Thl111 Introduction To Christian Theology
THL111 – Introduction to Christian Theology
Introduction
Often it is heard that the Bible is a made up of stories and others say that the Bible lacks scientific knowledge. The Bible has a purpose, and that purpose is to teach salvation, and not science. The Bible is aimed as a spiritual inspiration. We are asked the following question.
How is the Bible authoritative for Christian theology? If the Bible is authoritative, we may also assume it is inerrant and the word of God. Inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility and word of God will be argued by different authors, each giving there views and determining whether or not the Bible is authoritative.
Body
The church from the beginning has recognised the Bible as an inspirational document …show more content…
(Moore, 2011)
We will know argue that the term inerrant and infallibility when used with the Bible, refers to the infallibility that gasps the spiritual inspiration within the Christian faith and salvation. The scriptures have many errors and discrepancies when focused and used as a scientific and historical resource. When these errors and discrepancies are focused on the spiritual Christian faith, the value of the scriptures is priceless. Christians believes that the Holy Spirit guided the writing of the Gospels and are regarded inerrant and infallibility related to their Christian faith and …show more content…
She discusses the term as metaphor, a linguistic expression, a revelation from God, “God’s accepted self-gift to human beings” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 34). Word of God as a sacrament, it is proclaimed the word of the Lord, refered to the word of God during its reading, and elevated during liturgical celebrations for veneration. (Schneiders, 1991, p. 40). Schneider puts emphasis that the word of God is great importance to the Christian community. “Around the expression “word of God” clusters a collection of interrelated theological terms such as revelation, inspiration, authority, infallibility, inerrancy, and normativity that are understood in radically different ways by believers in various traditions.” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 27) Goldingay agrees with Schneiders reflexion regarding the word of God. “the significance of inspiration as lying in its making the biblical writers’ words also the words of God “and therefore perfectly infallible.” Infallibility can be said to mean inerrancy.” (Goldingay, 1994, p. 267) Schneiders continues to confirm that the word of God is indeed revelation, “that is, what God has to say to humanity” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 44), it is also based on divine inspiration, making it the “divine influence on the writer” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 46). Schneiders argues and focuses the
Introduction
Often it is heard that the Bible is a made up of stories and others say that the Bible lacks scientific knowledge. The Bible has a purpose, and that purpose is to teach salvation, and not science. The Bible is aimed as a spiritual inspiration. We are asked the following question.
How is the Bible authoritative for Christian theology? If the Bible is authoritative, we may also assume it is inerrant and the word of God. Inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility and word of God will be argued by different authors, each giving there views and determining whether or not the Bible is authoritative.
Body
The church from the beginning has recognised the Bible as an inspirational document …show more content…
(Moore, 2011)
We will know argue that the term inerrant and infallibility when used with the Bible, refers to the infallibility that gasps the spiritual inspiration within the Christian faith and salvation. The scriptures have many errors and discrepancies when focused and used as a scientific and historical resource. When these errors and discrepancies are focused on the spiritual Christian faith, the value of the scriptures is priceless. Christians believes that the Holy Spirit guided the writing of the Gospels and are regarded inerrant and infallibility related to their Christian faith and …show more content…
She discusses the term as metaphor, a linguistic expression, a revelation from God, “God’s accepted self-gift to human beings” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 34). Word of God as a sacrament, it is proclaimed the word of the Lord, refered to the word of God during its reading, and elevated during liturgical celebrations for veneration. (Schneiders, 1991, p. 40). Schneider puts emphasis that the word of God is great importance to the Christian community. “Around the expression “word of God” clusters a collection of interrelated theological terms such as revelation, inspiration, authority, infallibility, inerrancy, and normativity that are understood in radically different ways by believers in various traditions.” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 27) Goldingay agrees with Schneiders reflexion regarding the word of God. “the significance of inspiration as lying in its making the biblical writers’ words also the words of God “and therefore perfectly infallible.” Infallibility can be said to mean inerrancy.” (Goldingay, 1994, p. 267) Schneiders continues to confirm that the word of God is indeed revelation, “that is, what God has to say to humanity” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 44), it is also based on divine inspiration, making it the “divine influence on the writer” (Schneiders, 1991, p. 46). Schneiders argues and focuses the