William Branham and The Way International

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The Way
Victor Paul Wierwille was the central figure of 'The Way, International', a religious cult that originated from New Knoxville, OH. It was in many ways aligned with the Latter Rain Movement and the core doctrines of some versions of William Branham's Godhead theology; Wierwille's doctrine included a unitarian view of God, teaching that there was only one Person in the Godhead who was viewed in different ways during different manifestations — very similar to William Branham's 'offices of God' that was used for certain versions of his stage persona and in direct conflict with Branham's three-Person-Trinitarian stage persona.

Interestingly, Wierwille was also aligned with the doctrinal views of George Lamsa, Aramaic Bible scholar and author of the Lamsa Bible used in the latter years of William Branham's ministry. Wierwille believed that the New Testament was originally written in Aramaic, and in 1957, he began his association with Lamsa, and Lamsa finished his translation of the Lamsa Bible in Wierwille's home. That same year, Wierwille and a group of men met with Branham, and Branham began using and advertising the Lamsa translation of the Bible.

Lamsa and Wierwille produced the first American Aramaic grammar in 1960, the same year that Branham began heavily promoting Lamsa and his bible. According to Branham, there was no "difference actually in content or doctrine" between the King James Version and the Lamsa translation.

You can learn this and more on william-branham.org

Victor Wierwille:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/victor_wierwille

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