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The Internet Sacred Text Archive (ISTA) is a Santa Cruz, California-based website dedicated to the preservation of electronic public domain religious texts. History
In contrast to sacred texts, many religious texts are simply narratives or discussions pertaining to the general themes, interpretations, practices, or important figures of the specific religion. In some religions (e.g. Christianity), the canonical texts include a particular text but is "an unsettled question", according to Eugene Nida.
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 ...
The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Vachanamrut: (IAST: Vacanāmṛta, lit. "immortalising ambrosia in the form of words") is a sacred Hindu text consisting of 273 religious discourses delivered by Swaminarayan from 1819 to 1829 CE and is considered the principal theological text within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. Compiled by five of his senior disciples, Swaminarayan edited and ...
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 concept of a Bible covered in the American flag, as well as a former president’s endorsement of a text Christians consider to be sacred, has raised concern among religious circles. It’s ...
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