单词 | proof-text |
释义 | > as lemmasproof-text proof-text n. Theology a biblical text or passage considered as proving a point of doctrine; (in extended use) any text used as evidence or to prove a point. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [noun] > source of authority?c1225 datum1630 source1788 pièce justificative1789 proof-text1801 1801 H. Marsh tr. J. D. Michaelis Introd. New Test. IV. 420 The one, as well as the other [passage from St John's Gospel], may be used as a proof text in the doctrine of the Trinity. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. vi. 262 Modern criticism has submitted the ‘proof-texts’..to stringent examination. 1904 H. A. A. Kennedy St. Paul's Concept. Last Things vi. 310 Solitary proof-texts have wrought more havoc in theology than all the heresies. 1983 C. Ozick O Spilling Rapture! O Happy Stoup! in Metaphor & Memory (1989) 87 Cott's Niagara-floods of quotations are so many prooftexts of the reach of his desire. 2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 25 June m6 The question of scriptural ‘proof-texts’ against homosexuality and the subsequent church blessing of same-sex unions have become issues [in the Evangelical Lutheran Church]. < as lemmas |
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