Biblical inerrancy: Difference between revisions

For [[Martin Luther]] (1483–1546), for example, "inspiration did not insure inerrancy in all details. Luther recognizes mistakes and inconsistencies in Scripture and treated them with lofty indifference because they did not touch the heart of the Gospel."<ref name="cambible">Bainton, "The Bible in the Reformation," in ed. Greenslade, S. L., ''The Cambridge History of the Bible Vol. 3: The West from the Reformation to the Present'', Cambridge University Press, 1963, 12–13.</ref> When Matthew appears to confuse [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] with [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] in Matthew 27:9,<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|27:9}}</ref> Luther wrote that "Such points do not bother me particularly."<ref name="cambible" />

 

 

The same point of view held true for [[John Calvin]] (1509–1564), who wrote that "It is well known that the Evangelists were not very concerned with observing the time sequences."<ref name="hendel" />