BIBLE,
INERRANCY OF

None of these [canonical] authors has erred in any respect of writing.

Augustine of Hippo

In this long journey of thought the concept of inerrancy was not rejected but was seriously modified to fit the evidence of biblical criticism which showed that the Bible was not inerrant in questions of science, of history, and even of time-conditioned religious beliefs.

R.E. Brown, referring to the Vatican II position on the inerrancy of the Bible

The holy Scriptures which are given through the Holy Spirit … nothing iniquitous or falsified is written.

Clement of Rome

If the Bible is a mixture of truth and error, then it is like any other book and simply not deserving of any special attention.

Dave Miller

Only truth can be authoritative; only an inerrant Bible can be used … in the way that God means Scripture to be used.

J.I. Packer

We both must affirm the inerrancy of Scripture and then live under it in our personal lives and in society.

Francis A. Schaeffer

Does inerrancy make a difference? Overwhelmingly; the difference is that with the Bible being what it is, God’s Word and so absolute, God’s objective truth, we do not need to be, and we should not be, caught in the ever-changing fallen cultures which surround us.

Francis A. Schaeffer