Johannine community
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The Johannine community is a hypothesized early Christian group traditionally linked to the Apostle John, thought to have produced the Gospel of John and related New Testament writings and to have held distinctive theological views about Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
hypothetical early Christian community
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scholarly construct → |
| associatedScholarship |
C. H. Dodd
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J. Louis Martyn → Raymond E. Brown → Rudolf Bultmann → |
| associatedWith |
Apostle John
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Book of Revelation → Gospel of John → Johannine Epistles → |
| debatedIssue |
geographical location
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historical existence → relationship to the Apostle John → |
| evidencedBy |
distinctive vocabulary and style
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internal features of the Gospel of John → internal features of the Johannine Epistles → references to secessionists in 1 John → |
| geographicalContext |
Asia Minor
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Ephesus (hypothesized) → |
| identityMarkers |
emphasis on being "born from above" or "born of God"
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| internalDynamics |
tensions over Christology (as inferred from 1 John)
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| language |
Koine Greek
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| relationshipToJudaism |
conflict with synagogue authorities (as inferred by some scholars)
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| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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| scholarlyStatus |
hypothetical construct inferred from texts
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| scripturalInfluence |
Christology in Christian tradition
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New Testament theology → pneumatology in Christian tradition → |
| textualCorpus |
First Epistle of John
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Gospel of John → Johannine literature → Revelation (disputed) → Second Epistle of John → Third Epistle of John → |
| theologicalFocus |
Paraclete (Holy Spirit) theology
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dualism of light and darkness → high Christology → incarnation of the Logos → love commandment → mutual indwelling of Father and Son → pre-existence of Christ → realized eschatology → witness and testimony → |
| timePeriod |
early second century CE
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late first century CE → |
| viewOfHolySpirit |
Paraclete
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Spirit of truth → |
| viewOfJesus |
Jesus as Lamb of God
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Jesus as Son of God → Jesus as pre-existent Word (Logos) → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Apostle John
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associatedWith |
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Gospel of John
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attributedTo |