Bible Student movement

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Christian restorationist movement religious movement

The Bible Student movement was a late 19th-century Christian restorationist group founded by Charles Taze Russell, whose teachings and organizational structure laid the groundwork for what later became Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Associated Bible Students 1
Bible Student 1
Bible Students 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian restorationist movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
basedOn Bible ⓘ
continuedIn early 20th century ⓘ
coreText Bible ⓘ
Studies in the Scriptures ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
doctrineCharacteristic belief in Christ’s invisible presence ⓘ
belief in conditional immortality ⓘ
belief in earthly millennial kingdom ⓘ
denial of eternal torment in hell ⓘ
emphasis on 1914 as a prophetic year ⓘ
rejection of the Trinity ⓘ
use of typology and prophetic chronology ⓘ
era late 19th century ⓘ
follows teachings of Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
foundedBy Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
hasLeader Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
hasMainInterest Bible study ⓘ
Christian eschatology ⓘ
chronology of the end times ⓘ
Kingdom of God ⓘ
surface form: kingdom of God

millennialism ⓘ
nontrinitarianism ⓘ
ransom doctrine ⓘ
restorationism ⓘ
second coming of Christ ⓘ
hasOrgan Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society publications ⓘ
Watchtower magazine ⓘ
surface form: Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence
hasSplit Bible Student movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Associated Bible Students

Dawn Bible Students Association ⓘ
JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ
surface form: Jehovah’s Witnesses

Bible Student movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Laymen’s Home Missionary Movement
inception 1870s ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
influenced JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ
surface form: Jehovah’s Witnesses
influencedBy George Storrs ⓘ
Jonas Wendell ⓘ
Nelson H. Barbour ⓘ
Second Adventist teachings ⓘ
laidFoundationFor JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ
surface form: Jehovah’s Witnesses
language English ⓘ
organizedAs independent Bible study classes ⓘ
loose association of congregations ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Allegheny, Pennsylvania
practices congregational Bible study ⓘ
memorial of Christ’s death ⓘ
public distribution of religious literature ⓘ
precededBy Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ
surface form: Adventist movement
publisher Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
religion Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Studies in the Scriptures → associatedMovement → Bible Student movement ⓘ
Dawn Bible Students Association → associatedWith → Bible Student movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: independent Bible Students
Charles Taze Russell → denomination → Bible Student movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bible Student
Charles Taze Russell → founded → Bible Student movement ⓘ
Pastor Russell → founded → Bible Student movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Taze Russell
Joseph Lytel Russell → founderOf → Bible Student movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Taze Russell
Bible Student movement → hasSplit → Bible Student movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associated Bible Students
Bible Student movement → hasSplit → Bible Student movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laymen’s Home Missionary Movement
Joseph Franklin Rutherford → memberOf → Bible Student movement ⓘ
Charles Taze Russell → movement → Bible Student movement ⓘ
Pastor Russell → movement → Bible Student movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Taze Russell
Dawn Bible Students Association → movementOrigin → Bible Student movement ⓘ
JehovahsWitnesses → originatedAs → Bible Student movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Jehovah's Witnesses
this entity surface form: Bible Students (independent groups)
Studies in the Scriptures → religiousTradition → Bible Student movement ⓘ
Dawn Bible Students Association → selfIdentification → Bible Student movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bible Students