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==The Bible as an idol==
==The Bible as an idol==


William Branham stated that  
William Branham stated that the Bible was "God in print form. You're no more than your word. God is no more than His Word.[14]
Because, you have to stand and be married to a perfect Son of God, and you must be a perfect Bride. So how can you do it through anything else but the perfect Word of God, which is, "The Waters of separation, that washes us from our sins"? Amen. That's right. The Blood of Jesus Christ, think of It, the dripping, Bloody Word. Amen. The Blood, the—the Word of God bleeding Blood, to wash the Bride in. Amen. Yes, sir. She stands perfect, virgin, unadulterated. She never sinned, in the first place. Amen. She was trapped into it. See?[15]


But that is "bibliolatry", literally, making the Bible an idol. Many argue that bibliolatry takes place whenever faith in the Bible is placed over faith in Christ.<ref>Gregory A. Boyd and Paul R. Eddy, Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009), 328.</ref>
But that is "bibliolatry", literally, making the Bible an idol. Many argue that bibliolatry takes place whenever faith in the Bible is placed over faith in Christ.<ref>Gregory A. Boyd and Paul R. Eddy, Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009), 328.</ref>