Sentence examples for scriptures by from inspiring English sources

A Short History of the Scriptures, by Jaroslav Pelikan.

Rastas believe that they can come to know the true meanings of biblical scriptures by cultivating a mystical consciousness of oneself with Jah, called "I-and-I".

According to "Yoga in the Hindu Scriptures" by H. Kumar Kaul, yogic principles were first described in the Vedas, the Sanskrit scriptures that form the backbone of Hinduism, and are considered to be over 10,000 years old.

Aimed at the "old deluder Satan," it undertook to thwart him from keeping "men from a knowledge of the Scriptures," by requiring every township of 50 households to commission someone to teach reading and writing.

The monks of China's Shaolin Temple have called for 10,000 calligraphers to come and help them copy Buddhist scriptures by hand, it appears.

He proceeds to chastise Descartes on two counts, first for doing violence to the scriptures by taking them to refer to the absolute quantities, and second, for confusing the true quantities with their relative measures.

"I am really deeply moved by scripture and by liturgy and by prayer".

Parallelism, the interpretation of scripture by means of scripture, is a corollary of the belief in the unity of scripture.

Acknowledgment of the Qurʾān as scripture by the Islamic community was inseparable from acknowledgment of Muhammad as its appointed recipient.

His Letter achieved almost canonical status and was regarded as Scripture by many 3rd- and 4th-century Christians.

The question is equally pertinent for the elderly Irish heroine of The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (Faber, July).