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Bible believers assert that they do not worship the Bible, but the '''[[God]]''' of the Bible, who has disclosed in its pages his divine nature, and will, and love for every human soul. The Bible itself is supremely reverenced (''hyperdulia'') with genuine honor and respect by them as the highest revelation of God to man after the ascension of Jesus to heaven and the death of the last of the Apostles of the Lord, because they have been taught to believe that it alone has all of the supernatural authority of the public divine revelation of God, and contains all that is necessary for the man of God:{{cquote|All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.<ref>2 Timothy 3:16.</ref>}}They believe that once the Bible was complete, from Genesis to Revelation, and the Bible was available to be placed in the hands of common Christians to finally read for themselves personally what it says, and be guided by its divine and holy counsel, the [[Institution|institutional]] [[Hierarchy|hierarchical]] Church was no longer necessary to pastorally guide the children and disciples of God with any authority outside of the Bible alone.  

Bible believers assert that they do not worship the Bible, but the '''[[God]]''' of the Bible, who has disclosed in its pages his divine nature, and will, and love for every human soul. The Bible itself is supremely reverenced (''hyperdulia'') with genuine honor and respect by them as the highest revelation of God to man after the ascension of Jesus to heaven and the death of the last of the Apostles of the Lord, because they have been taught to believe that it alone has all of the supernatural authority of the public divine revelation of God, and contains all that is necessary for the man of God:{{cquote|All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.<ref>2 Timothy 3:16.</ref>}}They believe that once the Bible was complete, from Genesis to Revelation, and the Bible was available to be placed in the hands of common Christians to finally read for themselves personally what it says, and be guided by its divine and holy counsel, the [[Institution|institutional]] [[Hierarchy|hierarchical]] Church was no longer necessary to pastorally guide the children and disciples of God with any authority outside of the Bible alone.  

After rejecting the [[Magisterium]] of the [[Catholic Church]], those Protestant leaders who were discerned by their followers and disciples as capable of leading the individual communities of devout and like-minded believers—the pastors and leading counsellors, the collective chief body of the elders of the congregations, assumed to be guided by the Holy Spirit—because of their manifest intelligence, prudential wisdom, and knowledge of the Bible, used as their principal guidance the ''[[Five Solas]]'', especially the principle of ''sola scriptura'', the Bible alone, to guide them in guiding souls to [[salvation]] by faith alone in the one true God and in Jesus Christ alone as their only personal Lord and Savior, not Mary, not the saints, not the angels. For these the Bible itself is the Word of God and worthy of reverence '''''second only to God Himself''''' because it alone is inspired.  

After rejecting the [[Magisterium]] of the [[Catholic Church]], those Protestant leaders who were discerned by their followers and disciples as capable of leading the individual communities of devout and like-minded believers—the pastors and leading counsellors, the collective chief body of the elders of the congregations, assumed to be guided by the Holy Spirit—because of their manifest intelligence, prudential wisdom, and knowledge of the Bible, used as their principal guidance the ''[[Five Solas]]'', especially the principle of ''sola scriptura'', the Bible alone, to guide them in guiding souls to [[salvation]] by faith alone in the one true God and in Jesus Christ alone as their only personal Lord and Savior, not Mary, not the saints, not the angels. For these the Bible itself is the Word of God and worthy of reverence '''''second only to God Himself''''' because it alone is inspired, and in its pages God speaks directly to man.  

In accordance with the technical meaning of the Latin terms of ''dulia, hyperdulia, and latria'', the Pastors and Elders of their churches are regarded as worthy of ''dulia''<ref>The title "Reverend" is itself a title of ''dulia'', respect. In the older terminology of academia a professional theologian was a Divine, whence the title of Doctor of Divinity; a group of theologians and professors of religion were called Divines of the universities and academies. The King James Bible originally titled the last book of the New Testament ''The Revelation of S. John the Divine''.<br>''See especially'' [https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-9-understanding-biblical-authority-titus-215 '''Lesson 9: Understanding Biblical Authority (Titus 2:15)''' article by retired pastor Stephen J. Cole - From the series Titus (bible.org)]</ref>, the Bible alone of all books and all things on earth is regarded as worthy of ''hyperdulia'', and the "Lord of the spirits of all mankind" and "King of the Day of Judgment", Almighty God Himself, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is regarded as alone worthy of ''latraea'', the divine worship of adoration due to God alone and no other in heaven or on earth. Those who charge true Bible believers with "bibliolatry" and with exalting the Bible alone as God above any Church are in error. They do not worship the Bible as God, but the God of the Bible.

In accordance with the technical meaning of the Latin terms of ''dulia, hyperdulia, and latria'', the Pastors and Elders of their churches are regarded as worthy of ''dulia''<ref>The title "Reverend" is itself a title of ''dulia'', respect. In the older terminology of academia a professional theologian was a Divine, whence the title of Doctor of Divinity; a group of theologians and professors of religion were called Divines of the universities and academies. The King James Bible originally titled the last book of the New Testament ''The Revelation of S. John the Divine''.<br>''See especially'' [https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-9-understanding-biblical-authority-titus-215 '''Lesson 9: Understanding Biblical Authority (Titus 2:15)''' article by retired pastor Stephen J. Cole - From the series Titus (bible.org)]</ref>, the Bible alone of all books and all things on earth is regarded as worthy of ''hyperdulia'', and the "Lord of the spirits of all mankind" and "King of the Day of Judgment", Almighty God Himself, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is regarded as alone worthy of ''latraea'', the divine worship of adoration due to God alone and no other in heaven or on earth. Those who charge true Bible believers with "bibliolatry" and with exalting the Bible alone as God above any Church are in error. They do not worship the Bible as God, but the God of the Bible.