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1 John 5:7-8 — "The Comma Johanneum"

Whether the Trinitarian formula in 1 John 5:7-8 ('the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one'), found mainly in late Latin manuscripts, is considered part of the original text.

Overall consensus49/100

General Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian)

General Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian)

Unique & Independent

Nuanced

Likely later addition; Trinity affirmed from other sources and spiritual sense

Swedenborgians acknowledge that 1 John 5:7 (the Comma Johanneum) is a later addition to the text, absent from the earliest manuscripts. However, they affirm the spiritual principle underlying the verse.

Scripture References

Sources

  • Emanuel Swedenborg, Doctrine of the Lord
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