Yielding to the Prejudices of His Times

In 1516, Desiderius Erasmus published the first Greek New Testament. Almost immediately, it became embroiled in controversy and Erasmus was accused of heresy because of critical decisions he made about the text. The most controversial was his decision to not include 1John 5,7, the so-called Comma Jo...

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Main Author: Whitford, David M. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Church history and religious culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-40
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Erasmus, Desiderius 1466-1536, Bible. Neues Testament (Novum instrumentum) / Criticism / John / Arianism
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KDH Christian sects
Further subjects:B Desiderius Erasmus heresy John Johannine Comma Luther Novum Instrumentum Novum Testamentum biblical criticism Jacobus Hoogstraaten text criticism Edward Lee Pope Leo X Diet of Worms
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Summary:In 1516, Desiderius Erasmus published the first Greek New Testament. Almost immediately, it became embroiled in controversy and Erasmus was accused of heresy because of critical decisions he made about the text. The most controversial was his decision to not include 1John 5,7, the so-called Comma Johanneum, which was used as a defense of the Trinity. This essay examines the ways in which Erasmus attempted to protect himself and his New Testament from heresy charges as he revised it for its second edition. Then, it offers a further contextualization for why those attempts failed. Erasmus reinserted 1John 5,7 in his third edition.
ISSN:1871-2428
Contains:In: Church history and religious culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09501001