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To: kosta50; Cronos
The New Testament is treated exactly the same way: the Gospels are narratives of what Jesus said, the Epistles are inspired teachings of human authors based on those words.

But IIRC, the CCC view of what "inspired" means is 180 degrees away from how the Orthodox Church sees it. Isn't that right? My reading of the CCC allows zero error in the scriptures.

11,595 posted on 10/14/2010 10:15:17 PM PDT by Forest Keeper ((It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.))
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To: Forest Keeper; Cronos
But IIRC, the CCC view of what "inspired" means is 180 degrees away from how the Orthodox Church sees it. Isn't that right? My reading of the CCC allows zero error in the scriptures.

It may be defined in different ways, but it doesn't mean God takes possession of the author's hand and writes. Inspiration is not being hijacked. Inspiration is something that moves an individual to do something, an idea, or reveation, such as understanding that a word or a gesture means something beyond the obvious, etc.

Even if God's truth is perfectly revealed, it cannot be perfectly expressed in imperfect human language or understood perfectly by imperfect human reason. So, no matter how you turn it around, nothing human (language in this case) can be perfect (complete), all-encompassing, and that inlcudes the scriptural text. It can only hint at that which is (supposedly) perfect.

11,604 posted on 10/15/2010 4:37:28 AM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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