A person who adheres strictly to the Bible as the ultimate authority; someone who practices biblicism or biblical literalism.
From 'biblic-' plus the suffix '-ist' (a person who practices or advocates). This term emerged alongside 'biblicism' in 19th-century theological debates about scriptural interpretation.
A 'biblicist' sounds like it should mean 'someone who studies the Bible,' but it actually means someone with a specific ideology—it's a label with attitude built in. Language often hides political positions inside seemingly neutral words.
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