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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