antiscriptural love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Antagonistic to the principles or doctrines of Scripture, or to the acceptance of the Scriptures as inspired.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective that contradicts scripture

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Examples

  • No man, he added, durst impose upon a Christian an article of belief which was antiscriptural; the judgment of an individual Christian must be worth more than that of the Pope or even of a Council, provided he has a better ground for it.

    Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

  • No man, he added, durst impose upon a Christian an article of belief which was antiscriptural; the judgment of an individual Christian must be worth more than that of the Pope or even of a Council, provided he has a better ground for it.

    Life of Martin Luther Koestlin, Julius 1881

  • I tried in vain to find an answer to things that I saw and felt to be antiscriptural and destructive; but this "End" was the beginning of my controversy, for I was wholly new to it, and ignorant of the historical and other facts necessary to disprove the reverend author's bold assumptions.

    Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain 1790-1846 Charlotte Elizabeth 1818

  • No, the doctrine of our merits is altogether unscriptural and antiscriptural; there is no foundation of any good hope upon that account.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

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