Biblism
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Biblism (uncountable)
- (Christianity) A belief that the Bible is the sole authority in Christianity (rather than any subsequent tradition).
- 1982, Henri Troyat, quoting the French embassy, translated by Joan Pinkham, Alexander of Russia: Napoleon's Conqueror, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, Inc., →ISBN, page 243:
- While dissemination of the Bible, without commentary, leads to the overthrow of all beliefs, the mysticism which one is supposed to reach through this Biblism leads to the conviction that the perfect security of the soul in the love of God renders unimportant the actions of the body, even those which were commonly held to be the most guilty.
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- “biblism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Biblism, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
