Evidence Gathering And The Definition Of Biblical Inerrancy

The term “biblical inerrancy” means that the Bible is without error. Later on, the bishops realized that the Bible may contain a couple discrepancies. Vatican II avoided the problem of historical and scientific “errors” in its treatment of biblical truths by the pope claiming that, “All scripture was inspired, but inspired with a view to salvation, not with a view to historical or scientific accuracy”. Strict verbal inspiration refers to when we say that the Bible is the “Word of God”, it literally means that the Bible consists of “words of God” (16). Limited verbal inspiration was is the belief that, “While God inspired the biblical authors, it was necessary for God to make accommodations”(18). Social inspiration is “presented as a charism

Evidence gathering refers to king the truth through prayer, consultation and investigation. Evidence assessing literally refers to the evidence of the truth that was gathered. Gaillardetz says that, “The church is an ordered communion of communications” (66). He describes in four ways how Christians are drawn into a spiritual communion: “communion with God in Christ by the power of the spirit, communion with the fellow believes gathered at the eucharistic assembly, communion with other eucharistic communities throughout the world, communion with Christians who souped at the Lord’s table in times past, and communion with the saints who celebrate at the eternal banquet” (66). The pope’s role in the church is to “preserve and nurture the unity of the faith and the communion of churches”

A dogma is a “privileged set of teachings”. “These teachings communicate God’s saving message as revealed to us in Scripture and tradition” (95). These teachings are irreversible. The definitive doctrine “includes teachings that are not divinely reveled but are necessary for safeguarding and expounding divine relation” (99). These teachings are also infallible. The authoritative doctrine is the “teachings that the magisterium proposes authoritatively to guide the faith of believers” (99). Lastly, the prudential admonitions and church discipline includes “any of a variety of teachings that, technically, would fall short of formal, authoritative doctrine”