Word: knorr
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...Frederick Franz, a short and spry 83, who on June 22 quietly succeeded the late Nathan Knorr to become the fourth leader of the Jehovah's Witnesses. For a century now, this most contentious of faiths has pressed upon an unwilling audience the message that mankind is nearing the End. Franz, a bachelor who has labored in the sect's headquarters since 1920, will not be surprised if he lives to see the destruction of the world's political order in the Battle of Armageddon, which will usher in Christ's 1,000-year reign...
Died. Nathan Homer Knorr, 72, third president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the 105-year-old denomination also known as Jehovah's Witnesses; after a long illness; in Wallkill, N.Y. During his 35 years as president of the society, which believes that Armageddon is near at hand, Knorr helped build up its membership from 113,000 to 1 million, in 80 countries. A vigorous preacher, Knorr charged that organized religion was working the world's destruction by perverting the Bible's teaching...