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- noun Plural form of
biblicist .
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Yet, sadly, when we speak of new revelation such as the role of women in the church and the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the church and society, biblicists and bibliolaters say that we are destroying Christian identity and undermining the world's commitment to Christ.
Rev. Dr. Cindi Love: Seeking The True Church Rev. Dr. Cindi Love 2011
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Yet, sadly, when we speak of new revelation such as the role of women in the church and the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the church and society, biblicists and bibliolaters say that we are destroying Christian identity and undermining the world's commitment to Christ.
Rev. Dr. Cindi Love: Seeking The True Church Rev. Dr. Cindi Love 2011
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In the UK at least the specifically Black churches, say some Adventist ones for example, are likely to be literal biblicists, perhaps do biblical food rules, but they are also quite likely to be social democrats or leftwards.
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It is needless to say how undeniable is the fact of various readings; how utterly groundless were the fears which Dr Owen expressed because of them; and how much the labours of learned biblicists, in the region which was so nobly cultivated by Walton and his associates, have confirmed, instead of disturbing our confidence in the inspired canon.
Life of Dr Owen 1965
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The importance of this enterprise consists in this that it will reproduce, as correctly as possible, the original translation of St. Jerome, and will thereby furnish biblicists with a reliable clue to an ancient Hebrew text, differing in many details from the Septuagint, or the Massoretic Text
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Even very orthodox biblicists no longer insist that it is necessary to oppose the teaching that the first five books of the Bible were written at different times and by different men.
Understanding the Scriptures Francis John McConnell 1912
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I really wish they could find a cure for the biblicists.
Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010
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I really wish they could find a cure for the biblicists.
Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010
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I really wish they could find a cure for the biblicists.
Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010
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I really wish they could find a cure for the biblicists.
Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010
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