Comma Johannine

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I came across these sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_Johanneum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderius_Erasmus…
It has also been noted that the early fathers of the church do not quote this verse as it is. Do you know of any church father (preferably before the 16th century as this…
Supposing that this verse is not original (as I cannot find it in either Greek nor Coptic translations), why is it that the church includes it in the lectionary of the…

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