Scripture and Text

Scripture

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

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Text and scripture are semantically related in holy book topic. In some cases you can use "Text" instead a noun "Scripture".

Nearby Words: script, scripted, scriptural

Text noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.

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Scripture and text are semantically related in religion topic. You can use "Scripture" instead a noun "Text".

Nearby Word: textual

alien	alien scripture	alien text
original	original scripture	original text
holy	holy scripture	holy text
religious	religious scripture	religious text
Other adjectives: relevant, biblical.

Sacred Scripture: In "The Omega Glory", the Yangs have a sacred text which turns out to be identical to the US Constitution.

Source: Series / Star Trek: The Original Series
The Protestants generally do not accept these due to their belief in Sola Scriptura (Scripture only): all tenets of faith must be directly extrapolated from the text.

Source: Word of Dante
Sacred Scripture: The Kni'lina (mostly the religious Poharas Clan) revere an ancient prophet named Yezdan the Grey-Eyed (it's no coincidence that their homeworld is also called Yezdan), whose text The Book of the Beginning and the End is as frequently quoted as humans do with The Bible.

Source: Literature / Arrivals from the Dark

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