" It also uses sacred scripture in support of this practice, namely,, which states: " Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

According to these statements, claims that one or more denominations might be the " true Church " are nothing more than propaganda which has evolved over centuries to support authoritarian claims --- based on tradition or based on scripture --- of merely human institutions.

The Book of Mormon is the earliest of the unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement, the denominations of which typically regard the text not only as scripture but also as a historical record of God's dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas.

Also at that time, other revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants which had not been accepted as scripture because they were received after 1835 were unanimously accepted as scripture.

This position is supported by a scripture which says, " God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ .” Thess 5: 9

To Clement, scripture is an innately true primitive philosophy which is complemented by human reason through the Logos.

However, this overlooks those parts of scripture which provide for the doctrine of the " Two Swords " and for the medieval Roman Catholic concept of the powers of kings to protect the Christian Constitution of states, to defend and extend the boundaries of Christendom by lawful means only, to protect and defend the innocent, the weak, the poor and the vulnerable, and to protect the church and the papacy with the king's own life, if necessary.

It comprises two main divisions: the first is the Liturgy of the Catechumens which consists of introductory litanies, antiphons and scripture readings, culminating in a reading from one of the Gospels and, often, a homily ; the second is the Liturgy of the Faithful in which the Eucharist is offered, consecrated, and received as Holy Communion.

The sum and whole cause of the writings of this epistle, is, to prove that a man is justified by faith only: which proposition whoso denieth, to him is not only this epistle and all that Paul writeth, but also the whole scripture, so locked up that he shall never understand it to his soul's health.

Where other peoples may look to the physical or social sciences for answers in areas which their ancestors regarded as best left to scripture, in the Muslim world, religion has become more encompassing, not less, as " in the last few decades, it has been the fundamentalists who have increasingly represented the cutting edge of the culture ".

Irenaeus quotes scripture, which we reference as John 8: 57, to suggest that Jesus ministers while in his 40's.

The prophecies of doom concerning the fall of both the House of Jeroboam and the northern kingdom as a whole (" For the Lord shall smite Israel ..., and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river ") might have been composed retroactively, after the events described had already come to pass ( this position is a secular or non-literal approach to scripture ).

The prophets, patriarchs, and heroes of the Jewish scripture are also known in Christianity, which uses the Jewish text as the basis for its understanding of historic Judeo-Christian figures such as Abraham, Elijah, and Moses.

In Mormon theology, many of these lost truths are restored in the Book of Mormon, which Mormons hold to be divine scripture and equal in authority to the Bible.

Thus it is distinguished from revealed theology ( or revealed religion ) which is based on scripture and religious experiences of various kinds ; and also from transcendental theology, theology from a priori reasoning.

It is the first New Testament book to treat other New Testament writings as scripture, 2 Peter was one of the last letters included in the New Testament canon ; it quotes from and adapts Jude extensively, identifies Jesus with God, and addresses a threatening heresy which had arisen because the end and Second Coming had not occurred.

The number three is never mentioned in relation to God in scripture, which of course is the number that is central to the word " Trinity ".

Future events are also taken into account, such as the coming forth of scripture even after the Book of Mormon, that would make truths known which were taken out from the New Testament, a concept discussed in the several passages of this vision.

This is a solemn service of the Little Hours and Typica to which antiphons, and scripture readings have been added.

Jesus starts his statement with " you have heard it said " which means that he was clarifying a misconception, as opposed to " it is written " which would be a reference to scripture.

The cathedral generally has a lectern from which the scripture is read.

Having passed the age of maturity ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was regularly seen in the mosques of Baghdad discussing religious topics and the scripture as a young man.

* April 6, 1830-When the church was organized, the Bible and Book of Mormon were unanimously accepted as scripture.

* October 10, 1880-The Pearl of Great Price was unanimously accepted as scripture.

* October 6, 1890-Official Declaration — 1 was accepted unanimously as scripture.

* September 30, 1978-Official Declaration — 2 was accepted unanimously as scripture.

David (; Dawid ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Qur ' an, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and, according to Christian scripture ( Matthew and Luke ), an ancestor of Jesus.

One passage in scripture supporting the idea of divine right of kings was Romans 13.

Mary Joan Winn Leith in The Oxford History of the Biblical World believes that Ezra was an historical figure whose life was enhanced in the scripture and given a theological buildup.

In the middle of the 2nd century, an edited version of the Gospel of Luke was the only gospel accepted by Marcion, a heretic who rejected Christianity's connection to Jewish scripture.

Fox's preaching was grounded in scripture but was mainly effective because of the intense personal experience he was able to project.

It was also deliberately provocative to adherents of those practices, providing opportunities for Fox to argue with them on matters of scripture.

Such a recent origin was a handicap for a belief system bound by the scripture revealed, and the ways of those who lived, twelve centuries earlier.

Though it is often called a whale today, the Hebrew, as throughout scripture, refers to no species in particular, simply sufficing with " great fish " or " big fish " ( whales are today classified as mammals and not fish, but no such distinction was made in antiquity ).

Ambedkar complained that Gandhi moved too slowly, while Hindu traditionalists said Gandhi was a dangerous radical who rejected scripture.

Moses is defined in the Qur ' an as both prophet ( nabi ) and messenger ( rasul ), the latter term indicating that he was one of those prophets who brought a scripture and law to his people.

According to scripture, Nineveh was also the place where Sennacherib died at the hands of his two sons, who then fled to the land of ` rrt Urartu.

He was cognizant of the concept of transmigration ( metensomatosis transformation, and loses what it once was, the human soul will not be what it was ) from Greek philosophy, but it is repeatedly stated that this concept is not a part of the Christian teaching or scripture.

* 1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.

And, according to Irenaeus, the Ebionites used this to claim that Joseph was the ( biological ) father of Jesus: From Irenaeus ' point of view that was pure heresy, facilitated by ( late ) anti-Christian alterations of the scripture in Hebrew, as evident by the older, pre-Christian, Septuagint.

Nevertheless, the different Muslim schools of theology have differed as to how to uphold Divine unity in a way that is consistent with the dictates of both scripture and sound reasoning — a task that is extremely sophisticated given that God is ontologically different and categorically distinct from nature, humans, and material causality.