Does the Johannine Comma of 1 John 5:7 teach the Trinitarian doctrine of Modalism or Tritheism?
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*Above: Arian Unity, Tritheist Trinity, & Modalist Trinity*
1 John 5:7-8 ESV
> **[]**
> For there are three that testify **[]**: the Spirit and the water and the
> blood; and these three agree.
1 John 5:7-8 NKJV
> **[For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word,
> and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.]** And there are three that
> bear witness **[on earth]**: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these
> three agree as one.
The Johannine Comma or Johannine Gloss, the inserted portion of 1 John 5:7, only appears in published Bibles after the year 1520—thanks to the efforts of the Roman Catholic translator Erasmus.
Does the Johannine Comma found in 1 John 5:7 teach the Trinitarian doctrine of Modalism or Tritheism?
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