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Bible

Also called Scripture.

In plain words

The book of writings Christians receive as God’s word: the Old Testament and the New Testament.

The fuller definition

The collection of writings Christians receive as God’s word: the Old Testament, written before Jesus, and the New Testament, written by his first followers. Sixty-six books in all, written over many centuries in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Lutherans read the whole of it in the light of Christ.

Where it comes from

2 Timothy 3:16

In The Bible: Its books, its translations, and how Lutherans read it.