scripturallyadv.
/ˈskrɪptʃ(ə)rəli/, /ˈskrɪptʃ(ə)rl̩i/, U.S. /ˈskrɪp(t)ʃ(ə)rəli/ With reference to, in terms of, or in accordance with scripture; in relation to the Bible or another sacred text.
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c1650 S. More Wise Gospel-preacher 51 Since this Doctrine is so hotly, yea, so seemingly Scripturally opposed.
1653 R. Drake Boundary to Holy Mount 189 The true desire of faith, is both Scripturally and by the consent of Divines one degree of faith.
1787 J. Wesley Let. 4 July (1931) VII. 392 There are three or four in Dublin who..speak clearly and scripturally of having had..a manifestation of the several Persons in the ever-blessed Trinity.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. i. 124 A scripturally-worded creed.
1867 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. June 531 Cowper was scripturally sound on the grand doctrine of justification by faith.
1919 Relig. Bodies 1916 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census) 40/2 A divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry.
1952 H. H. Gerth & D. A. Martindale tr. M. Weber Anc. Judaism xv. 395 With prophecy..the scripturally learned rabbis..lived in a state of tension.
2016 Church Times 24 Mar. 23/3 The film-maker depicts Jesus, alive and climbing a steep slope, followed by crowds of angel-children... Scripturally and biologically, it makes no sense.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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