The liner notes state that the work is "a translation of world beliefs by Valor."

The album, like Atrocities, is split into two acts, though later reissues would omit these subtitles.

The first 10,000 versions of the original LP record came with a free seven inch single containing two songs: "Jezebel's Tribulation" and "Wraeththu".

Some CD reissues of the album feature these songs as bonus tracks.

The completion of recording on The Scriptures would see David Glass leave the group and like previous members Barry Galvin and Johann Schumann, would go on to play in Mephisto Walz.