Scriptures

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Equivalents

Examples

“But to this it may be sufficient to answer⟳, that had not the Scriptures of plenary inspiration first been given, the others would never have⟳ been composed. They were all written by men to whom the compositions which are the Word of God […]”

“The Jew is not to reject⟳ the Christian Scriptures; - the Christian is to receive⟳ not only the Jewish and Christian Scriptures but also the Corân; - the Moslem is to accept⟳ and believe⟳ not only in the Corân, but in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures; […].”

“[…] idea of an infallible compilation of writings of the actual character of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures with every man his own⟳ interpreter thereof.”

“The Scriptures aim not merely to paint⟳ life, but to quicken and reproduce⟳ life. How much more, then, is needed a surrender⟳ of the will before there can be adequate appreciation of the Scriptures? If the Scriptures are the results primarily of […]”

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