This attitude they shared with Lutheranism - and indeed, cited scriptural authority for it.

At the same time, however, the bastion of traditional scriptural authority was also being challenged from other quarters.

His arguments were based mainly on scriptural authority; but his book caused many angry replies.

Yet the scriptural authority on which this ruling was based was meagre.

However, the scriptural authority he attributes to the "memoirs of the apostles" is less certain.

It was the Southern slaveholder who claimed the moral high ground, for his fundamentalist faith gave scriptural authority to his cause.

Along with scriptural authority, he relies on prophetic rhetoric to gain his audience's sympathy.

The following morning is your departure time, when even more will be made known to you, according to scriptural authority, isn't that so, Uriah?

A return to scriptural authority is the only answer.

In Ayyavazhi, there is no scriptural authority indicating the importance of 1000, but the number 1008 is commonly mentioned.