bibliolatry
Americannoun
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excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted.
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extravagant devotion to or dependence upon books.
noun
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excessive devotion to or reliance on the Bible
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extreme fondness for books
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Calvinistic bibliolatry contended with "the sacred book of nature."
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
Having emancipated myself from the thraldom of bibliolatry and priestcraft generally, it is my aim to examine what seems to be my duty as a man and an integer of society.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
Certainly he is much farther from bibliolatry than from the perfect freedom of the humanist interpreters.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David
It has been the home of rational religion for some years—of the religion of humanity—of religion purified from formalism, bibliolatry, and cant.
From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Deserving no aid from the powerful arm of bibliolatry, then, does the received form of the hypothesis of special creation derive any support from science or sound logic?
From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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