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Bibliolatry   Listen
noun
Bibliolatry  n.  Book worship, esp. of the Bible; applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures.





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"Bibliolatry" Quotes from Famous Books



... illustration to the effect of biblical criticism. Christians of a previous generation dreaded the touch of criticism. They thought it profanation. They refused to admit any human element in the bible. Criticism, however, had its way. Bibliolatry had to go. The result is that the bible is a living book to us to-day. In spite of the fears of the devout there was little to lose and much to gain by recognising the human element in the bible. As with the written word, so with the living ...
— Monophysitism Past and Present - A Study in Christology • A. A. Luce


Words linked to "Bibliolatry" :   bibliolatrous, idolatry, Bible-worship, cultism, devotion, veneration


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