Writings considered as sacred by a particular religion or group.
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Rephrase: Does the Bible claim itself to be inerrant? [duplicate]
Before I go on, I do realize that biblical claims for the inerrancy of the Bible is in fact self-satisfying and therefore questionable (at least in a court room), but bear with me.
The old testament ...
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In Catholic understanding, did Paul speak/write ex cathedra while Peter was serving as Pope?
Catholic doctrine teaches that Peter was the first Pope and that Popes may speak "ex cathedra". When they do, that is considered infallible.
However, while Peter was alive and presumably serving as ...
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Is there a difference between Scripture and inspired writings?
Take these two questions and their answers for consideration to this question:
What does "scripture" mean in NT writing?
What does it mean that all scripture is God-Breathed?
I am having ...
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Why did Jesus not write any scripture himself? [closed]
Did Jesus write any of His own scripture or contribute to the Bible directly?
If not, I do not understand why Jesus would not think to do that?
Is there a reason stated anywhere and what is the ...
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Which is more important to the Roman Catholic Church today: Church unity or the actual text of scripture?
I recently did some study on the fact that Augustine objected to Jerome translating the OT into Latin from the Hebrew instead of the Greek because there were significant differences in the texts. ...
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What are the Journal of Discourses viewed as?
So after reading the comments here. I got curious. I see non-mormons citing the Journal of discourses all the time, but have never heard a mormon cite them.
Wikipedia tells me where they come from ...
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What works do the LDS Church recognize as Scripture?
I understand the LDS Church recognizes the Book of Mormon and the Old and New Testaments as well.
What other works are also considered Scripture? Any Apocryphal works? Doctrines and Covenants?
