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The Internet Sacred Text Archive lists three general links, World Religions, Traditions, and Mysteries. The first leads to the texts of the Abrahamic religions, as well as secondary sources describing them. The second leads to indigenous religions, including transcriptions of oral myths.
The true core texts of the Yazidi religion that exist today are the hymns, known as qawls. Spurious examples of so-called "Yazidi religious texts" include the Yazidi Black Book and the Yazidi Book of Revelation , which are believed to have been forged in the early 20th century; the Yazidi Black Book, for instance, is thought to be a combination ...
In contrast to sacred texts, many religious texts are narratives or discussions about the specific religion's general themes, interpretations, practices, or important figures. In some religions (e.g. Christianity), the canonical texts include a particular text but are "an unsettled question," according to Eugene Nida.
Name Description Alternate Names Date Vedas: Sacred hymns on 5 supreme gods led by Surya, which are a large body of texts originating in ancient India.Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
The British Library: Discovering Sacred Texts - Buddhism Archived November 11, 2021, at the Wayback Machine; Online Dharma Libraries (archived 19 April 2008) The Buddhist Text Translation Society; SuttaCentral Public domain translations in multiple languages from the Pali Tipitaka as well as other collections, focusing on Early Buddhist Texts.
The Vision and the Voice, or Liber 418 Cover of the 1999 edition of The Vision and the Voice Author Aleister Crowley Language English Series The Equinox Release number I (5) Subject Enochian magic Publisher Privately printed Publication date 1911 Publication place United Kingdom The Vision and the Voice (Liber 418) is a book by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947). It chronicles the mystical journey ...
These texts are mentioned or partially quoted in the writings of the Church Fathers. Gospel of Basilides mentioned by Origen , Jerome , Ambrose , Philip of Side , and Bede . Basilides ' Exegetica mentioned in Hippolytus of Rome ( Refutatio Omnium Haeresium VII, ixv and X, x) and Clement of Alexandria ( Stromata IV, xii and IV, xxiv–xxvi)
The full text of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is freely available at: Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Tertullian Project: Internet Sacred Text Archive: Internet Archive: HathiTrust: or ; List of links to scans of NPNF volumes in the "Links Galore" spreadsheet