{"id":35839,"date":"2025-05-09T01:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=35839"},"modified":"2026-10-26T19:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:18:35","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-catholics-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/jehovahs-witnesses-catholics-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimoni di Geova e cattolici: in cosa differiscono le due fedi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The deepest difference is over who God is. Catholics believe in one God in three persons, and that Jesus is God made man. Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses believe Jehovah alone is God and that Jesus is his Son and first creation, not God. From there they differ on the Bible, leadership, the sacraments, life after death, holidays and blood. TopicCatholic ChurchJehovah&#039;s Witnesses GodOne God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy SpiritJehovah alone is God; the holy spirit is his active force\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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How they differ on the Bible, Mass, death, holidays and blood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219,531],"class_list":["post-35839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared","series-understanding-jehovahs-witnesses"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35850,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/are-jehovahs-witnesses-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":35839,"position":0},"title":"Are Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses Christian? They Say Yes; Other Churches Say No","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Maggio 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Witnesses call themselves Christians. 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