Sacred text

Many religions and spiritual movements believe that their sacred texts (or scriptures) are the "Word of God", often feeling that the texts are wholly divine or spiritually inspired in origin. Even non-believers often capitalize the names of sacred scriptures as a mark of respect or tradition.

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Religions - Spiritual - Inspired - Capitalize - Sacred

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Although ancient civilizations have produced handmade texts for thousands of years, the first printed scripture for wide distribution to the masses was The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, printed in the year AD 868.

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Ancient civilization - The Diamond Sutra - Buddhist - 868

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