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'''Biblical inerrancy''', as formulated in the "[[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]]", is the [[doctrine]] that the [[Protestant Bible]] "is without error or fault in all its teaching";<ref>Geisler, NL. and Roach, B., ''Defending Inerrancy: Affirming the Accuracy of Scripture for a New Generation, Baker Books, 2012.</ref> or, at least, that "Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact".<ref name="Grudem90">{{Cite book|first=Wayne A.|last=Grudem|authorlink=Wayne Grudem|title=Systematic theology: an introduction to biblical doctrine|publisher=[[Inter-Varsity Press]]|location=[[Leicester]]|year=1994|page=90|isbn=978-0-85110-652-6|oclc=29952151}}</ref>
A formal statement in favor of biblical inerrancy was published in the ''[[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society]]'' in 1978.<ref>"Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy", ''[[Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society]]'' vol. 21 no. 4 (December 1978), 289-296.[http://library.dts.edu/Pages/TL/Special/ICBI_1.pdf]</ref> The signatories to the "Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy" admit that "inspiration, strictly speaking, applies only to the autographic text of Scripture". However, even though there may be no extant original manuscripts of the Bible, those which exist can be considered inerrant, because, as the statement reads: "the autographic text of Scripture, ... in the providence of God can be ascertained from available manuscripts with great accuracy".<ref name="ChicX">''Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy'': "Article X. We affirm that inspiration, strictly speaking, applies only to the autographic text of Scripture, which in the providence of God can be ascertained from available manuscripts with great accuracy. We further affirm that copies and translations of Scripture are the Word of God to the extent that they faithfully represent the original. We deny that any essential element of the Christian faith is affected by the absence of the autographs. We further deny that this absence renders the assertion of biblical inerrancy invalid or irrelevant."
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