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
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
Now the Johannine Gospel indeed utilizes considerable Synoptic materials, and does not, as St. Paul, restrict itself to the Passion and Resurrection.
From Progress and History by Francis Sydney Marvin
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 Archibald Thomas Robertson
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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