Friday, May 13, 2011

you have not understood

For much of Christian history, the view of the inspiration and authority of the Bible outlined above held firm, and it was almost unheard of for Christians to criticize and reject the content of Scripture as erroneous.
The position of the greatest of the Western church fathers, Augustine of Hippo, is instructive here. In his "Reply to Faustus the Manichaean" (XI.5), St. Augustine wrote:
"If we are perplexed by an apparent contradiction in Scripture, it is not allowable to say, The author of this book is mistaken; but either the manuscript is faulty, or the translation is wrong, or you have not understood."

"A Layman's Historical Guide to the Inerrancy Debate"
Article by William B. Evans February 2010
http://www.reformation21.org/articles/a-laymans-historical-
guide-to-the-inerrancy-debate.php

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