Biblical Infallibility
In Christian theology, the biblical infallibility (or simply infallibility ) is a doctrinal position, the belief in what the Bible comprises no error in its original form (Manuscrit S of origin), as well with regard to the authority of the text faith life of the believer as about the authenticity of the text and the scientific, historical and geographical details. This implies that the intention of the authors of each text followed the will of God, but also that this one especially took care to avoid any error in their factual assertions to them.
These doctrines are mainly constant by fundamentalist movements within the Protestantism evangelic, including more than two hundred representatives, among which distinguished theologists (of the preserving currents and within the reformed Church and presbytérienne as well as denominations Lutheran and Baptist), signed the Déclaration of Chicago on the biblical infallibility in 1978.
It is also supported by the declaration Dei Verbum of the council the Vatican II.
in its entirety as a Word of God. The defenders of the Declaration of Chicago worry about what to accept an error in the Bible draws up a slipping slope which would involve in fine the refusal with the Bible of any value higher than any other delivers: “The authority of the Writing is inevitably put at evil if this total divine infallibility is of any manner limited or been unaware of, or made relative to a vision of the contrary truth to that of the Bible; and such errors cause serious losses, as well with the individual as with the church. ”
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