Canon and Scripture

Canon

Canon noun - A collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired.

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Synonyms for Canon

Scripture and canon are semantically related In some cases you can use "Scripture" instead a noun "Canon".

Nearby Words: canonical, canonization, canonize

Scripture

Scripture noun - A book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God.

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Synonyms for Scripture

Canon and scripture are semantically related in book holding prayers topic. Sometimes you can use "Canon" instead a noun "Scripture".

Nearby Words: script, scripted, scriptural

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How words are described

old	old canon	old scripture
original	original canon	original scripture
personal	personal canon	personal scripture
religious	religious canon	religious scripture
Other adjectives: final, Christian, biblical.

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It's "scripture." This is mostly due to the fact that the list of canonical scripture as we know it (pretty much no matter which canon you adhere to) wasn't made until long after the books themselves were written.

Source: Literature / The Bible
However, their are many a passage in canon Christian scripture that can be taken this way if not put against the work as a whole.

Source: Light Is Good
Thus, pretty much every Gnostic collection of scripture contained different sets of documents, some orthodox canon and some written locally.

Source: Literature / The Bible

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