scriptural

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Mr. Talarico seems to find additional scriptural support, as Mr. Swaim mentions, in the idea that “God asks for Mary’s consent” at the Annunciation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Citing scriptural commands to seek justice, he said he was speaking out despite the risks to encourage compassion.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

“He was a great pope, a marvellous pope. He was able to explain the scriptural matters of faith and also the traditional teachings of the Church,” said Father Callistus Kahale Kabindama, a priest from Zambia.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2023

“There was a time when the Bible was taught in classrooms as literature not theologically, but just as literature just so you have a general knowledge of biblical stories or scriptural narrative,” he said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2022

It must be a joke, and nothing could please Father better than a scriptural joke.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom