TY - BOOK ID - 10659650 TI - Biblical criticism in early modern Europe : Erasmus, the Johannine comma and Trinitarian debate PY - 2016 SN - 9781107125360 1107125367 9781316408964 9781107563865 1107563860 1316792706 1316792226 1316793184 1316795101 1316793664 1316408965 1316789349 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - 873.4 ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS:2 KW - 226.5 KW - 231.01 KW - 231.01 Drieëenheid. Drievuldigheid KW - Drieëenheid. Drievuldigheid KW - 226.5 Evangelie volgens Johannes KW - 226.5 Evangile de S. Jean KW - Evangelie volgens Johannes KW - Evangile de S. Jean KW - 873.4 ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS:2 Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur-:-Godsdienst. Theologie--ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS KW - Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur-:-Godsdienst. Theologie--ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS KW - Trinity KW - History of doctrines. KW - Erasmus, Desiderius, KW - Bible KW - Bible. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History. KW - Criticism, Textual. KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - Triads (Philosophy) KW - Appropriation (Christian theology) KW - God (Christianity) KW - Godhead (Mormon theology) KW - Holy Spirit KW - Trinities KW - Tritheism KW - Erasmus Roterodamus, Desiderius KW - Erasmus KW - Erasmus, Desiderius KW - Érasme KW - Desiderius Erasmus KW - Erasm, Dezideriĭ KW - Erasme, Désiré KW - Erasmo, KW - Erasmo, Desidério KW - Erasmus, KW - Ėrazm, KW - Erazm, KW - Roterodamus, Erasmus KW - Rotterdamskiĭ, Ėrazm KW - Rotterdamský, Erasmus Desiderius KW - Роттердамский, Эразм KW - Эразм, KW - Ерасм, Дезидерий KW - エラスムス, デシデリウス KW - Desiderius Erasmus, KW - Erasm, Dezideriĭ, KW - Erasme, Désiré, KW - Erasmo, Desidério, KW - Roterodamus, Erasmus, KW - Rotterdamskiĭ, Ėrazm, KW - Rotterdamský, Erasmus Desiderius, KW - Роттердамский, Эразм, KW - Ерасм, Дезидерий, KW - אראסמוס, דסידריוס, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10659650 AB - Medieval western theologians considered the Johannine comma (1 John 5:7-8) the clearest biblical evidence for the Trinity. When Erasmus failed to find the comma in the Greek manuscripts he used for his New Testament edition, he omitted it. Accused of promoting Antitrinitarian heresy, Erasmus included the comma in his third edition (1522) after seeing it in a Greek codex from England, even though he suspected the manuscript's authenticity. The resulting disputes, involving leading theologians, philologists and controversialists such as Luther, Calvin, Sozzini, Milton, Newton, Bentley, Gibbon and Porson, touched not simply on philological questions, but also on matters of doctrine, morality, social order, and toleration. While the spuriousness of the Johannine comma was established by 1900, it has again assumed iconic status in recent attempts to defend biblical inerrancy amongst the Christian Right. A social history of the Johannine comma thus provides significant insights into the recent culture wars. ER -