/14 9; w13 6/1 12-13; g 11/10 20-21; w02 7/1 8; w02 9/15 4-6; w97 2/15 28; w96 7/15 3-4; rs 353-354

relics used in worship: w91 11/15 3-6; rs 354

similarity to city deities: it-1 974

veneration:

origin: w97 2/15 26-27

unscriptural: w02 7/1 8; w97 2/15 27-28; rs 184, 354

Quotations

Greek heroes and even deities survived as saints: g89 3/8 23; g89 6/22 25

religion of the New Testament was fused with Greek philosophy: w99 8/15 10; ie 15; g89 6/22 27

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