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On 1 John

Annotation CCCXLII, Trinity (1 John 5:7)

“There are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.”

Annotation CCCXLII

”There are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.” — 1 John 5:7

Trinity.

Ambrose [of Compsa] reprehends Thomas Cajetan, [in] book 1, because he doubted whether these words — containing the clearest testimony of the divine Trinity — are of the context [genuine text] of the epistle of John. See the seventh book, in the confutation of the ninth heresy, objection seven.