168 A.D.

Theophilus used the word "trinity" in his letter to Autolycus. Written in Greek.

Theophilus became bishop of Antioch.

177 A.D.

A writing in Greek---Anti-Nicene Fathers

Apologia of Athenagoras presented to Roman emperors.

"Who, then, would not be ashamed to hear men speak of God the Father, and of God the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and who declare both their distinction in order."

215 A.D.

(25:1; CC2, 1195)

Tertullian.  Adversus Praxean per RB

"And so the connection of the Father, and the Son, and of the Paraclete makes three cohering  entities, one cohering from the other, which three are one entity" refers to the unity of their substance, not to the oneness of their number.

250 A.D.

The Ante-Nicene Fathers:  Translation of the Writings of the Church Fathers down to A.D. 325

CYPRIAN.  De catholicae ecclesiae unitate. (CSEL 3:215)

The LORD says "I and the Father are one" and likewise it is written of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  "And these three are one."  NOTE:  Cyprian is regarded as one "who quotes copiously and textually."  Further, the interpolation "In Christo Jesu" does not yet appear.  note:  Cyprian also quoted Acts 8:37

380A.D.

PRISCILLIAN verify here

Liber Apologeticus

As John says "and there are three which give testimony on earth, the water, the flesh the blood, and these three are in one, and there are three which give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, and these three are one in Christ Jesus."

385 A.D.

GREGORY OF NAZANZIUS

Theological Orations, His fifth oration was "On the Holy Spirit"

390A.D.

JEROME

prologue to the Canonical Epistles

"si ab interpretibus fideliter in latinum eloquium verterentur nec ambiguitatem legentibus facerent nec trinitatis unitate in prima joannis epistola positum legimus, in qua etiam, trium tantummodo vocabula hoc est aquae, sanguinis et spiritus in ipsa sua editione ponentes et patris verbique ac aspiritus testimoninum omittentes, in quo maxime et fides catholica roboratur, et patris et filii et spirtus sancti una divinitatis substantia comprobatur." note:  this manuscript also included Acts 8:37

450 A.D.

Anchor Bible; Epistle of John, 782

Contra Varimadum 1.5 (CC90,20-21)

"And there are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, The Word, and the Spirit, and these three are one."

450 A.D.

De divinis Scripturis suie Speculum

(A collection of statements and precepts drawn from the Old Latin Bible (both Old and New Testaments). It has been attributed to Augustine, but this is not likely. Aland dates it c. 427. Except in editions associated with the Alands, it is usually cited as m of the Old Latin. In Paul at least, the text seems to be generally more primitive than the European Latin of the bilingual uncials. In the Catholics, it has many links with the text of Priscillian.)

Latin MS, also known as "m"

"and there are three which give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, and these three are one."note: this manuscript also included Acts 8:37

484 A.D.

Victor of Vita

Historia persecutionis Africanae prov. 2.82[3.11], CSEL7, 60

485 A.D.

Victor Vitensis

Historia persecutionis Africanae Provinciae 3.11 in PL58, 227C per RB

"there are three which bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one."

500 A.D.

Beuron 64 known as "r".  (Sometimes labeled CODEX MONACENSIS)

CODEX FREISINGENSIS

"and the three are one which bear testimony in heaven, the Father, and the Word, and the Holy Spirit and these three are one."

527 A.D.

FULGENTIUS

(Considered, after Amiatinus, the best Vulgate manuscript.   Copied for and corrected by Victor of Capua. Italian text.    The Gospels are in the form of a harmony (probably based on an Old Latin original, and with scattered Old Latin
readings). Includes the Epistle to the Laodiceans.)

Responsio contra Arianos (Ad 10, CC 91) RB

"there are three who bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit.  And the three are one being."

527 A.D.

FULGENTIUS

Contra Fabianum (frag. 21.4:  CC 91A, 797)

"There are three who bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Son and the Spirit.  And the three are one being."

527 A.D.

FULGENTIUS

De Trinitate(1.4.1; CC91A 636), per RB

"There are three who bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, and these three are one being."

pre 550 A.D.

JEROME

prologue to the Catholic Epistles.  "Preserved in the Codex Fuldensis (PL 29, 827-31)." per RB.

Jerome writes in his prologue that the Comma (1John5:7-8) is genuine but has been omitted by unfaithful translators. Click here to read more about this.

570 A.D.

CASSIODORUS

Complexionn. in Epistt. Paulinn.

"Moreover, in heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one God."

583 A.D.

CASSIODORUS

In Epistolam S. Joannis ad Parthos. (10.5.1; PL 70, 1373A)

employs "Son" in place of "Word."  NOTE:  Cassiodorus cited the Comma in his commentary.

636 A.D.

ISIDORE of SEVILLE

Testimonia divinae Scripturae 2[PL, 83, 1203C] per RB.

"And there are three which bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, and the three are one."

650 A.D.

The Leon Palimpsest, also known as "Legionensis" or Beuron 67

CODEX PAL LEGIONENSIS

"and there are three which bear testimony in heaven, the Father, and the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one in Christ Jesus."

700 A.D.

JAQUB of EDESSA

On the Holy Eucharistic Mysteries, Syriac document

"The soul and the body and the mind which are sanctified through three holy things; through water and blood and Spirit, and through the Father and the Son and the Spirit."

735 A.D.

The year of the decease of Venerable Bede

manuscript E (also known as Basiliensis), Greek.   Located:  Basel, Switzerland.  Université Bibliothèque

note:  this manuscript also included Acts 8:37

750 A.D.

harl 2 (also known as "z2" or Harleianus)

Latin MS, Beuron 65, Latin Vulgate Bible

all the Epistles (that to the Colossians following 2 Thessalonians and 1 John 5 - Jude crowded onto one leaf.)

850 A.D.

The Ulmensis manuscript or "U"

"Caroline minuscule" hand. Includes Laodiceans. Now in the British Museum.

"Likewise, in heaven there are three, the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, and the three are one."

913 - 923 A.D.

"leon 1" or Lemovicensis (dated it in the time of Ordogno II (913-923)

Latin MS of the Cathedral of Leon

"is a specimen of the Visigoth miniscule, and contains 1 John 5:7 - 8 in varied form."

930 A.D.

Church of S. Isidore in Leon

Latin MS designated as "leon 2"

1 John 5:7 - 8 is found only in the margin.

988 A.D.

CODEX TOLETANUS or "T"

Latin MS

Note:  also contains Acts 8:37a, 8:37 b, 9:5, 9:6 and 1 John 5:7.
Along with cav, the leading representative of the Spanish text. Among the earliest witnesses for "1 John 5:7-8," which it possesses in modified form. Written in a Visigothic hand, it was not new when it was given to the see of Seville in 988.

1120 A.D.

An exposition of the Apostle's Creed

used by the Waldenses and Albigensians

"There are three that bear witness in heaven; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one."

1150 A.D.

CODEX DEMIDOVIANUS

Latin MS

Note: contained also Acts 8:37 and 1 John 5:7 - 8.

1150 A.D.

CODEX COLBERTINUS

written in Languedoc, Old Latin

Same as the Old Latin c of the Gospels. Often cited as Old Latin elsewhere, but the text is vulgate. The two sections are separately bound and in different hands. The Vulgate portion of the text is considered to be French.

1215 A.D.

Acts of the Lateran Council

Latin document

"because there are three which give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one."

1250 A.D.

CODEX PERPINIANUS or Latin p or Beuron 54

Latin "p"
(Old Latin in 1:1-13:6, 28:16-end. The text is said to be similar to the fourth century writer Gregory of Elvira, and is thought to have been written in northern Spain or southern France. )

"And there are three which bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one."  Note:  also contains Acts 8:37 etc.

1303 A.D.

The King of Armenia

Haitho or Haithom, (1224-70)

1 John 5:7 is quoted by a synod held at Sis in Armenia 37 years after the death of Haithom.

1350 A.D.

The Augsburger Bibelhandschrift

(2 Cod 3) German MS New Testament

Unique reading in that it reads neither "son" nor "word" exclusively, but rather "the son or the word."

1350 A.D.

CODEX OTTOBONIANUS (Act. 162)

At the Vatican(Greg 629), formerly known as Act. 162[dated to the 14th century per NA26]

written in Greek

1380 A.D.

Wycliffe Holy Bible

in the earliest English Versions made from the Latin Vulgate by John Wycliffe

"For thre ben that ziuen witnessing in heuen, the Fadir, the Word, or Sone, and the Hooly Goost; and thes thre ben oon.  And thre ben, that ziuen witnessing in erthe, the spirit, watir, and blood; and thes thre ben oon." note:  also contains Acts 8:37

1389 A.D.

TEPL CODEX (Teplensis)

A. Merk lists the Tepl amidst the codices veteris versiones latinae, Old latin MSS, written in Middle High German

Unlike the pre-Lutheran German Bibles, 1John5:7 is not inverted. Proof this is a non -Vulgate reading.  No scholarly work in print has ever acknowledged the Comma in the Tepl.

1400 A.D.

PAUES, ANNA C., Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version

1904, AMS reprint, 1974. Cambridge: University Press. 41

For per bep pre pat beuep wytnesse in hefne, pe Fader, & pe Sone, & pe Holy spiryt; & pese pre bep on.  & per bep pre pat beuep wytnesse in erpe, pe Spyrit, & blod, & watyr: & pese pre bep on.

1456 A.D.

Mazarin Bible

Editio princeps of printed Latin Bibles, Adam Clarke.  C.H. Turner says the terminus ad quem is supplied by a rubicator's note in a copy dated August 24, 1456

Quoniam tres sunt testimonium dant in caelo Pater, Verbum, et Spiritus Sanctus, et hii tres unum sunt.  Et tres sunt qui testimonium dant in terra.  Spiritus, aqua, et sanquis, et tres unum sunt

1466 A.D.

[G01]: pre-Lutheran German Bible

Strassburg:  Johann Mentel

Wann drey seind die gebent gezeug auf der erde, der geist, wasser, ond blut, ond dise drey seind ein.  Vnd drey seind die gebent gezeug im himel, der vatter, das wort, ond der heilig geist; ond dise drey seind ein.

1470 A.D.

[G02]: pre-Lutheran German Bible

Strassburg:  H. Eggestein

1475 A.D.

[G03]:  pre-Lutheran German Bible

Augsburg:  Gunther Zainer

wan drey seind die da gebent gezeugknub auff der erde, d'geyst, das wasser, on de blut, ond dise drey seind eins.  Vnd drey seind die da gebent gezeugknub im himel.  Der vatter, das wort, ond der heylig gist ond dise drey seind eyns.  Ob wir auffnemen.

1476 A.D.

[G04]:  pre-Lutheran German Bible

Augsburg:  Gunther Zainer

wan drey sind die da beget gezugknusb auff der erde,d' geyst, das wasser, ond das blut, und dise dry sind eins.  Vn dry sind die da gebent gezugknusz im himel.  Der vatter, das wort, ond der heylig gist ond dise drey seind eyns.  Ob wir auffnemen.

1476 A.D.

[G05]:  pre-Lutheran German Bible

Nuremberg:  Johammes Sensenschmidt & Andreas Frisner, p. xcv.

was dry sind die da gebet gezugknusz off o erde der geyst, das wasser, ond das plut, und dise dry sind eins.  Un dry sind die da gebent gezugknusz im himel Der vatter, das wort, on der heylig geyst, onnd dise dry sind eins.  Ob wir affnemen.

1477 A.D.

[G06]:  pre-Lutheran German Bible

Augsburg:  Gunther Zainer

wan drei seind die do gebent gezeugknub auff d'erd, d'geyst, de wasser on de plut, on dise drei sind eins Un drei seind die do gebent zeugknub i himel.  Der vater de wort on d'heylig geyst.  ond dise drei seind eins.  Ob wir aufneme.

1478 A.D.

[G07]:   Pre-Lutheran low-German Bible

Kolner Bible, Die Neiderdeutschen Bibelfruhdrucke, ed by Gerhard Ising(Berlin:  Akademie-Verlay, 1976, 6:623)

7. wente dre sint de dar gheuen ghetuchnisse in dem hemmel.  de vadeer. dat word, vnde de hillighe gheyst. vnde desse dre sint een.  8. Vnde dre sint de dar gheuen ghetuchnisse vp der erden. de gheyst. dat water. vnde dat bloed. vnde desse dre sint een.

1483 A.D.

[G09]: pre-Lutheran German Bible

Nurember:  Anton Koberger

wan drey sind, Sy da geben gezewgknub auff der erde, der geyst, de wasser, und daz blut, und dise drey sind eins.  Und drey sind die da geben gezewgknub im hymel.  Der vater, das wort, un der heylig geyst, on dise drey seind eins.  Ob wir aufnemen.

1485 A.D.

[G10]:  pre-Lutheran German Bible

Strassburg:  Johann Reinhard de Gruningen

Wann drey seind, die da geben gezewgknub auff der ere, d'geist das wasser, ond das Blut, onnd dise drey seind eins.  Unnd drey sind dye da geben gezewgknub imm hymel.  Der vatter das wort, ond der heilig geist, und dyse drey seind eins, Ob wir auffnemen.

1490 A.D.

[G12]:  pre-Lutheran German Bible

Augsburg:  Johann Schonsperger

wann drey sind, die da geben gezeugknub auff der erde, der geyst, das wasser, onnd auch de blutt, onnd dise drey sind eyns.  Und drey sind die da geben gezeugknub im hymmel.  Der vater, das wortt, onnd der heylige geyst, on dise drey sind eins.  Ob wir auffnemen.

1514 A.D.

Biblia Poliglota biblia Sacra, hebraice, chaldaice et graece, cum tribus interpretationibus latinus

Faks der Ausgabe 1514-1517, Madrid:  University Complutense, 1983-1984.

written in Greek

1520 A.D.

CODEX BRITANNICUS

Taken from the description of Britannicus by Dr. Dobbin, whose source is Erasmus' Apologia ad Jacobum Stunicam

written in Greek