sacred scripture
Divinely inspired text
Sacred scripture refers to religious texts considered divinely inspired or authoritative within a faith tradition.
The term encompasses works like the Bible, Quran, Torah, and Vedas—writings believers treat as spiritually binding and foundational to doctrine.
The pastor quoted sacred scripture during the sermon.
Often shortened to simply scripture when context makes the religious reference clear.
- Guru Granth SahibSikh sacred scripture
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- scrollWound document of parchment
prayer · Quran · revelation · Torah · holy book · Upanishads · typology · prophecy · chapter and verse · exegesis · midrash · Hadith · Dead Sea Scrolls · doctrine · worship · hermeneutics · dharma · Vedas
- Catholic educationCatholic schools, Catholic high schools, Catholic universities, parochial schools, parish schools
- theologyecclesiology, eschatology, Christology, God, dogmatics
- New TestamentMatthew, Romans, Mark, Acts, Corinthians
- Catholic textsmissal, missals, catechism, catechisms, breviaries
- seminaryseminaries, divinity school, seminarian, seminary training, formation
- Swedenborgianismcorrespondences, glorification, memorabilia, New Jerusalem, spiritual world
sacred scripturepulp fiction
Sensational cheap literature
tabloid journalism · pornography · gossip columns · popular fiction · propaganda
sacred scripturefiction
Imagined narrative work
mythology · fairy tales · fantasy literature · fabrication · lies