True or false: According to a real dictionary definition of the word " Christendom"..?

Question

Jehovah's Witnesses are indeed a sect of Christendom.

And this is neither a mere technicality nor a matter of definition of the only; both theologically and historically Jehovah's Witnesses fall within the boundaries of Christendom.

Answer 1

True, but not limited to. Christendom also includes post-modernism as well as all chaos, cults, etc.

"And the voice of

harpers,

and musicians,

and of pipers,

and trumpeters,

shall be heard no more at all in thee;

and no craftsman,

of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;" - Revelation 18:22 KJV.

Answer 2

*** w70 12/1 p. 713 The Desolator of Christendom Historically Prefigured ***

What, though, do we mean by the term Christendom? Among the definitions given in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary is this one:

“The portion of the world in which Christianity prevails or which is governed principally under Christian institutions.” But the religion that Christendom practices in her hundreds of religious sects is far from the Christianity of the Bible.

Therefore her religion is a professed Christianity; and so Christendom must be the portion of the world of mankind which is governed under professed Christian institutions. Hence Christendom misrepresents true Christianity. That is why she will duly be desolated and disappear forever. Such a statement may be shocking to many persons in the religious realm, but the coming true of this statement will be even more shocking. But what about the genuine Christianity?

Despite any attempts to destroy it along with the sham Christianity, the true Christianity will never disappear. It will thrive and prosper on a transformed peaceful earth and will be a glorious credit to its Founder, Jesus Christ.

It is true that the name Christendom is not to be found in the Sacred Scriptures, the Holy Bible. Also, in the days when the Bible was written there was no such thing as Christendom, for it came into existence first in the fourth century of our Common Era, in the days of Emperor Constantine of the Roman Empire and as a result of his religious action.

Answer 3

I don't believe it can be defined, because to give it a definition would make it into something, which is the opposite of nothing. When I read the word "nothingness" what I see in my mind is this: The hum of the universe fading to quietness--not because it is quiet, but because everything within ones self is attuned with it (kind of like a smell will go away quickly because you get used to it.) Then, out of the stillness, there is nothingness. *shrug*

Answer 4

No.

The term "Christendom" has always connoted an intermingling of church and politics. The Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses looks to God's Messianic Kingdom by Christ as the only rightful government to which a true Christian could pledge his allegiance.

Jehovah's Witnesses reject the concept of Christendom and the shameful history of Christendom.


http://www.reference.com/search?q=christendom
[quote]
Christendom as a polity
The term Christendom has been used to refer to the medieval and renaissance notion of the Christian world as a sort of social and political polity. In essence, the vision of Christendom is a vision of a Christian theocracy, a government devoted to the enforcement of Christian values, and whose institutions suffused with Christian doctrine. In this vision, members of the Christian clergy wield plenty of political clout. The specific relationship between the political leaders and the clergy can vary but, in theory, national or political divisions are subsumed under the leadership of a church institution.
[unquote]

"Christendom"...“Those parts of the world where most of the inhabitants profess the Christian faith.”—Webster’s New World Dictionary.

(John 15:19) If you [true Christians] were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.


Jehovah's Witnesses use the term “Christendom” in reference to professed Christianity, in contrast with the Christianity of the Bible.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20020422/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_09.htm

Answer 5

"Christendom"? Christendom, for all practical purposes, died with the Reformation & Renaissance. The Medieval synthesis of Religious and Political power in one all-pervasive entity is a thing for the history books. Any modern use of the word is nothing but a poetic sentiment.

Peace to you.

Answer 6

The problem with using a dictionary to 'prove' a point is that dictionaries are not a guide to how you should use a word or an absolute meaning of a word. They are all simply lists of the common usage of words. Try a different dictionary or wait a couple of years and your proof is gone.

This is why definitions change and words are removed from dictionaries all the time. Because the way people use them change and they fall out of usage.

Answer 7

Only in that they SAY they are Christian. But, of course, anyone who knows the WT's brand of theology knows they preach an entirely different Christ than the one of mainstream Christendom. According to 2 Corinthians 11: 3, 4, they do not fit the definition of "Christian" no matter how they might like to apply the term to themselves.

Additionally, like any cult, any of the Christianized terminology they use has entirely different definitions than what Christianity applies to these terms. If anyone doubts this, all they have to do is compare the WT definitions of such terms as "born again", "salvation", Jesus Christ", "Holy Spirit", "hell", etc. to the mainstream Christian definition of these terms.

Answer 8

Systematically, yes it does. But I have to agee with the guy who also mentioned Constantine.

Answer 9

Dictionaries are NOT written by people who know the difference between real Christians and a false cult.

JW's are a false cult.

JW's don't even claim to be "Christians".

Pastor Art

Answer 10

All christaindom are know by their doctrine. You notice I said "their" doctrine. Yahshua's Church lives by His doctrine.
"If you do as I say you are My disciples indeed"