Neither churches also hold the ladder as a scriptural basis which conform its believers towards Christian ecumenism.

He founded the Waldensians which became a Christian sect believing that all religious practices should have scriptural basis.

He argues that the charismatic gifts are for the church today but that their practice should be built on a solid scriptural basis.

In Mariology the question of scriptural basis is more accentuated.

The central problem is that there is no scriptural basis for saying that nonbelievers will be saved.

Whilst condemning older depictions without a scriptural basis, he was not hesitant in creating new ones based on his own interpretation.

It is thus clear that there is more to polygyny in the scriptural basis of the Qur'an then simply the citation of Verse 4:3.

Christian naturists counter that the notion of Christians being unable to avoid lust where non-sexualized nudity is present has no scriptural basis whatsoever.

Tyndale's translation stripped away the scriptural basis of Catholic clerical power.

Scanning for the scriptural basis for a pastoral message, or one of his infrequent sermons.