Johannine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Johannine
First recorded in 1860–65; Johann(es) + -ine 1
Example Sentences
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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
Passages of the Johannine Gospel, however, are also not wanting to which passages in Justin refer back.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
In the Johannine writings these two tendencies of hope away from the apocalyptic toward the spiritual go still further.
From Religion and the War by Various
The Pauline, Petrine, and Johannine theories, and that of the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews, are not mutually consistent, and Paul is not always consistent with himself.
From The New Theology by R. J. (Reginald John) Campbell
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
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