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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Origin of bibliolatry
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But the bibliolatrist cannot say that; because, if he does, then he is formally unsaying the very principle which is meant by bibliolatry.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey
It has degenerated into a species of bibliolatry.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
The antithesis had in mind was that to revealed religion, as this had been set forth in the tradition of the Church, and particularly under the bibliolatry of the Puritans.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore
Certainly he is much farther from bibliolatry than from the perfect freedom of the humanist interpreters.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
The Swiss and the Anabaptists added their voices to this chorus of bibliolatry.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
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