Covenant Reformed News – June 2003, Volume IX, Issue 14
This article defends the doctrine of biblical inerrancy as a foundational theological doctrine rooted in Christ's own teaching (John 10:35) rather than modern philosophical constructs. The author traces inerrancy back through Reformed confessions and historical theologians, arguing it rests on the same scriptural basis as other core Christian doctrines like atonement and election.
Unbreakable Scripture (4) John 10:35 teaches us the origin of the doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture. This doctrine did not begin in the last 100-150 years with the Princeton theologians, such as Charles Hodge or B. B. Warfield. Lutheran, Reformed and Anglican theologians have been teaching it for centuries. How could you square the Westminster Confession’s (1647) statement about the “entire perfection” of Scripture (1.5) with errors in the Bible? The Belgic Confession (1561) does not...