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Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition. Religious texts...

texts Canonization of Islamic scripture Avesta or Zoroastrian scriptures Yazidi holy texts Hindu scriptures Sikh scriptures or Adi Granth aka Guru Granth...

Sola scriptura (Church Latin for 'by scripture alone') is a Christian theological doctrine held by most Protestant Christian denominations, in particular...

poetry, letters, prophecies, and other genres. The religious texts, or scriptures, were compiled by different religious communities into various official...

(/miːˈkrɑː/; מִקְרָא, miqrāʾ), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah (lit. 'Teaching' or 'Instruction'; the five books...

The doctrine of the clarity of Scripture (often called the perspicuity of Scripture) is a Protestant Christian position teaching that "...those things...

Look up scripture or Scripture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scripture is that portion of literature deemed authoritative for establishing instructions...

The Secret Scripture is a 2016 Irish film, directed by Jim Sheridan from a screenplay by Sheridan and Johnny Ferguson, which is based on the 2008 novel...

John Calvin believed that Scripture is necessary for human understanding of God's revelation, that it is the equivalent of direct revelation, and that...

Scripture in Song is a Christian music recording and publishing brand that was created in 1968 by married couple Dale and David Garratt in Auckland, New...

Scripture Union (SU) is an international, interdenominational, evangelical Christian organisation. It was founded in 1867, and works in partnership with...

"by Grace alone through faith alone on the basis of Scripture alone", the doctrine that scripture is the final authority on all matters of faith. This...

principal Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth (First Scripture), more commonly called the Guru Granth Sahib. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs...

Hebrew Bible), together with the New Testament constitutes the sacred scripture of Christianity. The New Testament is a collection of 27 Christian texts...

inerrancy with biblical infallibility or with the necessary clarity of scripture; others do not. The Catholic Church also holds a limited belief in biblical...

The Secret Scripture is a 2008 novel written by Irish writer Sebastian Barry. The main character is an old woman, Roseanne McNulty, who now resides in...

Edward Wheeler Scripture (21 May 1864 – 31 July 1945) was an American physician and psychologist. He founded the experimental psychology laboratory at...

texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda...

Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism...

Manichaean scripture includes nine main books: the Seven Treatises of Manichaeism, all personally written by Mani in Syriac, the Shabuhragan written by...

Doctrine of Scripture, is a branch of systematic theology that deals with the nature, character, and authority of the Bible. The Doctrine of Scripture includes...

pronounced [ɡʊɾuː ɡɾənt̪ʰᵊ säː(ɦ)(ɪ)bᵊ(˦)]) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru...

Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL; Latin: Licentia in Sacra Scriptura) is a canonical second-cycle academic degree in Biblical Studies conferred by...

The Incomplete scripture of Manichaeism was discovered by British archaeologist Aurel Stein in Mogao Caves. The Tang Dynasty Manichean Dunhuang Manuscripts...

senses of scripture: the literal and the spiritual. The literal sense of understanding scripture is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture. The spiritual...

Earl Wayne Scripture (November 20, 1941 – November 11, 2018), known as Bill or Billy Scripture, was an American outfielder, third baseman, manager and...

comprise the sunnah). The Islamic holy books are a number of religious scriptures that are regarded by Muslims as having valid divine significance, in that...

The Scripture of the Golden Eternity is a book of 66 prose poems written by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac, first published in 1960 by Corinth...

(1666–1708), named the Guru Granth Sahib, which is the central religious scripture in Sikhism, as his successor. This brought the line of human gurus to...

The Catholic theology of scripture represents the Church's evolving discernment of the unchanging revealed truth found in the deposit of faith, as formally...

Nuda scriptura, ("bare scripture"), also called Solo Scriptura, is a term used by evangelicals to describe the view that scripture is the only rule of faith...

The Divine Incantations Scripture is the oldest-known Chinese classic text that details an apocalypse. The earliest portions of the book have been traced...

Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" (Chinese: 冒險王; Cantonese Yale: Mo him wong; lit. 'Adventure King'; released in the Philippines as Adventurer...

This Christian fundamentalist and evangelical hermeneutical approach to scripture is used extensively by fundamentalist Christians, in contrast to the historical-critical...

theology. According to this theological position, sacred Tradition and Scripture form one deposit, so sacred Tradition is a foundation of the doctrinal...

In Christianity, the four senses of Scripture is a four-level method of interpreting the Bible. The four senses are literal, allegorical, moral and anagogical...

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT, also simply NW) is a translation of the Bible published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society;...

Canonized Islamic scripture are texts which Muslims believe were revealed by God through various prophets throughout humanity's history—specifically the...

and communication over scriptures. Some rōshis (Zen teachers), go so far as to instruct their pupils to tear up their scriptures. However, sometimes the...

loose series, with The Holy Tablets in both the "Classic Series" and "Scripture Series", though it is unclear when they started this method of categorization...

polity, the use of the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants as scripture, belief in the cause of Zion, the building of temples, and adherence to...

Sacred Scripture alone that the Church draws her certainty about everything which has been revealed. Therefore both sacred tradition and Sacred Scripture are...

Abraham, with some rejecting and some accepting the text as inspired scripture. The book contains several doctrines that are distinct to Mormonism, such...

knowledge of God's word. In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word. Traditionally, Lectio...

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is, along with the Bible, one of two central texts of the Christian Science religion....

Latter Day Saint movement reject some of the Standard Works or add other scriptures, such as the Book of the Law of the Lord and The Word of the Lord Brought...

Open Scripture Information Standard (OSIS) is an XML application (or schema), that defines tags for marking up Bibles, theological commentaries, and other...

called Sruti are broadly considered as core scriptures of Hinduism, but beyond the Sruti, the list of scriptures vary by the scholar. Several lists include...

regard the commandments and doctrines within the Old and New Testament scriptures as authoritative over humans' belief and conduct; the extent to which...

core of the divine sharia because they are specified by the letter of scripture rather than by human interpreters. Modern Islamists have often rejected...

entities Amesha Spentas Yazatas Mithra Ahuras Daevas Fravashi Angra Mainyu Scripture and worship Zoroastrian literature Avesta Ashem Vohu Ahuna Vairya Yenghe...

Catechism. A version without Scripture citations was completed on 25 November 1647 and presented to the Long Parliament, and Scripture citations were added on...

The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance is a collection of essays by the Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye. The collection was...

Sewall-Scripture House, is a historic house museum in Rockport, Massachusetts that is owned by the Sandy Bay Historical Society. The Sewall Scripture Museum...

terms "scripture" and "canonical" are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars: for example, one authority refers to "scriptures and...

Though Zen is said to be based on a "special transmission outside scriptures" which "did not stand upon words", the Zen-tradition has a rich doctrinal...

Scriptures is an instrumental collective from Seattle, Washington. The outfit performs ambient, post-rock music with a focus on layered melodies and shifting...

Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. "Alpha and Omega (in Scripture)" in the Catholic Encyclopedia at New Advent "Alpha and Omega" at the...

Gelasian Decree, the Council of Rome (382 AD) defined a list of books of scripture as canonical. It included most of the deuterocanonical books. Patristic...

worship in the Church can include those elements that are not prohibited by Scripture. Historically, regulative meant simply obeying direct instructions, whereas...

and Scholarship (formerly known as "Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture") is a nonprofit, peer-reviewed, and educational academic journal published...

the mid-twentieth century recovery of Patristic methods of interpreting scripture by scholars such as Henri de Lubac. This recovery was given further impetus...

A lection, also called the lesson, is a reading from scripture in liturgy. In many Christian denominations, the readings of the day are appointed in the...

The Scriptures was Christian Death's fifth album and is seen as an essay on comparative world religions. The liner notes state that the work is "a translation...

Online book Patrick Fairbairn The Typology of Scripture, 1859 Catholic Encyclopedia: Types in Scripture Jewish Encyclopedia: ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION...

previous films included Philomena (2013), Mammal (2016), and The Secret Scripture (2016). McGuigan was born in Newry, Northern Ireland on 4 January 1986...

Haridwar (Hindi: हरिद्वार) finds mention in numerous scriptures (religious texts) and manuscripts of antiquity, as well as in various historical texts...

1932 until 2000 the holidays were nominally run under the auspices of Scripture Union, but in practice ran independently, with funding from the Iwerne...

Studies in the Scriptures is a series of six volumes intended as a Bible study aid, significant to the Bible Student movement and the early history of...

and asserts that scripture must govern over church traditions and interpretations which are themselves held to be subject to scripture. All church traditions...

distinguishes the various terms used to describe Jewish and Christian scripture. Several terms refer to the same material, although sometimes rearranged...

Prima scriptura (Church Latin for 'scripture first') is the Christian doctrine that canonized scripture is "first" or "above all other" sources of authority...

Tzitzit (Hebrew: צִיצִית ṣīṣīṯ, [tsiˈtsit]; plural צִיצִיּוֹת ṣīṣiyyōṯ, Ashkenazi: tsitsis; and Samaritan: ࠑࠉࠑࠉࠕ‎ ṣeṣet) are specially knotted ritual fringes...

Part of a series on Hindu scriptures and texts Shruti Smriti List Vedas Rigveda Samaveda Yajurveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads...

biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or authenticity. In Christianity...

breathing out the object (scripture). Theologian C. H. Dodd suggests that it is "probably to be rendered" as: "Every inspired Scripture is also useful". Daniel...

An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture is a dissertation by the English mathematician and scholar Isaac Newton. This was sent in...

which the entire sacrifice is consumed totally by fire. When the Jewish scriptures were translated into the Koine Greek Septuagint, the translators used...

Holy Emperor Guan's True Scripture to Awaken the World (關聖帝君覺世真經) is a Taoist classic, believed to be written by Lord Guan himself during a Fuji session...

Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture (until 1991 the Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture) is a chair in theology, particular...

infallibility, while evangelical churches emphasized the infallibility of Scripture. Both movements combined theological claims with ideological resistance...

Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (仁王護國般若波羅蜜經), more idiomatically the Prajnaparamita Scripture for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect their States. Both sutras are found...

version was produced by Catholics and reflects a Catholic understanding of scripture, in accordance with the prescriptions of Catholic canon law, and is often...

honor is recorded in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as in the Hebrew scriptures. It was a common custom among the ancient Hebrews and continued among...

Jayate (transl. Truth Alone Triumphs) is a part of a mantra from the Hindu scripture Mundaka Upanishad. Following the independence of India, it was adopted...

Synopsis of Holy Scripture or Synopsis Scripturae Sacrae is an early Christian text in Greek, which has been falsely attributed to Athanasius. The writing...

of the Christian faith was revealed in "scripture" as the sole foundational source. The centrality of scripture was so important for Wesley that he called...

religious traditions that we have come to call Hindu. Upanishads are the scriptures par excellence of Hinduism. — Patrick Olivelle Shrutis have been considered...

of Hebrew Scripture: The Talmudic and Midrashic Evidence (Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1976), 14-15. Leiman, The Canonization of Hebrew Scripture: The Talmudic...

Hidden Talisman Classic'), or Yinfujing, is a circa 8th century CE Daoist scripture associated with Chinese astrology and Neidan-style Internal alchemy. In...

The Pāḷi Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete...

Origin of the Bible, ([1]) (1899) How to Pray, (E-text) (1900) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, (1900) How to Promote and Conduct a Successful Revival, (1901)...

term was used to denote beings of cultural folklore which predate use in scripture. Equivalents for Avestan daeva in Iranian languages include Pashto, Balochi...

Providentissimus Deus, "On the Study of Holy Scripture", was an encyclical letter issued by Pope Leo XIII on 18 November 1893. In it, he reviewed the...

the Vimalakīrti Scripture, the Huayan Scripture, the Mahāsamnipata-sūtra, the Foshuo Foming Scripture 佛說佛名經, the Lankāvatāra scripture and the Faju jing...

the Latter Day Saint movement typically regard the text primarily as scripture (sometimes as one of four standard works) and secondarily as a record...

believers in biblical prophecy engage in exegesis and hermeneutics of scriptures which they believe contain descriptions of global politics, natural disasters...

shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His follow-up novel, 2008's The Secret Scripture, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Costa Book of the Year and...

Spectrum. Ehrman, Bart D. (2003). Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195141832...

Bhagavad Gītā (Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, "Song of God"), an important Hindu scripture. It was first published in 1944 with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley...

of biblical exegesis and one of the Four senses of Scripture. The Christian Four Senses of Scripture are literal, allegorical/typological, tropological...

(Chinese: 孔雀王咒經; pinyin: Kǒngquè Wáng Zhòujīng), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture focused on the bodhisattva Mahamayuri, also known as the Great Peacock...

in the Holy Scriptures), according to the list by Braulio of Zaragoza, is a treatise on the symbolism of numbers within the Holy Scriptures, attributed...

brother, who has turned evil and women like due to learning the Maiden scripture and then formed his own Maiden Force cult. In order to stop his former...

MyBible (formerly known as Scripture) is a Bible study eBook application for Palm OS. MyBible started off on the Newton as The Message (not related to...

use of reason ('aql) in interpreting Islamic scripture. Neo-Mu'tazilite understanding of Islamic scripture has included de-emphasising the authoritative...

Saints (LDS Church), which teaches that the Book of Mormon is sacred scripture alongside the Bible. The journal was a venue for new scholarship from...

the Kojiki and the Kogo Shūi. No longer seen as scripture. These books are sometimes considered scripture Engishiki Fudoki Manyoshu Ritsuryo codes Rikkokushi...

scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages...

values, and his treatise has been called Ulaga Podhu Marai (the universal scripture). The Kural is structured into 133 chapters, each containing 10 couplets...

It is also one of the sixty-four Gitas commonly referred to in Hindu scriptures Gita means "song", Devi is the sanskrit word for "Goddess"; the masculine...

According to Jain tradition, the teachings that form the basis of their scriptures are eternal. It is believed that in each universal time cycle, twenty-four...

by people like Devadatta and Judas Iscariot. The canon of Manichaean scripture included seven works originally written in Syriac and attributed to Mani...

reader or lector is the person responsible for reading aloud excerpts of scripture at a liturgy. In early Christian times the reader was of particular value...

thought, suitable for public reading from a text, now usually of sacred scripture. The term can also be used as a way to identify certain themes in a chapter...

books or "scriptures": one about Hell (Scricciura Negra, "Black Scripture"), one about the Passion of Christ (Scricciura Rossa, "Red Scripture") and one...

released until 2018. He followed that with small roles in The Secret Scripture (2016) and in a single episode of season 5 of Game of Thrones. The same...

and the "spirit". He states that many of the events recounted in the Scriptures, if interpreted in the literal, or fleshly, sense, are impossible or nonsensical...

Prem Granth (transl. Scripture of love) is an Indian Hindi-language film which was released in India on 24 May 1996. Directed by Rajiv Kapoor, the movie...

Mahāyāna Buddhism accepts the main scriptures and teachings of early Buddhism but also recognizes various scriptures that are not accepted by Theravāda...

as a whole, and Catholicism. The faith of Anglicans is founded in the Scriptures and the Gospels, the traditions of the Apostolic Church, the historical...

views of Mary's role that they perceive as being in accordance with the Scriptures. The Confessions of the Lutheran Churches have taught the virgin birth...

works 2 Enoch and 3 Enoch. 1 Enoch is not considered to be canonical scripture by most movements of Judaism or branches of Christianity, although it...

authoritative directives and interpretation, as well as part of Baháʼí scripture. He, along with The Báb and Baháʼu'lláh, is considered one of the "Central...

Azathoth praises the Lovecraftian pantheon and renounces/mocks the Christian scripture. . . . The Book of Eibon, that strangest and rarest of occult forgotten...

Released in 1998, Scripture: No Word Needed is the first album of a solo project called Scripture by French Canadian composer Jean-Pierre Isaac. It received...

that more meaning can be found within scripture than the original human authors intended and so the study of scripture that isolates a particular book and...

Remnants" movement, and several of his teachings have been canonized as scripture. Snuffer grew up in a devout Baptist household in Mountain Home, Idaho...

dynasty found in the Buddhist scripture cave of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll Incomplete scripture of Manichaeism Manichaean...

interpretation, to theological texts with theological means, particularly to scripture. Christian theological hermeneutics dates from Philo and Origen, and Reformers...

block containing the characters invented by Saint Cyril for translating scripture into Slavonic. Glagolitic script is the precursor of Cyrillic. The following...

The Mundhum (also known as Peylan) is the ancient religious scripture and folk literature of Kirat Mundhum, the indigenous religion of the Kirati peoples...

Reads Scripture: Allusion in Isaiah 40-66, The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel, and Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and...

Xiang'er Zuowanglun Yunji Qiqian Wuzhen pian Holy Emperor Guan's True Scripture to Awaken the World Treatise On the Response of the Tao The Kojiki The...

[citation needed] Methods by which the Talmud explores the meaning of scripture: grammar and exegesis the interpretation of certain words and letters...

formed part of the intellectual background to the council's teaching on scripture in Dei verbum. In the decades before Vatican II, several Catholic theologians...

Special Issue on Mulla Sadra (2010) The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra (SUNY Press, 2012) (Winner of Iran's 21st International...

honey. The Waaqeffanna religion historically did not produce a canonized scripture. The religion was traditionally practiced in a decentralized and oral...

of comparing scripture with scripture is important for determining correct biblical doctrine. Formulating a doctrine on a single scripture and ignoring...

in a short text that appears in Dunhuang manuscripts (DH31, 32), the Scripture of the Ten Precepts (Shíjiè jīng 十戒經). The precepts are the classical...

Upanishad (Adhyātma) or Adhyatmopanishad is one of the 108 Upanishadic Hindu scriptures, written in Sanskrit. It is one of the 19 Upanishads under the Shukla...

"mythological paradigm" that members initially partake of through Scientology's scriptures. He notes, however, that some Scientologists do not believe that there...

Family Scriptures is the debut studio album by American hip hop collective Mo Thugs. It was released on November 5, 1996, via Mo Thugs/Relativity Records...

secret) is a Tantric scripture from Bengal that deals with the story of Radha-Krishna in the backdrop of Vrindavan. The scripture is written in the Sanskrit...

and 10th century CE. While the Puranas do not enjoy the authority of a scripture in Hinduism and are considered Smritis, they shaped Hinduism more than...

and finds mention in the epic Mahabharata and other Hindu scriptures. Various Hindu scriptures refer to the personification of the Himalayas by different...

Summa contra Gentiles (1259–1265), and numerous commentaries on Christian Scripture and on Aristotle. He is also known for his Eucharistic hymns, which form...

means "Letter Collection". They have been long known among Manichaean scriptures They were originally written during the years of Mani’s public mission...

publication now in the public domain: Cotter, Anthony Charles (1913). "Wells in Scripture". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert...

Sandalphṓn) is an archangel in Jewish and Christian writings, although not in scripture. Sandalphon figures prominently in the mystical literary traditions of...

The position of Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture was established at the University of Oxford in 1847. This professorship in...

'builder-craftsman'. The Gospels indicate that Jesus could read, paraphrase, and debate scripture, but this does not necessarily mean that he received formal scribal training...

practice is also known as Kirat Veda, Kirat-Ko Veda. The primary religious scripture of Kiratism is the Mundhum. According to some scholars, such as Tom Woodhatch...

of Christian theology by opposing Gnostic interpretations of Christian Scripture and defending orthodoxy. Originating from Smyrna, he had seen and heard...

Psalms and Prayers is one of the Seven Scriptures of Mani. This scripture is transliterated as "Afuyin Bu" (阿拂胤部) in Chinese, which is derived from Medieval...

Greek Scriptures may refer to: The New Testament A translation of any Scripture into the Greek language, but especially the Septuagint translation of...

In biblical interpretation, a prooftext is a passage of scripture presented as proof for a theological doctrine, belief, or principle. Prooftexting (sometimes...

is a Sanskrit term, referring to the four most important verses from a scripture, usually Bhagavad-gita or Bhagavata Purana spoken directly by Svayam bhagavan...

sarabalōha grantha, literally 'Scripture of Pure Iron'), also called Manglacharan Puran or Sri Manglacharan Ji, is a voluminous scripture, composed of more than...

also in Calvinist doctrine) efficacy is an attribute of Scripture. The efficacy of Scripture means that it is united with the power of the Holy Spirit...

interpres, 'scripture interprets/informs scripture') The principle of non-contradiction. (1) That God cannot contradict the scripture, (2) that scripture when...

a now lost Paulician treatise, which also became an important Cathar scripture. The book was translated into Latin and introduced to Italy in the late...

seminary of the international Unification Church. Wilson edited World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts (published 1991), a comparative...

worshiping by Sari Hor Hopon.[citation needed] Jomsim Binti is another notable scripture which reveals the appraisal of the supreme deity Marang Buru, Jaher Ayo...

(教祖伝) and Kami e no Michi (神への道)) Holy Scripture: the Garden of Zenrin (［聖経］善隣の園, Seikyō Zenrin no Sono) Holy Scripture: the Book of Heaven (［聖経］天の巻, Seikyō...

The word may also assume the meaning of a codified scripture when mentioned with other scriptures such as the Torah and Gospel. The term also has closely...

certainly advocated "the supremacy of scripture over tradition", no reformer adopted his view that every verse in Scripture was in some way literally true....

exoteric (zāhir) and an inner, esoteric [wikt] (bāṭin) meaning in Islamic scriptures. The term has been used in particular for an allegoristic type of scriptural...

2008 Egyptian film Hassan wa Morcus and the 2016 Irish film The Secret Scripture. When he became an actor, his grandfather said to him: "I gave you my...

Hindu scripture Mahabharata identifies Arjuna with Nara, and Krishna with Narayana. The legend of Nara-Narayana is also told in the scripture Bhagavata...

and "being formed and animated by the inspirational power conveyed by Scripture". In Evangelical Protestantism, the time set aside to engage in personal...

record of oral revelations given by Izo Iburi. It is one of the three scriptures (sangenten 三原典) of Tenrikyo, along with the Ofudesaki ("The Tip of the...

most comprehensive, and the most beautifully arrayed of the Buddhist scriptures." The Buddhāvataṃsaka describes a cosmos of infinite realms upon realms...

("disputed writings"); while some early Christians regarded it as sacred scripture, others excluded it. Eusebius of Caesarea classified it with excluded...

and Clara M. (Johnson) Owen. On December 6, 1890, he married Hattie Scripture in Milo. They had two children. In 1896, he graduated from the University...

God only through divine revelation, he believed, leading him to view scripture as increasingly important. There are two stories told of Luther's sudden...

the reading of scripture; the second discusses the church's disobedience (of God) in teaching ecclesiastical law rather than scripture. The book proper...

Certain medieval theologians describe four methods of interpreting the scriptures: literal/historical, tropological/moral, allegorical/typological, and...

Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1998. Strauss, Mark L. Distorting Scripture?: The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracy. InterVarsity Press...

ancient body of scripture mentioned in the Quran, once each in Surah Al-Aʻlā and Surah An-Najm. They are part of the religious scriptures of Islam. In two...

are found elsewhere in the Scriptures than 1 John 5. Griesbach counters that Cyprian is here not quoting from Scripture, but giving his own allegorical...

is a Buddhist scripture, is the 11th of the 34 suttas of the Digha Nikaya (long discourses collection) of the Pali Canon. The scripture takes its name...

Śūraṃgamasamādhisūtra, The Concentration of Heroic Progress: An Early Mahayana Buddhist Scripture, originally titled in French as La concentration de la marche héroïque...

position of biblical inerrancy against a trend toward liberal conceptions of Scripture. The subsequent November 1982 Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics...

4). The term Midrash is also used of a rabbinic work that interprets Scripture in that manner. Such works contain early interpretations and commentaries...

Then, in 1708, the tenth guru passed the guruship on to the holy Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, which is now considered the living guru by the followers...

cases of Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael whose names are contained in Holy Scripture". List of angels in theology Andes, Arjelette (2024-06-19). "Archangel...

Retrieved 2025-12-27. "Cook Purchases Scripture Press". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13. "Cook Purchases Scripture Press". ChristianityToday.com....

sent three more clerks to bring "The Gospel of Life" And the other two scriptures to Malada. Morada continued Patig's mission and continued to preach in...

In India, the concept has been part of Hindu religious philosophy and scripture since at least the Vishnu Purana, dating from the post-Vedic era. Beginning...

Contemplative practices range from simple prayerful meditation of holy scripture (i.e. Lectio Divina) to contemplation on the presence of God, resulting...

to paint historical monuments and scriptures. It also showcases the historic Ajanta caves and the beautiful scriptures on the walls of the caves depicting...

composite text ascribed to King Solomon but not regarded as canonical scripture by Jews or Christian groups. It was written in the Greek language, based...

The Supaṇṇa Saṃyutta is a Buddhist scripture of the Pali Canon. It is the 30th Saṃyutta in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, placed in the Khandha Vaggasaṃyutta. The...

was the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and a figure in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions. David may also refer to: David (1951 film) David...

because it is an accurate presentation of what scripture teaches. It teaches that Jesus is the center of scripture and the only way to eternal salvation, and...

(ratnatraya): samyak darśana, (right vision or faith in the Jain teachings or scriptures, more specifically the seven tattvas); samyak gyana, (right knowledge...

Protestantism to other religions, and has undermined the relationship among Scripture, church tradition, and individual believers as set forth by the early...

Fielding McConkie (3 April 1941–10 October 2013) was a professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU) and an author or co-author of over 25...

College, Maynooth where he earned an H.Dip. in Education. He also studied scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He gained PhD in Biblical...

 'God's song'), often referred to as the Gita (IAST: Gītā), is a Hindu scripture, likely composed in the second or first century BCE, which forms part...

Targums — Aramaic paraphrases, explanations and expansions of the Hebrew scriptures. During the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, which began around 600 BC...

transliteration: Sifr al-asrar), is one of the Seven Scriptures of Manichaeism. This scripture is transliterated in Chinese as "阿罗瓒部" (Āluózànbù) in...

Old Slavonic recensions. It is not regarded as scripture by Jews or Christians, but it was a scripture for the now-extinct Bogomil sect. The text of the...

North Wiltshire Samyutta Nikaya or SN, a Buddhist scripture Sutta Nipata or Sn, a Buddhist scripture .sn, the country-code top level domain of Senegal...

a field of intellectual inquiry dedicated to the exposition of Hindu scriptures (such as the Vedas or Āgamas), devotional texts (ex. the Nālāyira Divya...

supporting Christianity, and Secretum quotes them more frequently than scripture. Petrarca, Francesco (1342–1353). Secretum [Petrarch's Secret or the Soul's...

she has been Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford. Previously, she was Director of the Centre...

scavenger birds. A corpse is considered a host for decay or druj, and scripture enjoins that it be disposed in a manner that does not pollute the good...

Romans. Calvin presented his own distinctive method of the hermeneutics of Scripture in his Commentary on the Epistle of Paul, the Apostle, to the Romans....

by Mary Baker Eddy, the author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and founder of Christian Science. According to Eddy, the church was founded...

and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2014. Rowland was born on 21...

Book of Daniel and in numerous other prophetic passages in the Hebrew scriptures, and also in the Talmud, particularly Tractate Avodah Zarah. The idea...

accordance with the scriptures and that he was buried and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures and that he appeared...

(2016). Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels. Baylor University Press. ISBN 9781481305242. ——— (2020). Reading with the Grain of Scripture. Grand Rapids, Michigan:...

of Thomas Cranmer, particularly Cranmer's doctrines of repentance and scripture, and his influence on the English Reformation. Null's capsule summary...

to print scriptures in Chinese. As of 1934 American Bible Society had spent $2,897,383 distributing nearly 70 million volumes of Scripture in China....

Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Her doctoral dissertation Franz Rosenzweig and scripture was supervised by Arnold Eisen. She was the 2004-2005 Hazel D. Cole Fellow...

Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD) that the Greek translation of the Jewish scriptures was called by the Latin term Septuaginta. The Roman numeral LXX (seventy)...

Ghosā), also known as Hajari Ghosa and Ghosha Sastra, is a Vaishnavite scripture composed by Madhavdeva (c. 1568–1596), the foremost disciple of Sankardeva...

Commentary on Scripture series, Associate editor with Thomas C. Oden (InterVarsity Press, Ongoing) Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: The Gospel...

2006 and have three daughters. From 2013 to 2023, McClellan worked as scripture translation supervisor for the LDS Church. According to McClellan, he...

related to Altar. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Altar. "Altars (in scripture)". Catholic Encyclopedia – via newadvent.org. "History of the Christian...

accused Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians of eisegesis for viewing Scripture through Holy Tradition, and may accuse Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians...

It consists of four books that describe how to interpret and teach the Scriptures. The first three of these books were published in 397 and the fourth added...

fellowship based on a common, conservative commitment to the inerrancy of Scripture. As of 2011, it had approximately 2,300 affiliated churches. The earliest...

involves the precise recitation and flow (rhythm) of the Gurbani (Sikh scripture) that is being recited. Color codes to stop and pause, known as vishraams...

Sikh scripture are known as a Sampardai Steek/Teeka (Gurmukhi: ਸੰਪ੍ਰਦਾਈ ਟੀਕਾ/ਸਟੀਕ) and usually includes more detailed exegesis of Sikh Scripture. According...

Crisis (1970) and applied it in Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (1979). This latter book has been described as "one of the most discussed...

The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) is a twenty-nine volume set of commentaries on the Bible published by InterVarsity Press. It is a...

silent; quiet; peaceful; calm; tranquil", and jing 經 "(fabric) warp; scripture; canon; classic". The first Chinese character qing 淸 has the "water" radical...

conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of...

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, have been collected and assembled into a canon of Baháʼí scriptures. This collection also includes works by the Báb, who is regarded as Baháʼu'lláh's...

conflict. This principle is rooted in various statements in the Bahá'í scriptures. Some scholars have argued that ideas in the philosophy of science resonate...

Mission was the original name, from 1867, of the organisation now called Scripture Union. Begun by Thomas 'Pious' Hughes and Josiah Spiers in Islington,...

by some to be a precursor of the Reformation, because of his views on scripture, justification and monasticism. He was born at Goch in the Rhineland,...

God’s Holiness in Scripture, Emmaus Road Publishing, 2022. ISBN 978-1645852551 Understanding the Scriptures: Elective A: Sacred Scripture, Midwest Theological...

sixth-century figure Shealtiel. 2 Esdras forms a part of the canon of Scripture in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (an Oriental Orthodoxy body), though...

preserve the original Injil revealed to Jesus (Isa). The idea that early scriptures revealed by God were altered, misinterpreted or corrupted (taḥrīf) used...

over which no other takes precedence. For a Christian, the content of scripture must serve as his ultimate presupposition… This doctrine is merely the...

word is masculine. Although Mah is not a prominent deity in the Avestan scripture, his crescent was an important symbol of royalty throughout the Parthian...

author, researcher of Sanskrit scriptures, and manufacturer of Ayurvedic products. He has rewritten Sanskrit scriptures, including the Bhagavad Gita and...

divinities and mortals alike should strive for. — Yasht 19, Avesta; holy scripture of Zoroastrianism The idea continues to dominate Iranian debates about...

particular a copy of their scripture. If it is determined that Dongbanggyo is using an unapproved/non-canon Buddhist scripture or interpretation thereof...

developing new conceptions of the priesthood, a focus on Written Law and scripture and the prohibition of intermarriage with non-Jews. During the Iron Age...

iconoclasm in 1566, scripture began to take place of the religious images that were previously removed. These new text images turned scripture into a visual...

Gospel of Matthew. Judaism finds its strength in the study of Jewish scripture and vigorous debate as to its meaning, which was not considered blasphemy...

celebrated and criticized 1954 book The Christian View of Science and Scripture was the theme of a 1979 issue of the Journal of the American Scientific...

scripture – that is, opinions are tested for their consistency with scripture, and scripture is interpreted by the Holy Spirit speaking in scripture (compare...

Christian doctrine. The truths of Scripture do not need to be authenticated by tradition, human experience, or reason. Scripture is self authenticating and is...

the Scriptural canon that no Sunday lectionary can cover the whole of Scripture without the necessity of very long readings on a Sunday or a longer cycle...

and humility. Taoism is treated as a distinct tradition with its own scriptures, priestly lineages, and ritual systems, but it has long been closely intertwined...

oldest surviving sacred text being the mid-second century Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama ("Scripture in Six Parts") of Dharasena (the Moodabidri manuscripts). One of the most...

Interpretation of Scripture at Princeton Theological Seminary and later from the North Park Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture. It was established...

Guru Arjan, whose 13 hymns are present in Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs. The hymns to Waheguru contained in the Guru Granth Sahib...

the Scriptures' DVD sleeps with the fishes". Whale of a Tale. heraldextra.com. December 10, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012. "Liken The Scriptures DVDs"...

l'Écriture sainte (English Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture) is a work of political theory composed by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet as...

dogmatic theology, and practical theology. In historical documents and scriptures related to Tenrikyo, a number of different appellations are ascribed to...

Christian religion save in so much as they had the consent of the other scriptures called canonical to confirm the same", nonetheless, "as books proceeding...

Lifewords (formerly Scripture Gift Mission) is a Christian mission based in London, but with offices worldwide. It exists to promote the positive influence...

exclusively to his chosen people in his divine Word; spoken or written Scripture, for his glory and their salvation. This is a special rather than general...

Fathers to provide a trustworthy guide to the accurate interpretation of Scripture. Recent essays have been written by various contemporary Eastern Orthodox...

throughout the centuries". The Westminster Confession of Faith states that the Scriptures, "being immediately inspired by God, and by his singular care and providence...

and clear relation (if not parody) to Christian doctrine, legend, and scripture. This reference to him being born of a virgin, evoking the Virgin Mary...

 'Song of the Guru') is a Hindu scripture that is said to have been authored by the sage Vyasa. The verses of this scripture may also be chanted. The text...

confidence through Christian living. In 2010 he wrote A Guide to Interpreting Scripture, published by Hippo Books, an imprint of WordAlive Publishers and Zondervan...

they agree with Holy Scripture and with the Confessions of the Fathers. If you find that we are speaking contrary to Scripture, then do not listen to...

benefit", and which is used in several different ways in Zoroastrian scripture and tradition. In particular, the expression is the proper name of the...

Gallagher (born June 22, 1979) is an American professor of Christian Scripture at Heritage Christian University in Florence, Alabama. Gallagher is an...

Jīng; Vietnamese: Kinh Bát Chu Tam Muội) is an early Mahayana Buddhist scripture, which probably originated between the 1st century BCE and 2nd century...

1893 encyclical Providentissimus Deus, he described the importance of scriptures for theological study. It was an important encyclical for Catholic theology...

background who espouse biblical inerrancy and a sola scriptura approach (i.e., scripture as the sole source for Christian faith and practice), as well as to movements...

and a younger brother, Ichcharam Pande. He is said to have mastered the scriptures, including the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Ramayana, and the...

act intended as a trap by the demonic forces. According to Manichaean scripture, Az, the demonic artificer, mixed particles of light—divine soul fragments—with...

The Petakopadesa (peṭakopadesa) is a Buddhist scripture, sometimes included in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. The nature...

Pre-Adamite man : or, the story of our old planet & its inhabitants, told by Scripture & science, about the creation which combined scientific theories with...

American New Testament scholar and Distinguished Research Professor of Scripture at the Augustine Institute. He has written on the historical Jesus, the...

Palitana, later through scriptures of Matang dev founded by their heirs and won in legal battle on the basis of Jain scriptures which itself named is at...

doctrine further determines these affirmed elements to be those set forth in scripture by express commands or examples or, if not expressed, those implied logically...

classical scholar. He was Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1883 to 1885, and Bishop of Salisbury...

the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent, which held that the Sacred Scriptures may not be isolated from Sacred Tradition, the teaching of the ordinary...

by five of his senior disciples, Swaminarayan edited and approved the scripture. As followers believe Swaminarayan to be Parabrahman, or God, the Vachanamrut...

Briefly Tested by Scripture The British–Israel theory: Briefly Tested by Scripture Christian Science: Briefly Tested by Scripture Christadelphianism:...

for the use of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning through research of scripture). Being given religious training under various Sunni Muslim scholars during...

published in 1987, by Yale scholar Bentley Layton, called The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations (Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1987)...

taught humanities and rhetoric for seven years, then positive theology and Scripture at Bourges, and later at Paris. His first work was a paraphrase of the...

Pereira S.J. (4 December 1931 - 10 May 2014) was an Indian Jesuit priest, scripture scholar and Marathi writer. He is professor emeritus of Jnana Deepa, Institute...

Help, There's A Child in My Church (Scripture Union:1989). He developed the long-running all-age worship Scripture Union resource SALT and produced other...

Talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel. Scripture describes her alongside of Moses and Aaron as delivering the Jews from...

also rendered Madhu-Kaiṭabhas, are the names of two asuras in Hindu scriptures, and are associated with Hindu cosmology. Madhu and Kaitabha both originated...

of Ulrich Zwingli was based on an interpretation of the Bible, taking scripture as the inspired word of God and placing its authority higher than what...

Singh. It is commonly found among early manuscripts of the Dasam Granth scripture as the employed script. The font is characterized by "long flowing animated...

Melanchton argued that the papacy had no basis on either history or scripture. Matthew 16:18 has caused much controversy, the Catholic church sees this...

Sharpe (alias Pollard) (1577–1630) was an English Jesuit and professor of scripture. Born in York, he converted to Catholicism when young, and made his priestly...

first words of the Mul Mantar and also the opening words of the Sikh holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib. Ik (ਇੱਕ) is interpreted as "one and only one, who cannot...

Christ Considered, From Scripture Evidences, in which he claimed that the divinity of Jesus Christ is not supported by scripture. He died in 1807, in the...

the Writing Brush") is the most important scripture in Tenrikyo. It is one of Tenrikyo's three scriptures (sangenten 三原典), along with the Mikagura-uta...

by Adventists, contemporary hymns, and 224 congregational responsive Scripture readings. Published in 1985 by Review and Herald Publishing Association...

vinyasa-based physical style with adherence to five central tenets: shastra (scripture), bhakti (devotion), ahimsā (nonviolence, non-harming), nāda (music),...

are mirrored in scripture, it cannot be determined whether these day-name assignments were provoked by an antecedent list in scripture (e.g. Yasna 16)...

the bishops, though the concept has a complex history of development. Scripture and Tradition "make up a single sacred deposit of the Word of God, which...

Hinduism. He is the son of the sage Vyasa and the main narrator of the scripture Bhagavata Purana. His upanayana sanskar rituals was conducted by Lord...

continua (Latin for continuous reading) refers to the practice of reading Scripture in sequence over a period of time. Each reading (which may take place...

of the deities Krishna and Balarama. She is mentioned in ancient Hindu scriptures, including the epic Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana. A princess of...

his apostles and of their lives. Some of these writings were cited as scripture by early Christians, but since the fifth century a widespread consensus...

cases, the oath is performed using an oath book, typically religious scripture such as the Bible. The word "oath" and the phrase "I swear" refer to a...

branches of Protestantism. Adventists believe in the infallibility of the Scripture's teaching regarding salvation, which comes from grace through faith in...

spiritual matters which can be discovered through supernatural means, such as scripture or miracles, by individuals. Direct revelation refers to communication...

doctrine "initially given to the apostolic Church and handed down in Scripture and tradition". It does not mean that the pope cannot sin or otherwise...

work, The Bible, The Qur'an and Science, published in 1976, examines the scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the context of contemporary scientific...

such as Martin Luther. Tyndale's translations were the first English Scriptures to draw directly from Hebrew and Greek texts, the first English translation...

historically in Nepal for religious scriptures and government documents, and is now used for notebooks, religious scripture, arts including painting, and for...

mainly introduces the founder (teacher) Mani of the church, the church's scriptures, sect system, temple architecture, organizational structure and basic...

Sikhism has no specific teachings about homosexuality and the Sikh holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, does not explicitly mention heterosexuality, homosexuality...

burned. Tyndale was not condemned because of translating or publishing Scriptures, which was not a crime in the Low Countries, but for the promulgation...

ordained a priest on June 18, 1958. He completed a licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (1960–62) and later earned a Ph.D...

In the Hebrew Scriptures (Tanakh), the reference of "Ephraim and Judah" (when employed together) are merely figurative terms used for the two ancient Kingdoms...

Hermeneutics was initially applied to the interpretation, or exegesis, of scripture, and has been later broadened to questions of general interpretation....

spirit, Yang Xi produced a comprehensive religious system with sacred scriptures, philosophy, and practices. Furthermore, he was highly cultured, a superb...

institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy...

definition of "canon" as an authoritative list of books accepted as holy scripture. The four novels of the canon: A Study in Scarlet (1887) The Sign of the...

Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints movement-based cult and interpreted scripture using an unconventional version of chiasmus, which involved searching...

Being". It is considered to have been a relatively late addition to the scripture — probably, to accord theological sanction to an increasingly unequal...

Charles Wilfred Griggs (born 1942) is a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. Griggs was educated at BYU and Stanford University...

Scriptures is the eighth studio album by British death metal band Benediction, released on October 16, 2020 on Nuclear Blast. It is the band's first studio...

and enshrined the Guru Granth Sahib as Sikhism's primary holy religious scripture and the eternal Guru. He also established the concept of Guru Panth as...

birth of a host of evil minions. Apart from the Vendidad, the Pahlavi scriptures, later religious Persian books considered sacred by many Zoroastrians...

including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read. Distinct liturgical colours may be used in connection...

(2016). Theology and the Mirror of Scripture: A Mere Evangelical Account. Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic....

he received the news of the death of his mother, Rebecca. It claims scripture does not mention the place of Rebecca's interment, because her burial...

taken from scripture, with or without a citation. Allusion to scripture without using a citation or quotation. The allusions to scripture are woven throughout...

German name) formed in 1876 in reaction to the perceived deviations from Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions by some of the German state churches. In...

evangelical Christian teachings, such as the Trinity and the infallibility of Scripture. Distinctive eschatological teachings include soul sleep, the doctrine...

Medieval Exegesis: The Four Senses of Scripture, is a four-volume study by Henri de Lubac, first published in French (Exégèse médiévale) between 1959...

concept of śrāddha is discussed in the Dharmasūtras and Purāṇas. The scripture mandate performing 96 Śrāddha karmas. However, these practices are difficult...

The Avestan language noun haurvatat is grammatically feminine and in scripture the divinity Haurvatat is a female entity. However, in tradition (K)Hordad...

Sūtra, in Buddhist Jatakas, as well as in Jain Ramayanas. In Vaishnava scriptures, he is depicted as one of Vishnu's cursed doorkeepers. The word Rāvaṇa...

theory that through divine inspiration the scripture has two authors, God and the human author, "Thus Scripture has two authors, one divine and principal...

developed Anglican doctrine of religious authority as being derived from scripture, tradition, and "redeemed" reason; Anglicans affirmed the primacy of scriptural...

the religion. It contains 1430 Angs (limbs, referring to pages of the scripture), containing 5,894 hymns of 36 saint mystics which includes Sikh gurus...

"Dragon Kings of the Five Regions/Directions") is registered in Daoist scripture from the Tang dynasty, found in the Dunhuang caves. Veneration of chthonic...

the Word was with God, and the Word was God. According to the Gnostic scriptures recorded in the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, the Logos is...

1978-2005) wrote that Galileo was "more perceptive" about interpreting Scripture "than the theologians who opposed him." Catholic clergy have been credited...

audio format. They provide the listener the ability to listen to the Scriptures without being required to look directly at written text. The first audio...

exclusivism in Ayyavazhi refer to how Ayyavazhi scriptures treat the ideologies of other religions. Ayyavazhi scriptures exhibit a distinct blend of both inclusivism...

sometimes called Annals of Jehu ben Hanani Table of books of Judeo-Christian Scripture Lost work Losch, Richard R. (2008-05-13). All the People in the Bible:...

go, you will encounter thousands of years of historical artifacts and scriptures. Among them, the major museums are listed below: Nepal portal List of...

by the German philosopher Karl Krause in 1828 (after reviewing Hindu scripture) to distinguish the ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)...

the god Vishnu (Narayana). As per Ayyavazhi mythology detailed in their scriptures, Ayya Vaikundar incarnated in 1833, when he rose from the sea of Tiruchendur...

cited below generally accord with those found in the Latter-day Saint scripture index. According to the Book of Mormon the Nephites had kings to begin...

The Gandhabbakāya Saṃyutta is a Buddhist scripture of the Pali Canon. It is the 31st Saṃyutta in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, placed in the Khandha Vaggasaṃyutta...

heavily depends on Jewish Scriptures, especially the prophets. The characteristic of the messianic age, as shown in the Scriptures, was to be an extraordinary...

preaching that focuses on interpreting a particular text or passage of Scripture. The preacher attempts to explain what a Biblical text means. Exegesis...

recognized in the Baháʼí Faith as one of nine known religions and its scriptures are regarded as predicting the coming of Baháʼu'lláh. Zoroaster is included...

From 1952 to 1976, he was Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford. Sparks was born on 14 November 1908 in Stoke...

teach that Scripture imputes guilt to one who destroys a single soul of Israel as though that person had destroyed a complete world, and Scripture ascribes...

ideas alluded to in those texts, it is not itself scripture. The content reflects Zoroastrian scripture, which, in turn, reflects both ancient Zoroastrian...

transubstantiation and monasticism, insisting on pacifism and the primacy of scripture. There are multiple parallels with the teachings of the Anabaptists and...

as well as other Taoist scriptures such as Ultra Supreme Elder Lord's Ultra Plainness Scripture, and The Wonderful Scripture on the Constant Purity and...

sometimes the scriptures present contradictory concepts. Hence, only a qualified teacher or the guru is required to interpret scriptures in the right context...

Anglicanism are scripture, tradition, and reason. These three sources uphold and critique each other in a dynamic way. This balance of scripture, tradition...

mentioned in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19 and other scriptures. Important events in his life recorded in Genesis include his journey...

In Bluegrass I've Got A Song This Is Gospel Country (Scripture Records) Down Home Gospel (Scripture Records) Far East Tour (Hymntone Records) Authentic...

have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. — John 17:12, King James Version, 1611 The New International...

Schneiders’ central contributions is her analysis of the revelatory function of Scripture. Rather than viewing the Bible solely as an ancient document, she explores...

12 March 1637) was a Flemish Jesuit priest and noted exegete of Sacred Scripture. Lapide was born in Bocholt, Belgium. He studied humanities and philosophy...

Theonomy holds that all civil governments must refrain from coercion if Scripture has not prescribed their intervention (the "regulative principle of the...

critical-scientific system in the study and interpretation of Sacred Scripture, its disastrous deviations and aberrations"), for which he was censured...

Hinduism rooted in the Bhagavad Gita, the Bhagavata Purana, and other scriptures, interpreted through the commentaries of its founder. Although commonly...

(Punjabi: ਸੁਖਮਨੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ), known under the title of Gauri Sukhmani in the scripture (named after the Gauri raga musical measure it belongs to), is usually...

Cluff. In that same year, Bana played doctor Stephen Grene in The Secret Scripture, based on the novel of the same title by Sebastian Barry. Although the...

historian, a writer and poet of Braj literature, interpreter of Sikh Scripture, and teacher. Sumer Singh was called Sahibzada, prince, and Bābā, because...

Catholic theologian and an international speaker. She teaches sacred scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. Her main interests...

drama. Vaughan-Lawlor played McCabe in Jim Sheridan's movie The Secret Scripture with Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor which filmed in early 2015, and appeared...

Joseph L. Lilly, C.M. (1893–1952), was an American Vincentian priest and Scripture scholar. In 1923, he was one of the first editors of The Vincentian. After...

in the Jewish Torah (as also in the biblical Old Testament and Islamic scripture). It happened in the mid-15th century BCE (approx. 1514 BCE) or the 13th...

Licentiate in sacred scripture, theology, or canon law from an institute approved by the Holy See. The Licentiate of Sacred Scripture (S.S.L.), also known...

Emperor Constantine instructed Eusebius to put together accepted Christian Scriptures that would be displayed in churches. However, nothing is known if Eusebius...

second Mustang Dharma King, Agon Sangpo. He wrote a four-volume Buddhist scripture. Stearns, Cyrus. Taking the Result as the Path. The Library of Tibetan...

Health; the subtitle with a Key to the Scriptures was added in 1883 and later amended to with Key to the Scriptures. Eddy continued editing this text across...

Oxford during 1414–15. He was an "excellent disputant and expounder of the scriptures". Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University"...

social scientist, dated the book to the period immediately after the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita (600 BCE according to Mukerjee; commonly dated to ca. 2nd...

patrons for professional use: about 40% have tables of lections (lists of Scripture readings) indicating that the manuscripts were used in conjunction with...

jaːˈkoːbaː) vɑŋ ˈɣɔx]; 16 March 1862 – 17 May 1941) was a nurse, teacher of scripture, and early Dutch feminist. She was the youngest and best-known sister...

reject the substance of what he taught in them; if he could be shown by Scripture that his writings were in error, Luther continued, he would reject them...

Scriptures is the second studio album by American rapper Tee Grizzley. It was released on June 7, 2019, by 300 Entertainment. Executive-produced by Timbaland...

"always said in the Scriptures to those who cannot escape from future punishment." St. Gregory likewise notes that it "oftentimes in Scripture denotes the wrath...

University of Manchester from 1978 to 1990. In 1988, It Is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture: Essays in Honour of Barnabas Lindars, SSF was published. It included...

was a French Jesuit, theologian, exegete, and a specialist in Sacred Scripture and biblical theology. Born in 1924 in Tours, in 1941 he entered the novitiate...

amounts of original Mandaean Scripture, written in Mandaean Aramaic, survive in the modern era. The most important holy scripture is known as the Ginza Rabba...

to one of the six enemies of the mind or a vice according to the Hindu scriptures. Mada has various meanings such as exaltation, inspiration, intoxication...

critical analysis of these sources. He believed in a nuanced approach to scripture, informed by scholarship and compassion, which he argued can be consistent...

Maryam 19:7-10 According to the Quran, John was exhorted to hold fast to scripture and was given wisdom by God while still a child. He was pure and devout...

England clergyman. He was Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1925 to 1950. Among his principal writings...

the Westminster Standards. In 1658 printers began including the full Scripture passages which are cited in the confessional documents. These collections...

considered a valuable book by many Christians, but not considered canonical scripture by the early Church Fathers such as Irenaeus. The Shepherd was popular...

Buddhist Scriptures. Penguin Books. pp. xi–xv. ISBN 978-0-14-190937-0. Gethin (1998), pp. 39–41. Donald Lopez (2004). Buddhist Scriptures. Penguin Books...

The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the University of Alberta. It was established in 1996 with Ehud Ben...

Dissenting minister and the author of Observations on various Passages of Scripture. Thomas Harmer was educated for the ministry at the Fund Academy in Tenter...

Christianity's historical decline due to the loss of the "inner sense" of Scripture into a purely exoteric understanding of faith. In this state, faith and...

emphasis to the possibility of God's communication with humans by signs in Scripture (DDC 1.6.6). Augustine endorsed and developed the classical and Hellenistic...

continuous scripture singing tradition of Sikhism, as well as the tradition of jotian da kirtan or collective folk choral singing of scriptures. The third...

author of hymns that are included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the primary scripture of Sikhism – a religion founded in the Indian subcontinent centuries after...

the Jewish Messiah who fulfills the prophecies written in the Jewish scriptures. The gospel reflects conflicts between Jewish Christians and other Jews...

truth that the Catholic Church regards as revealed by God (through the Scriptures or Sacred tradition) the disbelief must be morally culpable, that is,...

Scripturae Sacrae affectus (Devotion to Sacred Scripture) is an apostolic letter from Pope Francis published on 30 September 2020 to celebrate the 16th...

the sinsari (the relics of the Buddha) and the bubsari (the scripture relics). The scripture which was largely prevalent in the Unified Silla period is...

is a digital library that provides free electronic copies of Christian scripture and literature texts. CCEL is available in 120 countries. CCEL is a volunteer-based...

describes his Israelite lineage and progeny in Bethlehem, Judea. In Jewish scripture, the Book of Ruth and Chronicles trace Obed’s lineage and descendants:...

exegeses have relied on various doctrines. The doctrine of four senses of Scripture is a concept used in biblical hermeneutics. In the 3rd century, the theologian...

through direct means. Indirect means includes inference, analogy, word or scripture, presumption and probability. The knowledge acquired through the empirical...

optional fifth volume was printed, containing the "standard works," LDS scriptures that are heavily cited in the encyclopedia. Although the LDS Church cooperated...

"ridiculous way of expressing ignorance" often finds its way into scripture. Scripture aims not at narrating things in terms of their natural causes, but...

editions included scripture references in the margins making the connections clear: each verse of the poem was inspired by a particular scripture passage. Wigglesworth...

外) and Internal (Nei, 内) Scenery Scripture. All characters of the shorter (100 verses) text of the External Scripture are fully contained in the longer...

questioning he insisted that he was "not bound to believe otherwise than Holy Scripture says" and used various arguments against the inquisitors' claims that...

translation that no longer counts as Scripture... If the translation had been packaged as a commentary on Scripture I would not have needed to write this...

Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures is a 2009 play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The title was inspired...

England priest. He was Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1979 to 1990 and served as Provost of...

dictionary. The Bible is a canonical collection of texts treated as religious scripture in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and other religions. Bible or The Bible...

18). The first is, to hold the truth of Scripture without wavering. The second is that since Holy Scripture can be explained in a multiplicity of senses...

revelation of God, which is divine revelation as contained in sacred scripture (the written word) and sacred tradition, and 2) a proposition of the Catholic...

Kinnaur district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. As per Hindu scriptures, Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati reside in Kinner Kailash. It is the fourth...

Bone's verse was reused on the track "Family Scriptures" on the Mo Thugs Family debut album, Family Scriptures.[citation needed] During the recording of...

Twisted Scriptures: Breaking Free from Churches That Abuse (first edition Twisted Scriptures: A Path to Freedom from Abusive Churches) is a non-fiction...

'Tales of Deceit' Sri Charitropakhyan. A section of Sikhs oppose the scripture and question its authenticity based upon its authorship. The standard...

Book of Concord, which is a summary of the teachings found in Christian scripture, requires attention to how that faith is actually being preached, taught...

Pachybrachis is a genus of scriptured leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are at least 220 described species in Pachybrachis. List of Pachybrachis...

written a book on the Old Testament view of land and ecology entitled Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible. She appeared...

monotheistic religion centered around deity called Thorai. Their sacred scripture is Riyung Khiti. "Krama - the religion that originated in Bangladesh"...

Islam. Mentioned sixteen times in the Quran, David appears in the Islamic scripture as a link in the chain of prophets who preceded Muhammad. Although he...

century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal...

the holy Sikh scripture, which is placed on a float. Commonly, members of the procession are unshod in deference to the displayed scripture. Likewise, many...

third, who brought with them their own religion, rituals, practices and scriptures. The Ahom religion is based on ritual-oriented ancestor worship that requires...

was a noted Catholic exegete, or writer of critical interpretation of scripture. Anthony Maas was born in Bainkhausen, Province of Westphalia, Prussia...

Testament in 1,798 languages, and portions of scripture in 1,433 languages. This is an increase from scripture being available in 3,756 languages in September...

caste or sub-caste or a community of Hindus in India. According to Hindu scriptures, the term Ambastha refers to the offspring of a Brahmin father and a Vaishya...

the ten Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib...

and contributors to the Open Scripture Information Standard (OSIS), a standardized XML language for the encoding of scripture. The software is also capable...

subscribes to the Lutheran Reformation teaching of Sola scriptura—"by Scripture alone". It holds that the Bible is the final authority by which church...

based on the Bible (Old and New Testaments), the interpretation of these scriptures, the writings of early Christian philosophers, hermits, and the associated...

at University of Pennsylvania in 1998; her doctoral dissertation was Scripture and strategy: narrative and the poetics of appropriate conduct in Śṛingeri...

designed by Judson Studios to tell the biblical story, capturing themes of scripture including creation, sin, redemption, and restoration. The church now averages...

vast majority of Christians today, instead understanding the text of scripture to use phenomenological language that they believe was misunderstood to...

Christianity split from Judaism, Christianity's recognition of Jewish scripture (constituting the Old Testament of the Christian Bible), or values supposed...

first translated in 1894, meaning it was one of the first books of Bahá'í scripture to be translated into English. The current official translation by Shoghi...

Lord. Toronto: ?s.n. 1877. Facts and theories as to a future state: the Scripture doctrine considered with reference to current denials of eternal punishment...

venerated as the future Buddha Maitreya in Chan Buddhism and Buddhist scripture. With the spread of Chan Buddhism, he also came to be venerated in Vietnam...

an architectural text, at times resembling prose poetry or religious scripture. Indeed, some consider it not primarily an architectural work at all but...

of Jesus: How the Sacrifice of Jesus Saves the World From Sin (2017) Scripture References in Robert Lowry's "Nothing But the Blood," https://harlanbaptistchurchmusic...

while his stance on scripture was absolute: "One thing the Bible is not," he said in 1994, "is a scientific textbook. Scripture is made up of myth, of...

Mura is a very powerful asura (demon) mentioned in Hindu scriptures, who serves as a general in Narakasura's army. Narakasura is the evil demon King of...

western subcontinental languages. He also worked to translate the Sikh scriptures to help Christian missionaries to understand Sikhs and thereby aid their...

elephant. It is one of the significant animals finding references in Hindu scriptures, as well as Buddhist and Jain texts. In the context of the history of...

of Judah" in scripture refers to Jews, while "the House of Israel" refers to the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, or Ephraim. Where scripture states the House...

borrowings. Sant Bhasha is most prominently used in the central Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. The languages used include Punjabi and its dialects...

this scripture is spoken to "rebellious subjects" and to not "submit" to this mercy is to maintain "the war." Albert Barnes, on this scripture, stated...

OSB (born January 2, 1950) is an American Benedictine monk, priest, scripture scholar, musician, and author. He is a member of Conception Abbey in Conception...

He regarded the 30,000 variants in Mill’s edition as a threat to Holy Scripture and called for the defense of the Textus Receptus against these variants...

the status of a deva (god) only in the Puranas and the Hindu epics. The scriptures describe that Kubera once ruled Lanka, but was overthrown by his half-brother...

Protestantism based on the Bereans' emphasis on apologetics and studying Scripture. According to the Book of Acts, Paul of Tarsus and Silas preached at the...

centers around an evangelical superhero who fights evil, often by quoting scripture, and sometimes breaks the fourth wall. The show had three incarnations:...

be the biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the sacred scriptures of the three major Abrahamic religions (Torah, Bible, and Quran), the...

use their own Bible translation, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Jehovah's Witnesses consider human society morally corrupt and under...

Maharishi in tutoring his pupil Aishwarya while deriving due reason from the scriptures.[citation needed] Sankashti Chaturthi comes on every fourth day after...

Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Tony Kushner. Park is known for supporting roles in such films as Bride...

majority of the early North American Colonial Period due to Christian Scripture's strong influence on policy and life. Locally, these communities would...

attended religious services. Neilson wrote poetry, and The Millennium and Scripture Gems were published in 1834. His collected Poems, edited with memoir by...

in 1708, he transferred the Guruship and authority to the Sikh Holy Scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, and the body of initiated Sikhs, called the Khalsa...

Baháʼís to follow ʻAbdu'l-Bahá as the authorized interpreter of Baháʼí scripture after Baháʼu'lláh's death, and the one who would lead the community. Baháʼu'lláh...

as the opening part of the Gelasian Decree, in regard to the canon of Scripture: De libris recipiendis vel non recipiendis. It is now commonly held that...

which, apart from Holy Scripture, does savingly enlighten men that errors may have existed in the original text of the Holy Scripture that Old Testament predictions...

whom he taught Hebrew. In 1588 appeared his first work, A Concent of Scripture, dedicated to the queen. John Speed, the historian, saw the book through...

religious tradition considers to be sacred Text, a verse or passage from scripture used in expository preaching Textbook, a book of instruction in any branch...

Prem Shastra (transl. Love Scriptures) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film written and directed by B. R. Ishara. The film stars Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman...

"nature" appeal functions as part of a battery of arguments from theology, Scripture, custom, and reason. Aware that his complicated arguments may not convince...

influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, and Kabir...

Raghukula, is a legendary Indian dynasty, prominently featured in Hindu scriptures such as the Itihasas and the Puranas. It is considered to be an offshoot...

11:118-119 And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So judge...

focused around re-establishing the Buddha's Dharma on Earth. According to scriptures, Maitreya's teachings will be similar to those of Gautama (Shakyamuni)...

concept of cosmos, what is manifest, Valentinian initiates could explain scripture in light of these three aspects of correlated existence. The pleroma is...

into Śruti (lit. 'heard') and Smṛti (lit. 'remembered'). The major Hindu scriptures are the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata...

which Ohrmuzd reminds him (Bundahishn 1.16). In contrast, in Manichaean scripture, Mani ascribes foresight to Ahriman. Some Zoroastrians believed Ahriman...

(also known as Ambedkarite Buddhism), where it is regarded as a sacred scripture by followers. Ambedkar completed the manuscript shortly before his death...

Prajñāpāramitā-naya-śatapañcaśatikā (般若波羅蜜多理趣百五十頌), is a Buddhist esoteric scripture. It is considered an abridged version of the Rishu Kogyo (理趣広経), the sixth...

In Hindu scriptures, Durvasa (Sanskrit: दुर्वासा, IAST: Durvāsā lit."difficult to live with"), also known as Durvasas (Sanskrit: दुर्वासस्), is a legendary...

Christian apologetics written by Paul E. Little. It was first published by Scripture Press Publications in 1967, and then by InterVarsity Press in 1968. It...

words of God in sacred scripture and in the deeds of God in sacred tradition. Everything asserted as true by either scripture or tradition is true and...

University of Toronto. He is a co-founder of the Wycliffe Center for Scripture and Theology. Seitz is the author and editor of more than twenty books;...

Tawrat in three distinct contexts: Divine scripture revealed specifically to Moses. Broader canonical scripture utilized by prophets, priests, and rabbis...

Brian M. Hauglid (born 1954) is an emeritus professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU). From 2014 to 2017, he was the editor-in-chief...

the 'Proto-Scripture,' i.e. the 'canonical Scriptures,' and, on the other hand, of parts taken, say, from apocryphal or other scriptures 'comparable'...

contains Biblical references to over 20,000 topics. Scripture is quoted over 100,000 times; the same Scripture citation may appear under several headings. The...

authority of scripture over all. The Episcopal Church website glossary defines the sources of authority as a balance between scripture, tradition, and...

remaining regularly in one place". Originally, a ledger was a large volume of scripture or service book kept in one place in church and openly accessible. According...

monks and worshippers in accordance with Lan Na tradition; an ubosot; a scripture depository; and two chedis–a Burmese style round chedi with elephants...

The Nāga Saṃyutta is a Buddhist scripture of the Pali Canon. It is the 29th Saṃyutta in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, placed in the Khandha Vaggasaṃyutta. The...

He was a śramaṇa born in a Brahmin-family and, according to Buddhist scriptures, the first teacher of Gautama Buddha. Various recensions of the Mahāparinibbāna...

and theologian. He was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1977. Kilpatrick was born in...

the Bible, produced for the Catholic Book Publishing Corp. by a team of Scripture scholars under the direction of Rev. Jude Winkler, O.F.M. Conv., S.S.L...