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Old 03-28-2008, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by larryjf View Post
I've always though of inerrant as meaning there are no errors in the text itself, whereas infallible means there are no errors in the assertions that the text makes.
The dictionary definition is as follows: "Inerrancy is distinguished from Biblical infallibility (or limited inerrancy), which holds that the Bible is inerrant on issues of faith and practice but not history or science."
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