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{{term|Complete and restricted inerrancy}}▼
{{defn|Some literalist or conservative Christians teach that the Bible lacks error in every way in all matters: chronology, history, biology, sociology, psychology, politics, physics, math, art, and so on.<ref name="inerrancy" /> Other Christians believe that the scriptures are always right (do not err) only in fulfilling their primary purpose: revealing God, God's vision, God's purposes, and God's good news to humanity.<ref name="Tolerance"> Robinson, B.A. "Inerrancy: Is the Bible free of error? All points of view". Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 2008-SEP-01. Web: 25 January 2010. [http://www.religioustolerance.org/inerrant.htm Inerrancy: Is the Bible free of error?']</ref>}}▼
{{term|Inerrancy}}
{{defn|The word ''inerrancy'' comes from the [[English language|English]] word ''inerrant'', from the Latin {{lang|la|inerrantem}}, (parsable as {{lang|la|in-}} + {{lang|la|errantem}} – the accusative singular present participle of {{lang|la|errāre}} – "to err" or "wander"). The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] defines ''inerrant'' as "That does not err; free from error; unerring."<ref>{{oed|inerrant}}</ref>}}
▲{{term|Complete and restricted inerrancy}}
▲{{defn|Some literalist or conservative Christians teach that the Bible lacks error in every way in all matters: chronology, history, biology, sociology, psychology, politics, physics, math, art, and so on.<ref name="inerrancy" /> Other Christians believe that the scriptures are always right (do not err) only in fulfilling their primary purpose: revealing God, God's vision, God's purposes, and God's good news to humanity.<ref name="Tolerance"> Robinson, B.A. "Inerrancy: Is the Bible free of error? All points of view". Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 2008-SEP-01. Web: 25 January 2010. [http://www.religioustolerance.org/inerrant.htm Inerrancy: Is the Bible free of error?']</ref>}}
{{term|Inerrancy and Infallibility}}
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