Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Incapable of erring; infallible.
- adjective Containing no errors.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unerring; free from error.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
inerrancy . Without error, particularly used in reference to theBible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not liable to error
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Examples
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There seems to be a great desire to cling to the term inerrant while turning it into something else entirely.
Ken Schenck on The Chicago Declaration on Biblical Inerrancy James F. McGrath 2009
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If you aren't troubled by the loss of the word inerrant then chuck it.
Ochuk's blog 2009
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I'm still not clear what it means to treat the propositions in this passage as "inerrant" - or, if these aren't propositions, then in what sense are non-propositional statements appropriately categorized as either "errant" or "inerrant"?
The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6 James F. McGrath 2010
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What has been the modern history of viewing the Bible as "inerrant" - that is, literally true in all its details?
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Also, the notion of inerrant scripture is, to me, untenable based on transcription and translation.
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.: I'm Down with Jesus -- It's Christ That Gives Me Problems (Part 2) 2010
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Also, the notion of inerrant scripture is, to me, untenable based on transcription and translation.
I'm Down with Jesus -- It's Christ That Gives Me Problems (Part 2) Ph.D. Ed Gurowitz 2010
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They don't worship a Power that is actually great enough to create the intricacies of the natural world, but rather a golden calf called the inerrant Bible or the inerrant Koran.
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However, while this view can be accepted in an "inerrant" sense....believing that the texts, in and of themselves, are fully empowered by God to reveal truths about mortality/immortality....they are also fully acceptable in "non-inerrant" views.
The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6 James F. McGrath 2010
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I'm not defending an "inerrant" view of Ecclesiastes....merely saying that it can be worked into both and inerrant and non-inerrant approach.
The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6 James F. McGrath 2010
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One irony, of course, is that this passage, which is so clearly at odds with later Christian doctrines about the afterlife, could probably be accepted as "inerrant" by many people today - but not by most Christians!
The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6 James F. McGrath 2010
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