inerrancy
Freedom from error
Inerrancy is the quality of being entirely free from error.
The term appears most often in religious contexts, particularly the doctrine of biblical inerrancy—the belief that scripture contains no mistakes of any kind: The church upholds the inerrancy of the Bible in all matters.
Outside theology, inerrancy describes any claim to perfect accuracy or infallibility.
Incapacity for mistakes
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
canonical · authoritative · revelation · evangelical · fundamentalism · apologetics · literalism · plenary
Entirely without fault
- impeccableFree from any defect
- faultlessFree from any defect
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- immaculateCompletely without blemish
infallible · accurate · precise · truthful · reliable · dependable · unassailable · irrefutable
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
- creedStatement of belief
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- canonAccepted authoritative works
councils · denomination · confessional · catechism · articles of faith · Westminster · reformation
Judgment of faults
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- genreCategory of creative work
- interpretationAssigned meaning
harmonization · scholarship · conservative · modernism · Barth · fallibility
infallibility
Incapacity for mistakes
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
exegesis · canonical · authoritative · revelation · evangelical · fundamentalism · apologetics · literalism · plenary · autographs
flawless
Entirely without fault
- impeccableFree from any defect
- faultlessFree from any defect
- unblemishedFree from any defect
immaculate · infallible · accurate · precise · truthful · reliable · dependable · unassailable · irrefutable · indisputable
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
canon · councils · denomination · confessional · catechism · articles of faith · Westminster · reformation
criticism
Judgment of faults
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- genreCategory of creative work
interpretation · harmonization · scholarship · conservative · modernism · Barth · fallibility
- Church disputesschism, Great Schism, Arian controversy, Monophysitism, iconoclasm
- Evangelicalismevangelicalism, born again, born-again, evangelists, evangelist
- fundamentalismfundamentalism, literalism, dogmatism, strict interpretation, doctrinal purity
- Religious Debatespredestination, trinity, transubstantiation, original sin, justification
- scriptureBible, New Testament, Old Testament, verses, passages
- Catholic Theologydogma, sacred tradition, divine revelation, papal infallibility, infallibility
inerrancyerrancy
State of being mistaken
fallibility · error · faultiness · imperfection · incorrectness
inerrancyfallibility
Liability to err
unreliability · untrustworthiness · questionability · uncertainty · doubtfulness