Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible.
- noun Extreme devotion to or concern with books.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Worship or homage paid to books.
- noun Specifically, excessive reverence for the letter of the Bible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
fundamentalism , the belief in the literal truth of the Bible - noun excessive reverence of the Bible, Qur'an, or other book
- noun worship of the Bible or other book
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the worship of the Bible
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Examples
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(In fact, some modernist critics would say that Evangelicals and other biblical literalists engage in "bibliolatry" or text worship.)
Valerie Tarico: Psychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions? Valerie Tarico 2010
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(In fact, some modernist critics would say that Evangelicals and other biblical literalists engage in "bibliolatry" or text worship.)
Valerie Tarico: Psychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions? Valerie Tarico 2010
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The conservative strand of black religion is evident in what Harvard professor Peter Gomes calls "bibliolatry" - the practice of worshiping the Bible rather than worshiping God.
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The conservative strand of black religion is evident in what Harvard professor Peter Gomes calls "bibliolatry" -- the practice of worshiping the
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The elevation of the Bible by the Protestants, and particularly the Calvinists — what has been called the bibliolatry of the sixteenth century — was to have im - portant and widespread consequences.
CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968
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It was, I believe, Robert Schuler who warned Christians to beware of "bibliolatry".
Matt Idom: Worshiping God, Not The Bible Matt Idom 2011
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It was, I believe, Robert Schuler who warned Christians to beware of "bibliolatry".
Matt Idom: Worshiping God, Not The Bible Matt Idom 2011
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He was critical of Karl BARTH for what he called "bibliolatry" and for his aloofness from society.
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For the Vedas, at least, were considered to be of divine authority, and their words, metres, and grammar were regarded with a superstitious awe, such as reminds us of what has been called the "bibliolatry" of the Jewish
Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern J. Allanson Picton 1871
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The word that lurks in the criticism of Webster et al is 'bibliolatry', but strictly speaking that is not something which orthodox believers have been guilty of.
Exiled Preacher 2009
man commented on the word bibliolatry
bib-lee-ol-uh-tree
1. excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted.
2. extravagant devotion to or dependence upon books.
December 17, 2006