Here is a good read on the topic...
The CHICAGO STATEMENTS on INERRANCY and HERMENEUTICS
The CHICAGO STATEMENTS on INERRANCY and HERMENEUTICS
Does the Bible claim to be inerrant?
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All scripture is inerrant.. Yes Trophimus even the words about Paul sending for his cloak. Has Pauls cloak getting got a theological message ? Not much except, we see other christians willing to help! But it is part of a human letter written by a man, using words that at the same time where his words and inspired by the Holy Spirit. They are the Words God wanted us to have.. If they are not then we have no basis for any authority about faith except ones own whims. The bible is not written in a theological vacuum it is real human history.
As to how we have our bible today that is a discussion on transmission.. And we can see that the bible going back through the centuries is totally reliable and authoritative in all matters of faith.. And where there are scribe mistakes these are usually duly noted.. But it shows the care God Himself has taken down through the ages to transmit his original inerrant word.
As to how we have our bible today that is a discussion on transmission.. And we can see that the bible going back through the centuries is totally reliable and authoritative in all matters of faith.. And where there are scribe mistakes these are usually duly noted.. But it shows the care God Himself has taken down through the ages to transmit his original inerrant word.
Mt 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set...
Lk 6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain...
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Was Jesus sitting on a mountain or was he standing in a plain?
A clear contradiction/inconsistency in Gospels. On the other hand, which Christian creed is in danger because of it? These are minor details.
Lk 6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain...
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Was Jesus sitting on a mountain or was he standing in a plain?
A clear contradiction/inconsistency in Gospels. On the other hand, which Christian creed is in danger because of it? These are minor details.
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I think you're phone auto-corrected once too often. Or you were in a rush when writing this. Either way, not sure what you're asking. "Does it?" Does what what? I don't get what "it" is and I don't get what it reportedly "does" to answer the question.
That said, here are my two best guesses with answers:
-- Is the Bible incapable of error? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it's a book with paper and ink, so can't do anything to error. No, because it is a book translated through the centuries from languages not used anymore, so it does have some booboos. But really? Is the fact that the word "rabbit" isn't in The Law all that much of an error? The original word was right. The translators simply didn't know there were no rabbits in the Middle East back then, so they guessed from local understanding.
-- Is God inerrant? YES!
Honestly, this is a straw man argument so old that most people feel like it has merit. It really doesn't. Do you ever go to the user manual or the Help section for your computer/digital device? Ever spot grammatical mistakes? Assuming you have, does it mean the manual or help section were errant? Not really, because it still teaches you how to do what you want to do.
If Man is capable of writing down directions on how to use machinery correctly even as an errant being, why can't God, the only perfect one anywhere, use Man to write down what he wanted men to know?
The Bible is God's words -- inerrantly -- even if humans have yet to translate them free from error!
That said, here are my two best guesses with answers:
-- Is the Bible incapable of error? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it's a book with paper and ink, so can't do anything to error. No, because it is a book translated through the centuries from languages not used anymore, so it does have some booboos. But really? Is the fact that the word "rabbit" isn't in The Law all that much of an error? The original word was right. The translators simply didn't know there were no rabbits in the Middle East back then, so they guessed from local understanding.
-- Is God inerrant? YES!
Honestly, this is a straw man argument so old that most people feel like it has merit. It really doesn't. Do you ever go to the user manual or the Help section for your computer/digital device? Ever spot grammatical mistakes? Assuming you have, does it mean the manual or help section were errant? Not really, because it still teaches you how to do what you want to do.
If Man is capable of writing down directions on how to use machinery correctly even as an errant being, why can't God, the only perfect one anywhere, use Man to write down what he wanted men to know?
The Bible is God's words -- inerrantly -- even if humans have yet to translate them free from error!
