圣经:基督教的经典著作,包括《旧约》和《新约》,被认为是上帝的启示。
Holy Scripture //
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the sacred writings of the Christian religions
同义词: Bible / Christian Bible / Book / Good Book / Holy Writ / Scripture / Word of God / Word
They might have lots and lots of holy writings, but they don't have a particular, bounded body of writings that they call scripture.
他们可能有很多神圣的述著,但他们没有一部特定的,书写成卷的圣典。
新约课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
What makes something scripture,though,is that it's taken to be authoritative and holy by some particular community.
圣典之所以为圣典是由于,它被某一特定团体当作是权威而神圣的。
新约课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
This case, which showed federal debt rocketing to 947% of GDP by 2084, became Holy Scripture for both Democrats and Republicans.
Even after the Riyadh bombing, anonymous writers on the internet chat sites where militant views proliferate have cited holy scripture to explain that the end justifies the means.
"Indeed, his life story has emerged as an odd sort of holy scripture for entrepreneurs, a gospel and an anti-gospel at the same time, " said the article, by Ben Austen.