Yielding to the Prejudices of His Times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21198197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Whitford (0000-0001-6262-7720, Baylor University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-40 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History and Religious Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1871-241X • E-ISSN: 1871-2428 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18712428-09501001 |
| OpenAlex | W849970397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
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
Art · Art history · Church History · Contextualization · Erasmus · Heresy · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Literature · New Testament · Political science · The Renaissance · Theology · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Theology and Canon Law Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |