What is meant by inerrancy and inspiration of scripture?

Answer 1

A:The notion of biblical inspiration is generally intended to mean that the Bible is the word of God, who inspired the authors to write down exactly what he commanded them to write. Because the Bible is inspired in this way, it must of course be inerrant, which means that the Bible contains no error of fact or transcription. A secondary meaning, unrelated to inerrancy is that the Bible contains the words of men, who were inspired in what they believed, but what they wrote was not guided by God. In this secondary meaning, the Bible can not be assumed to be inerrant.

Calling the Bible inerrant means that if any historical error or other error of fact is found in the Bible, then the entire belief in its inerrancy must be called into question. If the belief in the Bible's inerrancy is applied to an English translation of the Bible, this applies even to errors of translation.

Some say that the above rule for inerrancy is too broad and that the Bible contains exactly what God intends to convey, but the absence of error does not necessarily apply to the incidental, scientific, geographical, or historical statements in Scripture.

Professor Alley of the University of Richmond is quoted as saying, "While some persons may continue to hold that the historic Christian belief in biblical infallibility and inerrancy is the only valid starting point and framework for a theology of revelation, such contentions should be heard with a smile and incorporated into the bylaws of the Flat Earth Society."

Answer 2

Inerrancy refers to the belief that The Bible is without error or contradiction in its original manuscripts. It asserts that the Bible is fully accurate and trustworthy in all matters it addresses, including historical, scientific, and theological aspects. Inspiration refers to the belief that the writers of scripture were guided or influenced by the Holy Spirit to accurately communicate God's message to humanity. It suggests that the words of the Bible are divinely inspired and carry authority and truth.