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Contained in the Scriptures according to the Scriptures or sacred oracles biblical as a scriptural doctrine...
Scripture
Scripture. The canonical books of the Old and New Testaments. See Articles of Religion. Art. VI. All profane scoffing of theHoly Scripture, or exposing any part theeof to contempt and ridicule, is punishable by fine and imprisonment (Roscoe on Criminal Evidence, 8th Edn. p. 666); and by 9 & 10 Wm. 3, c. 32, a conviction of a person educated in the Christian religion of having by writing or advised speaking denied the Divine authority of Scripture entails deprivation of all offices ecclesiastical, civil, or military. See CHISTIANITY. Consult Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. p. 485....
Scripturalism
The quality or state of being scriptural literal adherence to the Scriptures...
Scripturally
In a scriptural manner...
Scripturalness
Quality of being scriptural...
Cabala
A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeligval Christians which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence It assumes that every letter word number and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means...
Blasphemy
Blasphemy [fr. bl'ptw, Gk., to hurt, and fhmh, reputation; blasfhmw', to speak impiously; blasphemo, Lat., to revile, Wedgw.], an offence against God and religion, by denying to the Almighty His Being and Providence, or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Also, all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, and exposing it to contempt and ridicule. It is an indictable misdemeanour at Common Law, see Reg. v. Ramsay & Foote, (1993) 15 Cox, CC 231.In case an offender has been educated in or at any time made profession of Christianity, the statute 9 & 10 Wm. 3, c. 32 (c. 35 in the Revised Statutes), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law (Offences against Peace, etc.), commonly called 'The Blasphemy Act,' though it is only directed against apostasy, but is cumulative upon the common law, R. v. Carlile, (1819) 3 B. & Ald. 167, very severely punishes any person 'who shall by writing printing teaching or advised speaking, deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scripture...
Biblicist
One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures...
Bibliolatry
Book worship esp of the Bible applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures...
Bibliomancy
A kind of divination performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard and drawing from them indications concerning future events...
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