the sacred writings of the Christian religions
同义词：Bible??/??Christian Bible??/??Book??/??Good Book??/??Holy Writ??/??Scripture??/??Word of God??/??Word
They might have lots and lots of holy writings, but they don't have a particular, bounded body of writings that they call scripture.
他们可能有很多神圣的述著，但他们没有一部特定的，书写成卷的圣典。
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What makes something scripture,though,is that it's taken to be authoritative and holy by some particular community.
圣典之所以为圣典是由于,它被某一特定团体当作是权威而神圣的。
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