Writing Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Religious texts=== {{See also|History of writing#Writing and religion|Myth}} In the [[history of writing]], [[religious texts]] or writing have played a special role. For example, some religious text compilations have been some of the earliest popular texts,<!--, introduced societal rules {{see above|[[#Governance and law|above]]}},--> or even the only written texts in some languages, and in some cases are still highly popular around the world.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Henri-Jean |title=The History and Power of Writing |date=1994 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-50836-8 }}{{page needed|date=June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=Sarah Iles |title=Ancient Religions |date=30 September 2007 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-26477-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSEsEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 |language=en |access-date=2 March 2023 |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426224052/https://books.google.com/books?id=FSEsEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA133 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Barry B. |title=Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization |year=2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-4051-6256-2 |page=12 }}</ref> The first books printed widely using the [[printing press]] [[Gutenberg Bible|were bibles]]. Such texts enabled rapid spread and maintenance of societal cohesion, [[collective identity]], motivations, justifications and [[belief]]s that e.g. notably [[Religious war|historically supported or enabled large-scale warfare between modern humans]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page