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/hˈaɪər krˈɪtɪsˌɪzəm/ Listen

Higher criticism

noun

The scientific study of biblical writings to determine their origin and meaning.

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"Higher criticism" Quotes from Famous Books

... to a church today is not higher criticism, elaborate ritual, hair-splitting creeds, but fearless fighting for public health, for good government, for righteous labor conditions, for clean courts of justice. It was the leader of a darky revival who, when asked why he didn't sometimes ...

— What the Church Means to Me - A Frank Confession and a Friendly Estimate by an Insider • Wilfred T. Grenfell

... prestige with what is called the Higher Criticism in all branches to proclaim that certain popular texts and authorities are "late," and therefore apparently worthless. Two similar events are always the same event, and the later alone is even credible. This fanaticism ...

— A Short History of England • G. K. Chesterton

... that we did reform our Church at last. No doubt we had to make a few compromises as a matter of good taste; but there is now very little in our Articles of Religion that is not accepted as at least allegorically true by our Higher Criticism. ...

— Back to Methuselah • George Bernard Shaw

Words linked to "Higher criticism" : textual criticism