den heliga Skrift

Swedish

Proper noun

den heliga Skrift c (genitive den heliga Skrifts)

  1. (Christianity) Sacred Scripture, Holy Writ (the Bible)
    Gamla testamentet är en omistlig del av den heliga Skrift.
    The Old Testament is an indispensable part of Sacred Scripture.
    • 1902, P. P. Waldenström, Låt oss behålla vår gamla Bibel‎[1], Normans förlag, accessed at Runeberg.org, courtesy of Kungliga biblioteket, archived from the original on 25 May 2025, page 19:
      [O]m det någonsin funnits en människa, för hvilken tron [..] varit absolut beroende på den heliga Skrifts auktoritet, så var det Luther.
      If ever there was a man for whom faith was absolutely dependent on the authority of Holy Writ, it was Luther.
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 29 April 2025, §1602:
      Den heliga Skrift börjar med skapelsen av man och kvinna till Guds avbild och likhet.
      Sacred Scripture begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and likeness of God.

Usage notes

  • Different forms of capitalization are used.

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