Questions tagged [inspiration]
How God's part of authorship of Scripture works.
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How do Eastern Orthodox Christians view receiving personal inspiration by the Holy Spirit?
What is the doctrine in the Eastern Orthodox Church related to non-Eastern Orthodox Christians having personal spiritual experiences? Do Eastern Orthodox Christians believe people not of their faith ...
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How do Latter-day Saints determine which manuscripts should be considered Scripture? [duplicate]
The New Testament makes several references to "Scripture" or "the word of God", but without specifying a concrete canon:
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Now these Jews were more ...
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How do Biblical inerrantists explain disagreements about the interpretation of the Bible?
If God can preserve an inerrant Bible despite the fallibility of the humans who transmitted it, shouldn't He also be able to ensure an inerrant interpretation of that Bible despite human fallibility? ...
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Is The Bible truly infallible? Is it inerrant without divine inspiration?
My question comes in two parts, the second being a direct result of the first.
Is the Bible infallible?
I have often heard that it is, but the most conclusive proof that I have heard essentially ...
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How to understand the the inspired metanarrative of the Judges periodic to late Monarchic Scriptures?
As a Christian I can see the early OT involving God's guidance through sacred etiological myths, setting apart from ANE, and origins.
I understand that the time of the judges to post-Davidic kingdoms ...
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How can a reasonable faith be placed in the Being that inspired the Bible if it is "inspired" but not "inerrant"?
This question (and two related sub-questions) is directed towards those who believe that the Bible is inspired but not inerrant. I understand inerrant to simply mean "without error". "...
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How are the definitions of Ecumenical Council divinely inspired?
Catholics, Orthodox, and other denominations hold that the definitions produced by accepted ecumenical councils are protected from error by the Holy Spirit.
What is the manner of this inspiration? ...
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Was the division of the Holy Bible into the Old and New Testaments divinely inspired?
We hear Jesus telling the disciples in John 13:34-35 (NRSVCE):
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone ...
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For traditional sources, how does the Catholic Church distinguish between holy truth and human speculation from the same author?
Some denominations believe that the Bible is the sole source of revealed knowledge (e.g. Protestant Sola scriptura).
Some believe that recorded oral tradition that doesn't contradict the Bible is a ...
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What are arguments for the divine inspiration of the longer ending of Mark (Mark 16:9-20)?
Simple question: What are the best arguments for the divine inspiration of the longer ending of Mark (Mark 16:9-20), according to believers in its inspiration?
These are examples of articles ...
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Are there any denominations or Christian groups that teach the Bible is not inspired?
I know that there are a respectable number of denominations that hold to the idea that the scriptures aren’t innerant (free from error). But are there any that go as far as to teach that the ...
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How do people who deny Biblical inerrancy understand this argument on inspiration?
This is my own deductive argument for the inerrancy of the scriptures. From what I can tell, people who deny Biblical inerrancy still accept God’s inspiration of the scriptures (as espoused in 2 ...
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What is the difference between Sola Scriptura and the belief in a closed canon?
Does belief in Sola Scriptura entail belief in a closed canon?
Does belief in a closed canon entail belief in Sola Scriptura?
What is the difference between these two concepts?
Is it possible to ...
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Do any denominations consider the writings of any Apostolic or ante-Nicene Father to be inspired?
Do any denominations consider the writings of any Apostolic or ante-Nicene Father to be inspired and authoritative to establish doctrines? If so, what criteria are used to make such a determination?
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What is the difference between special revelation and (biblical) inspiration?
From the Wikipedia article on special revelation:
Special revelation is a Christian theological term that refers to the belief that knowledge of God and of spiritual matters can be discovered through ...
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