# Christanity vs The Bible

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christanity-vs-the-bible/67052>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 31, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christanity-vs-the-bible/67052 "2001-05-31T06:07:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christanity-vs-the-bible/67052/21 "2001-06-13T14:26:41Z")

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I think the word the OP wants is “biblicist”. Of course, they call themselves “fundamentalists”.

Imagine if Luther had actually thrown out the Epistle of James. Wow. The gulf between Catholic and Portestant would be even more profound. Without a completely shared NT, ecumenicalism would be seen as a joke.

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