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Common component- sacred texts

All religions have texts they regard as sacred. Christians have the Bible, Jews have the Tanakh, Muslims have the Qur'an (Koran).

Types of sacred texts

There are different types of texts as well as different levels of sacred nature.

Type	Description	Sacred nature	Example
Divine commandments	Divine words from God/s	Absolute	10 commandments
Divine dialogue	Account of divine communication with God/s	High	Gnostic, Hermetics, Jewish prophets
Gospel	Messianic treatise/teachings	High	Christian gospels, gnostic gospels
Prayer/poetry	Sacred reflection	Medium	Psalms
Instruction/teaching	Instruction from spiritual leader	Medium	Catechism

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