The Johannine Comma: 1 John 5:7

For there are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
(1 John 5:7)

1) 200 - Tertullian quotes the verse (Gill, "An exposition of the NT", Vol 2, pp. 907-8)
2) 250 - Cyprian, who writes, "And again concerning the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit it is written: 'and the Three are One'" (Vienna, vol. iii, p. 215)
3) 350 - Priscillian cites the verse (Vienna, vol. xviii, p. 6)
4) 350 - Idacius Clarus cites the verse (MPL, vol. 62, Colossians. 359)
5) 350 - Athanasius cites the verse (Gill)
6) 415 - Council of Carthage appeals to the verse as a basic text proving a fundamental doctrine when contending with the Arians (Ruckman, "History of the NT Church", Vol. I, p. 146)
7) 450-530 - several orthodox African writers quote the verse when defending the doctrine of the Trinity against the gainsaying of the Vandals. These writers are:
A) Vigilius Tapensis (MPL, vol. 62, Colossians. 243)
B) Victor Vitensis (Vienna, vol. vii, p. 60)
C) Fulgentius (MPL, vol. 65, Colossians. 500)
7) 500 - Cassiodorus cites the verse (MPL, vol. 70, Colossians. 1373)
8) 550 - Old Latin ms r has the verse
9) 550 - The "Speculum" contains the verse
10) 750 - Wianburgensis cites the verse
11) 800 - Jerome's Vulgate includes the verse
12) 1150 - minuscule ms 88 in the margin
13) 1200-1400 - Waldensian Bibles have the verse
14) 1500 - ms 61 has the verse
15) various witnesses cited in Nestle's 26th edition for a replacement of the text as it stands with the Comma: 221 v.l.; 2318 vg[cl]; 629; 61; 88; 429 v.l.; 636 v.l.; 918; l; r; and other important Latin mss.

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