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US
/ˈskɹɪptʃɝ/
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[ UK /skɹˈɪptʃɐ/ ]
[ UK /skɹˈɪptʃɐ/ ]
NOUN
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the sacred writings of the Christian religions
he went to carry the Word to the heathen
How To Use Scripture In A Sentence
- And this is the cause that disputes with such persons are generally fruitless, especially as immixed with that intemporancy of reviling other men wherein they exceed; for if that be a way either of learning or teaching of the truth, it is what the Scripture hath not instructed us in. Pneumatologia
- A monk will be hired to chant some Buddhist scriptures and perform a simple ceremony at the morgue instead of at a funeral parlor.
- Men have been unwearied in their efforts to obscure the plain, simple meaning of the Scriptures, and to make them contradict their own testimony; but like the ark upon the billowy deep, the word of God outrides the storms that threaten it with destruction. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
- The interpretation of scripture was polarized between the selective literalism of Calvinism and the more liberal application found within the teachings of Arminius.
- It's clearly prophesied in the Holy Scriptures.
- I have found criticism to be a deeply enriching, but not always comfortable exploration of the text of Scripture.
- In some communions the clergy are the sole enunciators of Scripture.
- Now seeing in the last section, those we call mathematics are absolved of the crime of breeding controversy; and they that pretend not to learning cannot be accused; the fault lieth altogether in the dogmatics, that is to say, those that are imperfectly learned, and with passion press to have their opinions pass everywhere for truth, without any evident demonstration either from experience, or from places of Scripture of uncontroverted interpretation. The Elements of Law Natural and Politic
- Psalm-singing, catechism and Scripture were taught daily in school.
- We reaffirm the inerrant Scripture to be the sole source of written divine revelation, which alone can bind the conscience.