Scripture is best defined as follows:

a. oral traditions which have been passed down through the generations
b. texts that are uniquely authoritative and must be taken literally, that is,
without commentary.
c.
texts that reveal the sacred, the "wholly other," or God
d.
the writing accepted by and used in a religious community as especially
sacred and authoritative


correct: d

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