Literary notes about Scriptural (AI summary)
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.
- THE SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY CHAPTER XL.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves - 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 - 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 - THE SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves - 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 - 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 - 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 - With ostentatious zeal, the scholar shook the ashram rafters with scriptural lore.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - " I sighed in relief; scriptural reinforcement of one's natural instincts is not always forthcoming.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - 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 - " (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 - 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 - 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 - "Airy scriptural conjectures!"
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - " Sri Yukteswar related one of his own experiences in scriptural edification.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Scriptural allegory is baffling to literal minds.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - (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 - "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 - Such is its masonic and scriptural history.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - It is properly a scriptural idea.
— from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey - 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 - The only scriptural admonition that Ralph Nickleby heeded, in the letter, was ‘know thyself.’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - 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