Johannine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Johannine
First recorded in 1860–65; Johann(es) + -ine 1
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The Pope has repeatedly asserted his support of renewal, and there is no question that he is committed to carrying out the Johannine program as he sees it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Johannine problem is an old one and a difficult one.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Archibald Thomas Robertson
It perpetuates the gospel about Jesus in the form of the Pauline and Johannine doctrine of his person, regarded as the norm and type of spiritual life.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
Johannine text here under consideration does, however, furnish a telling argument against the Pelagians, in so far as they denied the necessity of the atonement.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
But as a matter of real fact those who maintain the Johannine authorship do not venture to assert any such historical superiority.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
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