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The term "scriptural" has been employed in literature with a rich variety of meanings and connotations. In some works, such as Kersey Graves’s discussions in [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], and [7], "scriptural" is used to evoke the authority of religious texts in debates over doctrinal issues and historical claims. Meanwhile, in Paramahansa Yogananda’s writings ([8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18]) the word broadens to encompass both the study of sacred lore and the cultural practices derived from these texts, serving as a marker of spiritual legitimacy and instructional duty. Additionally, its application extends into other domains, for example in works on Freemasonry ([19], [20], [21]) where "scriptural" connotes an adherence to canonical tradition, and even in literary contexts like those found in [22] and [23], where the term offers symbolic or allegorical undertones. Collectively, these examples demonstrate that "scriptural" functions not only as a qualifier for textual authenticity but also as a flexible tool for invoking religious, cultural, and historical authority.
  1. THE SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY CHAPTER XL.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  2. The most positive declaration that Christ did descend into hell could not make it more certainly a scriptural Christian doctrine.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  3. The correct training of children is with each a scriptural duty.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  4. THE SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  5. Most self-evidently false is his statement, based solely on scriptural ground.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  6. We shall show, upon scriptural and historical authority, that both are wrong.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  7. We have not even his ancestry reported in his scriptural biography, in either parental line, unless we assume Joseph to have been his father.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  8. With ostentatious zeal, the scholar shook the ashram rafters with scriptural lore.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  9. " I sighed in relief; scriptural reinforcement of one's natural instincts is not always forthcoming.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  10. He conducted his household along the lines of Vedic discipline, with regular observance of ceremonial worship, acts of charity, and scriptural study.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  11. " (signed) "Sri Shyama Charan Deva Sharman" The Arya Mission Institution undertook the publication of many of the guru's scriptural commentaries.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  12. All scriptures declare man to be not a corruptible body, but a living soul; by Kriya he is given a method to prove the scriptural truth.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  13. Before seeing me at Hardwar, he had stopped in Benares to ask a certain scriptural authority to interview me later.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  14. "Airy scriptural conjectures!"
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  15. " Sri Yukteswar related one of his own experiences in scriptural edification.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  16. Scriptural allegory is baffling to literal minds.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  17. (A scriptural conception of the Lord as the only Positive Creative Principle, His creation being naught but a passive maya .)
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  18. "I soon left Benares, and set to work in Serampore on the scriptural writings requested by Babaji," Sri Yukteswar continued.
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  19. Such is its masonic and scriptural history.
    — from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey
  20. It is properly a scriptural idea.
    — from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey
  21. The quadrangular form of the earth is preserved in almost all the scriptural allusions that are made to it.
    — from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey
  22. The only scriptural admonition that Ralph Nickleby heeded, in the letter, was ‘know thyself.’
    — from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  23. Sam’s vein of piety was always uncommonly fervent in his mistress’ presence; and he made great capital of scriptural figures and images.
    — from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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