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Johannine Comma: Movements & Applications

The Johannine Comma (Latin: Comma Johanneum) is a phrase (comma) in verses 5:7–8 of the First Epistle of John, which is seen as an interpolation in the Epistle of John according to modern textual criticism. The text in the King James Version of the Bible reads:

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Johannine Comma topic overview

The analysis highlights Movements and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Johannine Comma. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
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Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Modern reception · 57 topics
Manuscripts · 48 topics
Overview · 45 topics
Patristic writers · 22 topics
Text · 16 topics
Medieval use · 10 topics
Inclusion by Erasmus · 7 topics
Grammatical analysis · 6 topics
Other disputed New Testament passages · 5 topics
Origin · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

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Overview

Text

Origin

Manuscripts

Patristic writers

Medieval use

Inclusion by Erasmus

Modern reception

Grammatical analysis

Other disputed New Testament passages

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Johannine Comma connects Entity context

The extracted context around Johannine Comma shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Johannine Comma → Arius, Beobachtungen, Biblical, Bruce, Cambridge University Press, CBO9781316408964, Chicago, Chicago Press, Comma Iohanneum, Comma Johanneum, Deutsche Biblegesellschaft, Dutch Golden Age, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, Erasmus, Europe, February, German, Gibbon, God's, Grantley Another extracted example is Johannine Comma → And, Authorized Version, Beza, Bibeltext, Bietenholz, Briefe, Codex Vaticanus, Comma, Critical Text, Der, Eine Untersuchung, Entstehung, Erasmus, Factors, In, Jan Krans, John, King James Bible, King James Version Only, Klaus Wachtel Der. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Johannine Comma

Top relations

related to Further reading · 71
Johannine Comma → Arius, Beobachtungen, Biblical, Bruce, Cambridge University Press, CBO9781316408964, Chicago, Chicago Press, Comma Iohanneum, Comma Johanneum, Deutsche Biblegesellschaft, Dutch Golden Age, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, Erasmus, Europe, February, German, Gibbon, God's, Grantley
related to Recent scholarship · 36
Johannine Comma → And, Authorized Version, Beza, Bibeltext, Bietenholz, Briefe, Codex Vaticanus, Comma, Critical Text, Der, Eine Untersuchung, Entstehung, Erasmus, Factors, In, Jan Krans, John, King James Bible, King James Version Only, Klaus Wachtel Der
related to King James Only movement · 15
Johannine Comma → Baptist, Comma, Defended, Edward Freer Hills, Hills, In, Independent Baptist, John, King James Only Movement, Many, Protestant, The, The Johannine Comma, The King James Version, Trinitarian
related to Inclusion by Erasmus · 13
Johannine Comma → And, Erasmian, Erasmo Roterodamo, Erasmus, Greek, Greek New Testament, It, John, John Jack Bateman, Nouum, Paraphrase, Ratio, The
related to Doubtful proposed manuscript attestation · 12
Johannine Comma → Although, Greek, However, Johannine, John, McDonald, No, Payne, Philip, Syriac, The Codex Vaticanus, Thomas Burgess
related to Text · 10
Johannine Comma → Annotations, Arianism, Erasmus, Greek, Greek-Latin New Testament, He, John, Novum Instrumentum, Novum Testamentum, The
is a · 1
Johannine Comma → humanist Erasmus

Important terminology

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Important terminology

comma three one john verse text father greek holy spirit latin cyprian witnesses erasmus manuscripts century also son vulgate new

Johannine Comma relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 168 structured relationships around Johannine Comma. Examples in this analysis include Johannine Comma → is a → humanist Erasmus and Thomas Burgess → instance of → nevertheless some past advocates of the inclusion of the Johannine comma. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Johannine Commais ahumanist Erasmus0.90text
Thomas Burgessinstance ofnevertheless some past advocates of the inclusion of the Johannine comma0.80text
Millsinstance ofscholars0.80text
Küsterinstance ofscholars0.80text
Allen have argued that it was a Greek New Testament manuscriptinstance ofscholars0.80text
Wettstein have proposed that this was instead a manuscript of the commentary of Bedeinstance ofothers0.80text
Athanasius of Alexandriainstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
Sabelliusinstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
Origen never quoted or referred to that passage is one reason why even many Trinitarians later on also considered the text spuriousinstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
and not to have been part of the original text.Ad Jubaianuminstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
Thomas Burgessinstance ofsome people in the past0.80text
Johannine Commarelated to Doubtful proposed manuscript attestationThe Codex Vaticanus0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Johannine Comma bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Johannine, Erasmus and Manuscripts. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Johannine Comma, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Johannine Comma with Modern reception. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Johannine CommaModern reception · splits 173 ⟂ 58
Johannine CommaManuscripts · splits 182 ⟂ 49
Johannine CommaOverview · splits 185 ⟂ 46
Johannine CommaPatristic writers · splits 208 ⟂ 23
Johannine CommaText · splits 214 ⟂ 17
Johannine CommaMedieval use · splits 220 ⟂ 11
Johannine CommaInclusion by Erasmus · splits 223 ⟂ 8
Johannine CommaGrammatical analysis · splits 224 ⟂ 7
Johannine CommaOther disputed New Testament passages · splits 225 ⟂ 6
Johannine CommaOrigin · splits 226 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Johannine Comma

Nodes231
Edges230
Triples168
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008658
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Johannine Comma to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Movements & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Johannine Comma · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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