Hello,
'll come back to Jehovah's Witnesses . Thanks to the comments of some kind sailors, I expanded my knowledge and I can now answer the question of the title: no, Jehovah's Witnesses are not a Protestant, nor Christian.
A booklet, a Catholic this time, comes to my rescue: on page 35 and 36 of "ABC of Churches and Christian confessions " John Cereti I read with pleasure the following interesting distinction ...
Other communities that can no longer be considered Christian
From the same book, I took the ideas to develop a conceptual map of the major Catholic churches, Orthodox and Protestants. I used the application site Mindomo , to which I have registered for free and I'm trying to explore its potential.
Other communities that are sometimes confused with the common opinion Protestant churches like the Mormons, the Unitarians, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Church of the Kingdom of God, and still others, should instead be considered alien to the Christian world for the additions that are made to the biblical message or ilrifiuto fundamental elements of Christian faith. [...].
- Jehovah's Witnesses, which find their roots in distant churches Baptist and Adventist churches, created by the preaching of Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) and then to Joseph Rutherford (1869-1942). Known previously as "serious scholars of the Bible, taking its current name in 1931. Their doctrine antitrinitaria, the repeated awaiting the end of the world for dates that were announced and apparently disregarded their interpretation of the Bible in its literal rather arbitrary and dictated by "The Watchtower", in relation to its rigid exclusiveness of salvation have also conducted the world no longer evangelical Christians to consider. The mission of "door to door to spread the movement is considered the ethical commitment, community members can not maintain relations with those who do not belong, and there are the prohibition of blood transfusion and a refusal to recognize the States and then military service.
Monica
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