There are many who would have you believe that the only writings that can be called scripture are those that support their own beliefs, sect or religion. Maybe none are so bad at this as the Christian religions. They quote from The New Testament and reinforce their authority to do so from the same book, yet can not see that at the time that this collection of letters and documentaries were writen, they were not classified as scripture.

The following are definitions of the word 'scripture'.

scripture - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scripture \Scrip"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. scriptura, fr. scribere,

     scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F.

     ['e]criture. See Scribe.]

     1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.

        [1913 Webster]

              I have put it in scripture and in remembrance.

                                                    --Chaucer.

any book or body of writings, esp. when regarded as sacred by a particular religious group 

ENCARTA DICTIONARY:

This dictionary list amongst the meanings for the word scripture, the following:

Sacred texts: Any sacred writing or text.

Authoritive Statement: A statement regarded as authoritative

Below are I have listed some names of writings that can be classified as scripture, together with the groups that generally use them.

This topic is examined in more detail either from the website that I obtained this list from : http://www.adherents.com/adh_influbooks.html or from links available on that site.

Finally I have to ask myself the following. When the world seems full of these sacred writings, why is it that the individual religions want to retain their individuality and not share in the wealth of material that the Creator, the Father of all mankind, has provided for us?