Strict Inerrancy In The Bible

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Inerrancy is trustworthy in the bible, and its teachings and declaration are respected. The word is used by traditionalist Protestants and plays a major role in the faith about the bible.
Strict inerrancy states that the bible in its present form has no error, hence as God’s word, should be followed. Contrary, limited inerrancy according to Catholics, talks about the Bible having no errors in certain matters such as faith, morals and salvation. The belief system also states that the Bible contains errors in scientific observation matters as well as historical events. It also fault the fact that people cannot be certain that some occasions in the bible took place. They believe that one should interpret the moral lessons from the bible and apply to their lives but not take the bible literally (Albl, 2009.pg. 5-20). …show more content…

Strict inerrancy is believed by millions of people though it’s not concrete. The bible is a thousand years old and has frequently undergone re-writing severally. It has caused discrepancies and misspelling of some words during translation. There are several translations and bible verses which make it difficult to know the real bible. The fact that the story of creation of all God's creatures as portrayed in the Bible and the historical analysis of evolution cannot be resigned makes it difficult for people to believe in the strict inerrancy. Limited inerrancy, on the other hand, is possible where as a person I determine what parts of the bible to believe and apply in my life and which parts not to. However, this would depicts me as an average by which truth defined which is wrong, and it waters down the power held by the bible (Imperato,

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