Definition of Holy scripture

1. Noun. The sacred writings of the Christian religions. "He went to carry the Word to the heathen"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Holy Scripture

Holy Father
Holy Ghost
Holy Grail
Holy Innocents' Day
Holy Joe
Holy Land
Holy Mother
Holy Mother of God
Holy Roller
Holy Rollers
Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
Holy Roman Empire
Holy Sacrament
Holy Scripture
Holy See
Holy Sepulcher
Holy Sepulchre
Holy Spirit
Holy Thursday
Holy Trinity
Holy War Warriors
Holy Wednesday
Holy Week
Holy Writ
Holy Year
Holy of Holies
Holyhead
Holynesses

Literary usage of Holy scripture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"Of the Number, Antiquity, Scof>e, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy SCRIPTURE. BY the Books of Holy SCRIPTURE, are understood those, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"holy scripture is therefore not the only theological source of the Revelation made by God to His Church. Side by side with Scripture there is tradition, ..."

3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... not knowing Christ to be the Mediator, remains estranged from Him; all his doubts removed by the study of holy scripture, especially St. Paul DECEASED ..."

4. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1839)
"OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY AND INTERPRETERS OF THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE. PART in. BY the Books of Holy SCRIPTURE, are understood — ? ..."

5. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"... THE SIXTH DA Y. THE TRUTHFULNESS OF holy scripture. BY PROF. CHARLES A. BRIGGS, DD All the great historic religions ..."

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