Biblical Unitarians
Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith)
Denies

Comma Johanneum rejected as non-original; not cited for Trinitarian doctrine

Christadelphians, with their emphasis on careful exegesis and biblical scholarship, reject the Comma Johanneum as textually inauthentic. The phrase 'the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one' (1 John 5:7b-8a) is not cited as evidence for Trinitarian doctrine precisely because Christadelphian theology is non-Trinitarian. The rejection of this passage's authenticity aligns with Christadelphian biblical scholarship and their non-Trinitarian commitments.

Christadelphian exegesis of 1 John 5:7-8 focuses on the original Greek text's reference to 'the Spirit, and the water, and the blood,' which is understood as referring to witnesses to Christ's work, not as a Trinitarian formula.

Key Distinctions

Textual status:
passage not in original manuscripts
Trinitarian grounding:
rejection supports non-Trinitarian theology
Canonical status:

Scripture References

Sources

  • Christadelphian biblical commentaries on 1 John
  • Christadelphian textual criticism