Johannine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Johannine
First recorded in 1860–65; Johann(es) + -ine 1
Example Sentences
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What gave these ideas freshness and new life is the warm, open Johannine spirit�the willingness to reach beyond the frontiers of Catholic doctrine and bring the church into dialogue with the modern world.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Apostolic or non-apostolic, Johannine or Corinthian, we accept it or reject it for itself, and not for its writer.
From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood
The first point which must have struck any attentive reader, must have been the singular difference of the language of Justin, and the absence of the characteristic peculiarities of the Johannine Gospel.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard
Dr. C. F. Burney's theory of an Aramaic original is already giving a new turn to Johannine criticism.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas
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