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Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses
A number of corporations are in use by Jehovah's Witnesses. They publish literature and perform other operational and administrative functions, representing the interests of the religious organization. "The Society" has been used as a collective term for these corporations.
The oldest and most prominent of their corporation names, "Watch Tower Society", has also been used synonymously with the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, even in their own literature.〔Such as in their book ''Worldwide Security Under the “Prince of Peace”'' (), ©1986 Watch Tower, pages 26-27, "That momentous date (is, 1914 ) had been pointed forward to since 1876 by those who became associated with the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. ... In all the warring nations (World War I ), the dedicated Christians who were associated with the Watch Tower Society came under tremendous pressure to abandon their resolve to keep free from bloodguilt."〕 Particularly since 2000, Jehovah's Witnesses have maintained a distinction between their corporations and their religious organization.〔''Isaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind, volume 2'', ©2001 Watch Tower, page 317〕
==Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania==
(詳細はnot-for-profit organization headquartered in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, United States. It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses, often referred to as "The Society". It holds the copyrights of most literature published by Jehovah's Witnesses. The society was founded in 1881 with William Henry Conley, a Pittsburgh businessman, as the first president and Charles Taze Russell as secretary-treasurer.〔''Jehovah's Witnesses: Proclaimers of God's Kingdom'' (Watchtower, 1993), p. 576.〕 The society was incorporated as ''Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society'' in Pennsylvania on December 15, 1884, with Russell as president.〔J. Rutherford, (''A Great Battle in the Ecclesiastical Heavens,'' ) 1915, p. 14.〕 The corporation was officially renamed ''Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society'' in 1896; similar names had been in unofficial use since at least 1892.〔"Printing and Distributing God’s Own Sacred Word", ''Jehovah's Witnesses - Proclaimers of God's Kingdom'', page 603〕
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