Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Jehovah's Witnesses and New Testament

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Jehovah's Witnesses and New Testament

Jehovah's Witnesses vs. New Testament

Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The New Testament (Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, trans. Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē; Novum Testamentum) is the second part of the Christian biblical canon, the first part being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible.

Similarities between Jehovah's Witnesses and New Testament

Jehovah's Witnesses and New Testament have 21 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abortion, Biblical canon, Biblical inerrancy, Biblical inspiration, Book of Revelation, Bruce M. Metzger, Christian denomination, Christianity, Christianity in the 1st century, Church discipline, Crucifixion of Jesus, Doctrine, End time, Gospel of Matthew, Homosexuality, Jesus, Jesus in Christianity, Kingship and kingdom of God, Logos (Christianity), Second Coming, Trinity.

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

Abortion and Jehovah's Witnesses · Abortion and New Testament · See more »

Biblical canon

A biblical canon or canon of scripture is a set of texts (or "books") which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture.

Biblical canon and Jehovah's Witnesses · Biblical canon and New Testament · See more »

Biblical inerrancy

Biblical inerrancy, as formulated in the "Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy", is the doctrine that the Protestant Bible "is without error or fault in all its teaching"; or, at least, that "Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact".

Biblical inerrancy and Jehovah's Witnesses · Biblical inerrancy and New Testament · See more »

Biblical inspiration

Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that the authors and editors of the Bible were led or influenced by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God.

Biblical inspiration and Jehovah's Witnesses · Biblical inspiration and New Testament · See more »

Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation, often called the Revelation to John, the Apocalypse of John, The Revelation, or simply Revelation or Apocalypse (and often misquoted as Revelations), is a book of the New Testament that occupies a central place in Christian eschatology.

Book of Revelation and Jehovah's Witnesses · Book of Revelation and New Testament · See more »

Bruce M. Metzger

Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic who was a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the American Bible Society and United Bible Societies.

Bruce M. Metzger and Jehovah's Witnesses · Bruce M. Metzger and New Testament · See more »

Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organisation, leadership and doctrine.

Christian denomination and Jehovah's Witnesses · Christian denomination and New Testament · See more »

Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

Christianity and Jehovah's Witnesses · Christianity and New Testament · See more »

Christianity in the 1st century

Christianity in the 1st century deals with the formative years of the Early Christian community.

Christianity in the 1st century and Jehovah's Witnesses · Christianity in the 1st century and New Testament · See more »

Church discipline

Church discipline is the practice of censuring church members when they are perceived to have sinned in hope that the offender will repent and be reconciled to God and the church.

Church discipline and Jehovah's Witnesses · Church discipline and New Testament · See more »

Crucifixion of Jesus

The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33.

Crucifixion of Jesus and Jehovah's Witnesses · Crucifixion of Jesus and New Testament · See more »

Doctrine

Doctrine (from doctrina, meaning "teaching", "instruction" or "doctrine") is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given branch of knowledge or in a belief system.

Doctrine and Jehovah's Witnesses · Doctrine and New Testament · See more »

End time

The end time (also called end times, end of time, end of days, last days, final days, or eschaton) is a future time-period described variously in the eschatologies of several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which believe that world events will reach a final climax.

End time and Jehovah's Witnesses · End time and New Testament · See more »

Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew (translit; also called the Gospel of Matthew or simply, Matthew) is the first book of the New Testament and one of the three synoptic gospels.

Gospel of Matthew and Jehovah's Witnesses · Gospel of Matthew and New Testament · See more »

Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

Homosexuality and Jehovah's Witnesses · Homosexuality and New Testament · See more »

Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Jesus · Jesus and New Testament · See more »

Jesus in Christianity

In Christianity, Jesus is believed to be the Messiah (Christ) and through his crucifixion and resurrection, humans can be reconciled to God and thereby are offered salvation and the promise of eternal life.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Jesus in Christianity · Jesus in Christianity and New Testament · See more »

Kingship and kingdom of God

The concept of the kingship of God appears in all Abrahamic religions, where in some cases the terms Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven are also used.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Kingship and kingdom of God · Kingship and kingdom of God and New Testament · See more »

Logos (Christianity)

In Christology, the Logos (lit) is a name or title of Jesus Christ, derived from the prologue to the Gospel of John (c 100) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God", as well as in the Book of Revelation (c 85), "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God." These passages have been important for establishing the doctrine of the divinity of Jesus since the earliest days of Christianity.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Logos (Christianity) · Logos (Christianity) and New Testament · See more »

Second Coming

The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is a Christian and Islamic belief regarding the future (or past) return of Jesus Christ after his incarnation and ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago.

Jehovah's Witnesses and Second Coming · New Testament and Second Coming · See more »

Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from Greek τριάς and τριάδα, from "threefold") holds that God is one but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as "one God in three Divine Persons".

Jehovah's Witnesses and Trinity · New Testament and Trinity · See more »

The list above answers the following questions

Jehovah's Witnesses and New Testament Comparison

Jehovah's Witnesses has 215 relations, while New Testament has 492. As they have in common 21, the Jaccard index is 2.97% = 21 / (215 + 492).

References

This article shows the relationship between Jehovah's Witnesses and New Testament. To access each article from which the information was extracted, please visit:

Hey! We are on Facebook now! »