religious text
Holy book collection
A religious text is a written work considered sacred or authoritative within a faith tradition—the Bible, Quran, Torah, Bhagavad Gita, and similar scriptures.
These texts serve as sources of doctrine, moral guidance, and ritual practice for believers.
Some traditions treat their religious texts as divinely inspired or literally dictated by God; others view them as human records of spiritual wisdom.
Surprising disclosed truth
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
faith · sacred · holy · inspired · inerrant · infallible · divine word · mysticism
Authoritative reference work
Study of the divine
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
exegesis · catechism · schism · ecumenism · sectarian · monotheism · polytheism · apostolic
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
- preceptsRules of conduct
- teachingsTransmitted knowledge or principles
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
beatitudes · sermon · moral law · ethical code · admonition · exhortation · instruction · counsel
Religious songs of praise
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- prayer bookText for religious devotions
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- lectionaryScheduled scripture for services
breviary · missal · siddur · book of hours · devotional · meditation · contemplation · vespers
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- salvationDeliverance from harm
enlightenment · faith · sacred · holy · inspired · inerrant · infallible · divine word · mysticism · transcendence
bible
Authoritative reference work
- sutrasAphoristic teaching verses
- hadithRecorded prophetic narration
- analectsCompiled literary passages
vulgate · manuscript · codex · scroll · papyrus · parchment · canon
theology
Study of the divine
heresy · exegesis · catechism · schism · ecumenism · sectarian · monotheism · polytheism · apostolic · canon law
commandments
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
- preceptsRules of conduct
- teachingsTransmitted knowledge or principles
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
proverbs · beatitudes · sermon · moral law · ethical code · admonition · exhortation · instruction · counsel · discernment
psalms
Religious songs of praise
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- prayer bookText for religious devotions
- liturgyFormal worship structure
lectionary · breviary · missal · siddur · book of hours · devotional · meditation · contemplation · vespers · matins
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, history, memoir
- ancient documentsscroll, scrolls, papyrus, papyrus scrolls, parchment
- colonial printingprinting press, print shop, printer, master printer, broadside
- hieroglyphicshieroglyphics, hieroglyphs, hieroglyph, glyph, glyphs
- inscriptionsinscription, epitaph, ancient inscriptions, stone inscriptions, gravestone
- Hadithhadith, hadiths, Muslim, matn, canonical works
religious textThe God Delusion
Argument against theistic belief
technical manual · empirical study · Das Kapital · scientific journal · secular humanism
religious textpersonal diary
Private record of thoughts
blog post · casual conversation · social media post · opinion piece · personal letter
religious textoral tradition
Culture passed by speech
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