THE TEACHING CONCEPTS OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PATRISTIC TRADITION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
The religious movement “Jehovah's Witnesses”, which emerged in the second half of the 19th century on the American continent, appeared in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, where in the late 1980s and 1990s it carried out the most active proselytizing activities. At the same time, a number of its totalitarian and destructive properties were manifested, which have a negative impact on both people’s mental state and their relationship in society as a whole. In connection with the postulation by the representatives of this sect of themselves as “true Christians”, it becomes necessary to analyze their religious doctrine in the context of the patristic tradition. In this article, the author conducts a comparative analysis of a number of judgments of Jehovah's Witnesses from the point of view of Orthodox theology.