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title: "4 Authority Scriptures Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/if-you-re-not-confident-in-the-authority-of-the-scriptures-you-will/)

[Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/)

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> [It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/it-vexes-me-when-they-would-constrain-science-by-the-authority-of-the/)

[Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/)

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> [I observe there is in Mr. Hooker no affected language; but a grave, comprehensive, clear manifestation of reason, and that backed with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hooker/i-observe-there-is-in-mr-hooker-no-affected-language-but-a-grave/)

[Richard Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hooker/)

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> [“The authority of the Scriptures does not depend on the decision of the church or the individual to validate it. To paraphrase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-s-horton/the-authority-of-the-scriptures-does-not-depend-on-the-decision-of/)

[Michael S. Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-s-horton/)

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