#sacred_text__sacred_writing__religious_writing__religiouswriting__religious_text__religioustext  writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
  supertype:  #written_material__writtenmaterial__writing__piece_of_writing  the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
  subtype:  #scripture  any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
     subtype:  #canon.scripture  a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
  subtype:  #Zend-Avesta__Avesta  sacred text of Zoroastrianism
  subtype:  #Bhagavad-Gita  (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life
  subtype:  #Mahabharata__Mahabharatam__Mahabharatum  (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families
  subtype:  #Bible__bible__Good_Book__Holy_Scripture__Holy_Writ__Scripture__Word_of_God__Word  the sacred writings of the Christian religion; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
     subtype:  #family_Bible  a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
     subtype:  #Vulgate  the Latin version of the Bible used by Roman Catholics
     subtype:  #Rheims-Douay_Bible__Douay_Bible__Douay_Version__Douay-Rheims_Bible__Douay-Rheims_Version__Rheims-Douay_Version  an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars
     subtype:  #King_James_Bible__King_James_Version__Authorized_Version  an English translation of the Bible published in 1611
     subtype:  #British_Revised_Version  a British revision of the Authorized Version
     subtype:  #New_English_Bible  a modern English version of the Bible and Apocrypha
     subtype:  #American_Standard_Version__American_Revised_Version  a revised version of the King James Version
     subtype:  #Revised_Standard_Version  a revision of the American Standard Version
  subtype:  #Pentateuch__Torah__Laws  the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit
  subtype:  #Prophets  the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
  subtype:  #Hagiographa__Writings  the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
  subtype:  #Testament__testament  either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible
  subtype:  #Gospel__Gospels__evangel  four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings
     subtype:  #Gospel_According_to_Matthew__Matthew  one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount
     subtype:  #Gospel_According_to_Mark__Mark  the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
     subtype:  #Gospel_According_to_Luke__Luke  one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life
     subtype:  #Gospel_According_to_John__John  the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
     subtype:  #Word_of_God.Gospel__wordofgod  the message of the gospel of Christ
  subtype:  #The_Book_of_Mormon__Book_of_Mormon  revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith
  subtype:  #prayer.sacred_text  a fixed text used in praying
     subtype:  #Angelus  a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation
     subtype:  #Ave_Maria__Hail_Mary  a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to Her
     subtype:  #Canticle_of_Simeon__Nunc_dimittis  the prayer of Simeon; Luke 2:29-32
     subtype:  #Evening_Prayer__evensong  (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
     subtype:  #Kol_Nidre  the opening prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur
     subtype:  #Litany  a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
     subtype:  #Lord's_Prayer  the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)
        subtype:  #Paternoster  (Roman Catholic) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as "our father"
  subtype:  #service_book__servicebook  a book setting forth the forms of church service
     subtype:  #Book_of_Common_Prayer  the Anglican service book of the Church of England; has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language
  subtype:  #Apocrypha  14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible
  subtype:  #Koran__Quran  sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina; divided into 114 chapters
  subtype:  #Talmud  sacred writings of Orthodox Judaism
  subtype:  #Veda__Samhita  any of the Hindu sacred writing
     subtype:  #Rig-Veda  a Veda consisting of Hindu poems dating from before 2000 BC
     subtype:  #Sama-Veda  a collection of mantras and tunes for use with the Rig-Veda
     subtype:  #Atharva-Veda  a collection of mantras and formulas
     subtype:  #Yajur-Veda  a collection of sacrificial formulas
  subtype:  #Brahmana  Hindu sacred text instructing the Brahmins to perform the Vedic rituals
  subtype:  #Upanishad  later sacred texts of Hinduism dealing with broad philosophical questions
  subtype:  #mantra  (Hinduism or Buddhism) a sacred word or syllable repeated in prayer or meditation
  subtype:  #psalm  any sacred song used to praise the Deity
  subtype:  #Psalm  one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David

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