Biblical Infallibility
In Christian theology, the biblical inerrancy (or simply inerrancy) is a doctrinal position, in the belief that the Bible contains no error in its original form ( handwritten original), both as regards the authority of the text in matters of faith and believer's life than about the authenticity of the text and details of scientific, historical and geographical. This means that the intention of the authors of each text followed the will of God, but also that it has paid special attention to avoid their mistake in their factual assertions.
This doctrine is mainly supported by fundamentalist movements within evangelical Protestantism, with over two hundred representatives, including theologians recognized (current and conservatives within the Church Reformed and Presbyterian denominations as well as Lutheran and Baptist ) Chicago signed the Declaration on biblical inerrancy in 1978.
The Chicago Statement does not necessarily imply that a traditional interpretation of the Bible, in particular, is without error. Rather, it gives primacy to the search for the author of each text, and agrees that a factual assertion is received or understood by what it is possible to determine or assume that the perpetrator intended to provide a factual assertion. Although she concedes that it is impossible to know the intent of the original authors, and there are other kinds of literature in the Bible as factual assertions, the Declaration reaffirms still the authenticity of the Bible in its entirety as the Word of God. Defenders of the Declaration of Chicago are concerned that accepting an error in the Bible provides a slippery slope that would lead ultimately to the rejection of the Bible any value greater than any other book: "The authority of Scripture is inevitably undermined if this total divine inerrancy is in any way limited or disregarded References
See also
- Creationism
- Creation (theology)
- Catholic Church's position on the theory of evolution
- Four senses of Scripture
- Textual variants of the New Testament
External link
- Chicago's first statement on biblical inerrancy , 1978
- Response of the Pontifical Biblical Commission June 30, 1909, to the question "What are the fundamental truths revealed to us the Scriptures?" on the historic character of the early chapters of Genesis (cf. Denzinger 2123 / DS = 3514)
- Text of the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum 1965
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