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A dispute developed in 1917 within the leadership of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society following the death of society president Charles Taze Russell and election of legal counsel Joseph Franklin Rutherford as his successor. An acrimonious battle ensued between Rutherford and four of the society's seven directors, who accused him of autocratic behavior and sought to reduce his powers. Rutherford claimed the dissident directors had formed a conspiracy to seize control of the society and overcame the challenge by gaining a legal opinion that his four opposers had not been legally appointed. He subsequently replaced them with four new sympathetic directors. The four ousted directors later gained 12 legal opinions that Rutherford's actions were unlawful. The leadership crisis divided the Bible Student community and helped contribute to the loss of one-seventh of the Watch Tower adherents by 1919. (en) In 1917 ontstond een controverse over het presidentschap van de Wachttorengenootschap (destijds het kerkgenootschap van de Bijbelonderzoekers - de voorlopers van Jehova's getuigen). Ongeveer een zevende van de Bijbelonderzoekers vond dat Joseph Franklin Rutherford ten onrechte het ambt had verkregen dat vacant werd na de dood van president Charles Taze Russell, verliet de geloofsgemeenschap en sloot zich aan bij concurrerende geloofsgemeenschappen binnen de stroming. (nl) |
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In 1917 ontstond een controverse over het presidentschap van de Wachttorengenootschap (destijds het kerkgenootschap van de Bijbelonderzoekers - de voorlopers van Jehova's getuigen). Ongeveer een zevende van de Bijbelonderzoekers vond dat Joseph Franklin Rutherford ten onrechte het ambt had verkregen dat vacant werd na de dood van president Charles Taze Russell, verliet de geloofsgemeenschap en sloot zich aan bij concurrerende geloofsgemeenschappen binnen de stroming. (nl) A dispute developed in 1917 within the leadership of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society following the death of society president Charles Taze Russell and election of legal counsel Joseph Franklin Rutherford as his successor. An acrimonious battle ensued between Rutherford and four of the society's seven directors, who accused him of autocratic behavior and sought to reduce his powers. Rutherford claimed the dissident directors had formed a conspiracy to seize control of the society and overcame the challenge by gaining a legal opinion that his four opposers had not been legally appointed. He subsequently replaced them with four new sympathetic directors. The four ousted directors later gained 12 legal opinions that Rutherford's actions were unlawful. The leadership crisis divided the (en) |
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