Religious text

Religious texts, also known as scripture, scriptures, holy writ, or holy books, are the texts which various religious traditions consider to be sacred, or of central importance to their religious tradition. Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts are divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired.

List of sacred texts of various religions

Asatru

Atenism

Great Hymn to the Aten

Ayyavazhi

The Akilathirattu Ammanai
The Arul Nool

Bahá'í Faith

See Also Bahá'í literature Books by Bahá'u'lláh

The Four Valleys (1857 version)
The Seven Valleys (1860 version)
The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh (in Arabic 1857)
The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh (in Persian 1857)
Gems of Divine Mysteries (ca 1859)
The Book of Certitude (partly in Persian and partly in Arabic 1861)
Summons of the Lord of Hosts (ca 1868)
Tabernacle of Unity (ca 1870)
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas /The Most Holy Book (Completed 1873)
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (written until 1892)
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (ca 1890)
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh (compilation chosen by Shoghi Effendi of Bahá'u'lláh's writings, 1853 to 1892)

Bön

Bon Kangyur and Tengyur

Buddhism

See Also Buddhist texts

Theravada Buddhism

The Tipitaka or Pāli Canon
- Vinaya Pitaka
- Sutta Pitaka
  - Digha Nikaya, the "long" discourses.
  - Majjhima Nikaya, the "middle-length" discourses.
  - Samyutta Nikaya, the "connected" discourses.
  - Anguttara Nikaya, the "numerical" discourses.
  - Khuddaka Nikaya, the "minor collection".
- Abhidhamma Pitaka

East Asian Mahayana

The Chinese Buddhist Tripiṭaka, including
- Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra
- Shurangama Sutra and its Shurangama Mantra
- Pure Land Buddhism
  - Infinite Life Sutra
  - Amitabha Sutra
  - Contemplation Sutra
  - other Pure Land Sutras
- Tiantai, Tendai, and Nichiren
  - Lotus Sutra
- Shingon
  - Mahavairocana Sutra
  - Vajrasekhara Sutra

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur

Cheondoism

The Donghak Scripture
The Songs of Yongdam
The Sermons of Master Haeweol
The Sermons of Revered Teacher Euiam^[]

Christianity

Traditional Christendom

The Bible (the Old Testament and New Testament)

For Protestantism, this is the 66-book canon - the Jewish Tanakh of 24 books divided differently (into 39 books) and the universal 27-book New Testament.
For Catholicism, this includes seven deuterocanonical books in the Old Testament for a total of 73 books, called the Canon of Trent (in versions of the Latin Vulgate, 3 Esdras and 4 Esdras are included in an appendix, but considered non-canonical).
For the Eastern Orthodox Church, this includes the anagignoskomena, which consist of the Catholic deuterocanon, plus 3 Maccabees, Psalm 151, the Prayer of Manasseh, and 3 Esdras. 4 Maccabees is considered to be canonical by the Georgian Orthodox Church.^[]
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (and its offspring, the Eritrean Orthodox Church) adds various additional books depending on the specific enumeration of the canon (see Ethiopian Biblical canon), but always includes 4 Esdras, the Book of Jubilees, 1 Enoch, 4 Baruch, and 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan (no relation to the Books of Maccabees).
Some Syriac churches accept the Letter of Baruch as scripture.

Christian Scientists

The Bible
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. This textbook, along with the Bible, serves as the permanent "impersonal pastor" of the church.

Gnosticism

Nag Hammadi library and other Gnostic texts (not from the Bible)
Some books of the Old Testament and New Testament

Cerdonianism and Marcionism

Only the Gospel of Marcion and selected Pauline epistles accepted

Jehovah's Witnesses

The Bible (The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is their preferred translation.)
Watchtower Magazine
Awake Magazine

Latter Day Saint movement

The Bible

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) uses the LDS edition of the King James Bible for English-speaking members; other versions are used in non-English speaking countries.
The Community of Christ (RLDS) uses the Joseph Smith Translation, which it calls the Inspired Version, as well as updated modern translations.

There are significant differences in content and section numbering between the Doctrine and Covenants used by the Community of Christ (RLDS) and the LDS Church.

Other, smaller branches of Latter Day Saints include other scriptures, such as the Book of the Law of the Lord used by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) or The Word of the Lord used by Fettingite branches.

Native American Church (Christian-leaning factions): See below.

Rastafari movement: See below.

Seventh-day Adventists

The Bible
The writings of Ellen White are held to an elevated status, though not equal with the Bible, as she is considered to have been an inspired prophetess.

Swedenborgianism: See below.

Unification Church: See below.

Confucianism

Discordianism

The Principia Discordia

Druidism

The Mabinogion
Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of Invasions)

Druze

Rasa'il al-hikmah (Epistles of Wisdom)

Ancient Egyptian religion

Old Kingdom

Pyramid Texts

First Intermediate Period & Middle Kingdom

Coffin Texts

Second Intermediate Period

Etruscan religion

Ancient Greece

Hermeticism

Hermetica, Kybalion, Emerald Tablet and associated writings

Hinduism

Śruti

Smriti

Itihāsas
- Mahābhārata (including the Bhagavad Gita)
  - Bhagavad Gita
- Ramayana
Puranas (List)
- Bhagavata Purana
Tantras
Sutras (List)
Stotras
Ashtavakra Gita
Gherand Samhita
Gita Govinda
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Yoga Vasistha

In Purva Mimamsa

Purva Mimamsa Sutras

In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa)

Brahma Sutras of Vyasa

In Yoga

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

In Samkhya

Samkhya Sutras of Kapila

In Nyaya

Nyāya Sūtras of Gautama

In Vaisheshika

Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada

In Vaishnavism

Vaikhanasa Samhitas
Pancaratra Samhitas

In Saktism

Sakta Tantras

In Kashmir Saivism

64 Bhairavagamas
28 Shaiva Agamas
Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra

In Pashupata Shaivism

Pashupata Sutras of Lakulish
Panchartha-bhashya of Kaundinya (a commentary on the Pashupata Sutras)
Ganakarika
Ratnatika of Bhasarvajna

In Shaiva Siddhanta

28 Saiva Agamas
Tirumurai (canon of 12 works)
Meykandar Shastras (canon of 14 works)

In Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Krishna-karnamrita

Chaitanya Bhagavata
Chaitanya Charitamrita
Prema-bhakti-candrika
Hari-bhakti-vilasa

In Lingayatism

In Kabir Panth

poems of Kabir

In Dadu Panth

poems of Dadu

Islam

Quran (also referred to as Template:Not a typo)
Hadith/Sunnah (Sunnah, which consists of what Muhammad did, believed, implied, or tacitly approved, was noted down by his companions in Hadith.)

Jainism

Svetambara

11 Angas
- Secondary
  - 12 Upangas, 4 Mula-sutras, 6 Cheda-sutras, 2 Culika-sutras, 10 Prakirnakas

Digambara

Karmaprabhrita, also called Satkhandagama
Kashayaprabhrita

Nonsectarian/Nonspecific

Jina Vijaya
Tattvartha Sutra
GandhaHasti Mahabhashya (authoritative and oldest commentary on the Tattvartha Sutra)

Judaism

Rabbinical Judaism: See also: Rabbinic literature

The Tanakh i.e. Hebrew Bible
- Torah (teachings)
- Nevi'im (prophets)
- Ketuvim (writings)
The Talmud
- Mishnah
- Gemara

— Kabbalah

Zohar

Karaite Judaism

The Tanakh, i.e. the Hebrew Bible

Beta Israel

The Tanakh with several jewish apocrypha

LaVeyan Satanism

The Satanic Bible (primary text)
The Satanic Rituals (contains additional rituals)

Mandaeanism

The Ginza Rba
Book of the Zodiac
Qolusta, Canonical Prayerbook
Book of John the Baptizer
Diwan Abatur, Purgatories
1012 Questions
Coronation of Shislam Rba
Baptism of Hibil Ziwa
Haran Gawaita

Manichaeism

The Evangelion (Greek, Coptic: Ευαγγελιον, meaning roughly "good news"). Also known as the Gospel of Mani and The Living Gospel
the Treasure of Life
the Pragmateia (Coptic: πραγματεία)
the Book of Mysteries
the Book of Giants
the Epistles
the Psalms and Prayers. A Coptic Manichaean Psalter, discovered in Egypt in the early 1900s, was edited and published by Charles Allberry from Manichaean manuscripts in the Chester Beatty collection and in the Berlin Academy, 1938-9.
The Shabuhragan
The Arzhang
The Kephalaia (Κεφαλαια), "Discourses", found in Coptic translation.

Meher Baba

God Speaks

Native American Church

The Bible (among Christian-leaning factions only)

New Age religions

Various New Age religions may regard any of the following texts as inspired:

Orphism

Orphic Poems

Pastafarianism

The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Rastafari movement

The Bible (Ethiopian Orthodox canon)
the Holy Piby
the Kebra Negast
The speeches and writings of Haile Selassie I (including his autobiography My Life and Ethiopia's Progress)
Royal Parchment Scroll of Black Supremacy

Ravidassia

The Amritbani Guru Ravidass Ji

Samaritanism

See also: Samaritan religious texts

The Samaritan Torah

Scientology

Shinto

The Kojiki
The Rikkokushi, which includes the Nihon Shoki and the Shoku Nihongi
The Fudoki
The Jinnō Shōtōki
The Kujiki

Sikhism

Main article: Sikh scriptures

The Guru Granth Sahib
The Dasven Padshah Da Granth

Spiritism

Sumerian

The Barton Cylinder

Swedenborgianism

The New Church

The Bible (several books omitted)
The works of Emanuel Swedenborg (not considered equal to the Bible)

The General Church

The Bible (several books omitted)
The works of Emanuel Swedenborg (considered equal to the Bible)

Taoism

Tenrikyo

Thelema

Holy Books of Thelema especially The Book of the Law

Unification Church

Divine Principle
The Bible as illuminated by more recent revelation

Urantianism

Urantia Book

Wicca

Yârsân

Kalâm-e Saranjâm

Yazidi

Yazidi Black Book
Yazidi Book of Revelation
The true core texts of the Yazidi religion that exist today are the hymns, known as qawls.

Yorùbá

Odù Ifá

Zoroastrianism

Primary religious texts, that is, the Avesta collection:
- The Yasna, the primary liturgical collection, includes the Gathas.
- The Visperad, a collection of supplements to the Yasna.
- The Yashts, hymns in honor of the divinities.
- The Vendidad, describes the various forms of evil spirits and ways to confound them.
- shorter texts and prayers, the Yashts the five Nyaishes ("worship, praise"), the Sirozeh and the Afringans (blessings).
There are some 60 secondary religious texts, none of which are considered scripture. The most important of these are:
- The Denkard (middle Persian, 'Acts of Religion'),
- The Bundahishn, (middle Persian, 'Primordial Creation')
- The Menog-i Khrad, (middle Persian, 'Spirit of Wisdom')
- The Arda Viraf Namak (middle Persian, 'The Book of Arda Viraf')
- The Sad-dar (modern Persian, 'Hundred Doors', or 'Hundred Chapters')
- The Rivayats, 15th-18th century correspondence on religious issues
For general use by the laity:
- The Zend (lit. commentaries), various commentaries on and translations of the Avesta.
- The Khordeh Avesta, a collection of everyday prayers from the Avesta.

References

External links

^{List of New Testament Papyri}

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