Revelation, Inspiration, and Infallibility (22): “What Saith the Scripture”: The Bible’s sufficiency (1)
Cammenga defends the doctrine of biblical infallibility and sufficiency by arguing that Scripture, as God's Word, must partake of God's attributes of perfection and holiness. He critiques contemporary evangelical theologians like Peter Enns who claim the Bible can contain errors while still being God's authoritative Word, contending instead for a Reformed understanding that God's perfection necessarily entails the perfection of His written revelation.
Previous article in this series: December 1, 2017, p. 99. God's holiness and Scripture's perfection Just as God has attributes, so does also the Word of God. Because Scripture is the Word of God, it partakes of the attributes of God whose Word it is. This has historically been the position of the church and has been an important part of its defense of the Bible's infallible inspiration. Over against those who deny Scripture's divine inspiration, the church has historically appealed to the...
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