All of you people quoting examples of "Christians" before C.T.Russell and the "Jehovah`s Witnesses "movement.are missing the point , JW`s don`t recognize anybody , or organized Religion before C.T.Russell as being Christian after 100 A.D.
True Christians according to JW theology was from Jesus baptism , till approximately 100 A.D.
Then their was the Apostacy from Approx. 100 A.D. till the late 1800`s when C.T.Russell appeared on the scene.when true Christians appeared on the scene as the I.B.S.A. , later to be re-named Jehovah`s Witnesses
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