Johannine community
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The Johannine community is a hypothesized early Christian group traditionally linked to the Apostle John, thought to have produced the Gospel of John and related New Testament writings and to have held distinctive theological views about Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johannine community canonical | 7 |
| JohannineCommunity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404842 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Johannine community Context triple: [Apostle John, associatedWith, Johannine community]
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Nazarene movement
The Nazarene movement was an early 19th-century German Romantic art movement of painters who sought to revive the spirituality and stylistic purity of late medieval and early Renaissance Christian art.
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Essenes
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church in Smyrna
The church in Smyrna was an early Christian congregation in the ancient city of Smyrna, praised in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation for its faithfulness amid persecution.
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Community of Christ
Community of Christ is a Christian denomination within the Latter-day Saint movement known for its emphasis on peace, justice, and continuing revelation, and for being the second-largest church originating from the teachings of Joseph Smith.
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United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing
The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, is a Christian religious sect founded in 18th-century England and developed in America, noted for its communal living, celibacy, pacifism, and distinctive furniture and craftsmanship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Johannine community Target entity description: The Johannine community is a hypothesized early Christian group traditionally linked to the Apostle John, thought to have produced the Gospel of John and related New Testament writings and to have held distinctive theological views about Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
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A.
Nazarene movement
The Nazarene movement was an early 19th-century German Romantic art movement of painters who sought to revive the spirituality and stylistic purity of late medieval and early Renaissance Christian art.
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B.
Essenes
The Essenes were an ascetic Jewish sect of the Second Temple period, often linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls and known for their communal lifestyle, strict purity laws, and apocalyptic beliefs.
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C.
church in Smyrna
The church in Smyrna was an early Christian congregation in the ancient city of Smyrna, praised in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation for its faithfulness amid persecution.
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D.
Community of Christ
Community of Christ is a Christian denomination within the Latter-day Saint movement known for its emphasis on peace, justice, and continuing revelation, and for being the second-largest church originating from the teachings of Joseph Smith.
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E.
United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing
The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, is a Christian religious sect founded in 18th-century England and developed in America, noted for its communal living, celibacy, pacifism, and distinctive furniture and craftsmanship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hypothetical early Christian community
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scholarly construct ⓘ |
| associatedScholarship |
C. H. Dodd
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J. Louis Martyn ⓘ Raymond E. Brown ⓘ Rudolf Bultmann ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle John
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Book of Revelation ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Johannine epistles ⓘ
surface form:
Johannine Epistles
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| debatedIssue |
geographical location
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historical existence ⓘ relationship to the Apostle John ⓘ |
| evidencedBy |
distinctive vocabulary and style
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internal features of the Gospel of John ⓘ internal features of the Johannine Epistles ⓘ references to secessionists in 1 John ⓘ |
| geographicalContext |
Asia Minor
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Ephesus ⓘ
surface form:
Ephesus (hypothesized)
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| identityMarkers | emphasis on being "born from above" or "born of God" ⓘ |
| internalDynamics | tensions over Christology (as inferred from 1 John) ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| relationshipToJudaism | conflict with synagogue authorities (as inferred by some scholars) ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyStatus | hypothetical construct inferred from texts ⓘ |
| scripturalInfluence |
Christology in Christian tradition
ⓘ
New Testament theology ⓘ pneumatology in Christian tradition ⓘ |
| textualCorpus |
First Epistle of John
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Gospel of John ⓘ Johannine literature ⓘ Book of Revelation ⓘ
surface form:
Revelation (disputed)
Second Epistle of John ⓘ Third Epistle of John ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus |
Paraclete (Holy Spirit) theology
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dualism of light and darkness ⓘ high Christology ⓘ incarnation of the Logos ⓘ love commandment ⓘ mutual indwelling of Father and Son ⓘ pre-existence of Christ ⓘ realized eschatology ⓘ witness and testimony ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early second century CE
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late first century CE ⓘ |
| viewOfHolySpirit |
God the Holy Spirit
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surface form:
Paraclete
Spirit of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Spirit of truth
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| viewOfJesus |
Jesus as Lamb of God
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Jesus as Son of God ⓘ Jesus as pre-existent Word (Logos) ⓘ |
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Subject: Johannine community Description of subject: The Johannine community is a hypothesized early Christian group traditionally linked to the Apostle John, thought to have produced the Gospel of John and related New Testament writings and to have held distinctive theological views about Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Referenced by (8)
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