proof text meaning

• noun
    A passage of the Bible adduced in proof of a doctrine

• I'm reminded of " proof text " battles by fundamentalists.
• Some of the minister's proof texts were repeated.
• The epigraph started out as a proof text, as it were.
• First Corinthians-was cited as proof text:
• It is using the Bible as a proof text to justify the prevailing standards and mores of the culture.
• "Basic Theology " is written from a theologically normal / plain interpretation of scripture, and the legitimacy of proof texts.
• Like the Helvetic Consensus Formula, the Westminster Confession of Faith cites Matthew 5 : 18 as proof text of the special providential preservation of the divinely inspired Holy Scripture.
• At the present stage of our knowledge of the history of Mah
  
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• The Westminster Confession was presented to Parliament in 1646, but the House of Commons returned the Confession to the Assembly with the instruction that proof texts from Scripture should be added to the Confession.
• He employed visual illustrations, statistics and citations from the Bible-- usually called " proof texts "-- in this effort, which wouldn't have persuaded me if I were undecided on the matter.

• "proof text" meaning in Russian: 1) слова священного писания, приводимые в доказательство