The 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

In 1978, nearly three hundred evangelical theologians—most notably R.C. Sproul, J.I. Packer, and John MacArthur—from more than thirty denominations across the globe met in Chicago to discuss and respond to the increasing prev- alence of higher criticism within the broader evangelical church. The  document  they  drafted  as a response to higher criticism is known as the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (for simplicity, the Chicago Statement). The chief form of higher criticism came...