Bibliology Test Flashcards
studying and mediating on the Word of God is crucial to fulfilling God’s will
Joshua 1:8
God has promised to preserve His Word
Matthew 5:17-18
God’s Word is timeless and permanent
Psalm 119:89
the Word of God will stand forever
Isaiah 40:8
the words of the Bible are inspired by God and sufficient for all man’s needs
2 Timothy 3:16-17
the Bible is ultimately authored by the Holy Spirit
2 Peter 1:20-21
God’s Word is living and active
Hebrews 4:12
God-breathed (theopneustos)
inspiration
historic, orthodox view: literally, all the words were breathed out by God
plenary inspiration
all the words were breathed out by God
verbal inspiration
“the writings” (words written down)
Scripture
God’s giving of the words that the writers wrote down
dictation
being without error (God gave the words of Scripture without error in the original autographs)
inerrancy
indwelling Holy Spirit giving the ability to understand Scripture
illumination
a straw man argument (false argument) that the writers became robots or zombie-like, their consciousness being suspended, while writing Scripture
mechanical dictation
says inspiration is merely heightened creativity
natural inspiration
says some is inspired, some is not inspired
partial inspiration
says God inspired thoughts; men wrote in their own words
conceptual inspiration
says the Bible becomes the Word of God when it is meaningful, or “speaks,” to the reader (encounter)
experiential inspiration
says God merely supervised the writers of the Bible, allowing them to write down what they experienced, what they thought, and what they did, as long as no error or mistakes crept in
superintendence
“rule” or “standard”; Sacred Writings accepted by the church as the authoritative rule of faith and practice (or 66 Books of the Bible)
canon
the study of which books are to be included in the Holy Scriptures
canonicity
the process of recognition of canonical books
canonization
recognized as part of the Canon of Scripture
canonical
incorruptibility of the Word of God in its transmission through the generations
infallibility