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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Johannine community canonical 7
JohannineCommunity 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypothetical early Christian community ⓘ
scholarly construct ⓘ
associatedScholarship C. H. Dodd ⓘ
J. Louis Martyn ⓘ
Raymond E. Brown ⓘ
Rudolf Bultmann ⓘ
associatedWith Apostle John ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Johannine epistles ⓘ
surface form: Johannine Epistles
debatedIssue geographical location ⓘ
historical existence ⓘ
relationship to the Apostle John ⓘ
evidencedBy distinctive vocabulary and style ⓘ
internal features of the Gospel of John ⓘ
internal features of the Johannine Epistles ⓘ
references to secessionists in 1 John ⓘ
geographicalContext Asia Minor ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ
surface form: Ephesus (hypothesized)
identityMarkers emphasis on being "born from above" or "born of God" ⓘ
internalDynamics tensions over Christology (as inferred from 1 John) ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
relationshipToJudaism conflict with synagogue authorities (as inferred by some scholars) ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scholarlyStatus hypothetical construct inferred from texts ⓘ
scripturalInfluence Christology in Christian tradition ⓘ
New Testament theology ⓘ
pneumatology in Christian tradition ⓘ
textualCorpus First Epistle of John ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
Johannine literature ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ
surface form: Revelation (disputed)

Second Epistle of John ⓘ
Third Epistle of John ⓘ
theologicalFocus Paraclete (Holy Spirit) theology ⓘ
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 ⓘ
late first century CE ⓘ
viewOfHolySpirit God the Holy Spirit ⓘ
surface form: Paraclete

Spirit of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Spirit of truth
viewOfJesus Jesus as Lamb of God ⓘ
Jesus as Son of God ⓘ
Jesus as pre-existent Word (Logos) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle John → associatedWith → Johannine community ⓘ
Gospel of John → attributedTo → Johannine community ⓘ
Demetrius → associatedWith → Johannine community ⓘ
Johannine literature → associatedWith → Johannine community ⓘ
the elder → associatedWith → Johannine community ⓘ
Gaius → associatedWith → Johannine community ⓘ
this entity surface form: JohannineCommunity
J. Louis Martyn → hasConcept → Johannine community ⓘ
J. Louis Martyn → studiesTopic → Johannine community ⓘ