To: Salvation
God chose to reveal to us certain truths for the sake of our salvation. This message of salvation is the set of revealed truths which we call the "deposit of faith," or Divine Revelation. The Bible is primarily concerned with telling us these truths, which are without error. God himself made sure of that.So, does this mean the Bible is only inerrant when teaching theological matters?
8 posted on
08/20/2008 11:25:21 AM PDT by
Zionist Conspirator
( . . . ki lo' `al-halechem levaddo yichyeh ha'adam, ki `al-kol-motza' fi-HaShem yichyeh ha'adam.)
To: Zionist Conspirator
No, that phrase simply means that God revealed to us what He chose to reveal and that which He revealed is inerrant.
Sections more pertinent to your habitual concern would be
God also used human language and knowledgewith all of its limitationsto tell us his eternal truths. [...]
if you don't understand what the sacred author was saying to people in his own cultural context, in terms as they were used at the time, you won't be able to clearly see what God is saying through him.
13 posted on
08/20/2008 12:37:51 PM PDT by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
To: Zionist Conspirator
So, does this mean the Bible is only inerrant when teaching theological matters? No. It means what it says....the theological matters are of primary significance.
I see where you're going with this though....the author might (I didn't read closely) want to carve out for himself a niche in which to say that non-theological facts could be in error. If so, he's being rather imprudent IMHO.
15 posted on
08/20/2008 2:02:47 PM PDT by
Claud
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