symbolical books

American  

Or symbolic books

plural noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. the books of a religion containing the creeds, beliefs, etc.

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symbolical books British  

plural noun

1. Christianity the books containing the creeds, beliefs, or doctrine of religious groups that have emerged since the Reformation

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Etymology

Origin of symbolical books

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

They shall watch carefully that in the Augustus Church and school, the Evangelical doctrine, according to the foundation of the apostles and prophets and our symbolical books, be perpetuated to our descendants.

From The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America by Schmucker, Beale M.

This, though in point of time the first composed of the symbolical books of the Scottish Reformation, was the last to be formally assigned its honoured place.

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay

Regeneration, baptismal, 135, &c. ————- ————- taught by the symbolical books, 135, 136, 137. ————- ————- taught by the Reformers, 138-140. ————- ————- taught by the early theologians, 140, &c.

From American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann by Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon)

In these countries editions of the symbolical books containing the Baptismal Directory were in use, and the rite was regarded as symbolical.

From American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann by Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon)

No writer is true to the literal teaching of the symbolical books, and for a hundred years the pure doctrine of the sixteenth century has never been heard.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron