El esclavo fiel y discreto

El concepto "El Esclavo fiel y discreto", también descrito en sus publicaciones como "El esclavo fiel y humilde" y "El esclavo fiel y verdadero", es la expresión usada habitualmente por los Testigos de Jehová desde el año 2012 para describir en la actualidad al Cuerpo Gobernante del grupo en su función de dirigir doctrinas y enseñanzas y de ejercer autoridad sobre sus miembros. El grupo se describe y se autoproclama como un grupo de "cristianos ungidos" que operan bajo el control directo de Jesucristo^[1] para ejercer autoridad de facto en todos los asuntos relacionados con la doctrina y la confesión de fe .^[2]^[3]

El concepto es una doctrina central de la cosmovisión y sistema de creencias de los Testigos de Jehová^[4] y se basa en su interpretación de la Parábola del Siervo Fiel en Mateo 24:45–47, Marcos 13:34–37 y Lucas 12:35–48 .

La doctrina ha sufrido varios cambios importantes desde que fue formulada por primera vez en 1881 por Charles Taze Russell, fundador del movimiento de Estudiantes de la Biblia . Debido a estos cambios, la doctrina ha sido cuestionada desde la teología por considerar una forma de culto a la personalidad.

↑ «Christ Leads His Congregation». The Watchtower: 14. 15 de marzo de 2002. «the faithful and discreet slave is directly under the control of Jesus Christ.»
↑ Watchtower August 1, 2001 p. 14, "A mature Christian ... does not advocate or insist on personal opinions or harbor private ideas when it comes to Bible understanding. Rather, he has complete confidence in the truth as it is revealed by Jehovah God through his Son, Jesus Christ, and 'the faithful and discreet slave.'"
↑ "Jehovah, the God of Progressive Revelation", Watchtower, June 15, 1964, page 365, "The abundance of spiritual food and the amazing details of Jehovah's purposes that have been revealed to Jehovah's anointed witnesses are clear evidence that they are the ones mentioned by Jesus when he foretold a 'faithful and discreet slave' class that would be used to dispense God's progressive revelations in these last days ... How thankful we should be for the provision God has made of this slave class, the modern spiritual remnant, as they faithfully dispense the revealed truths of Jehovah! ... Jehovah's faithful witnesses have been progressively brought to an understanding of Jehovah's purposes, which are clearer now than ever before in history."
↑ Penton, M. James (1997). Apocalypse Delayed. University of Toronto Press. pp. 160. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3.

[1] «Christ Leads His Congregation». The Watchtower: 14. 15 de marzo de 2002. «the faithful and discreet slave is directly under the control of Jesus Christ.»

[2] Watchtower August 1, 2001 p. 14, "A mature Christian ... does not advocate or insist on personal opinions or harbor private ideas when it comes to Bible understanding. Rather, he has complete confidence in the truth as it is revealed by Jehovah God through his Son, Jesus Christ, and 'the faithful and discreet slave.'"

[3] "Jehovah, the God of Progressive Revelation", Watchtower, June 15, 1964, page 365, "The abundance of spiritual food and the amazing details of Jehovah's purposes that have been revealed to Jehovah's anointed witnesses are clear evidence that they are the ones mentioned by Jesus when he foretold a 'faithful and discreet slave' class that would be used to dispense God's progressive revelations in these last days ... How thankful we should be for the provision God has made of this slave class, the modern spiritual remnant, as they faithfully dispense the revealed truths of Jehovah! ... Jehovah's faithful witnesses have been progressively brought to an understanding of Jehovah's purposes, which are clearer now than ever before in history."

[4] Penton, M. James (1997). Apocalypse Delayed. University of Toronto Press. pp. 160. ISBN 0-8020-7973-3.

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