Chapter 5

Question 1

Autograph

Answer 1

The original copy of a biblical document.

Question 2

Faith and practice

Answer 2

A term used by some people who, denying the inerrancy of the Bible, claim that the Bible’s purpose is only to tell us about these two subjects.

Question 3

ICBI

Answer 3

International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. This organization drafted the “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy” in 1978 that affirmed the inerrancy of Scripture and defined what most evangelicals understand by the term inerrancy.

Question 4

Inerrant (Inerrancy)

Answer 4

The idea that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact.

Question 5

Infallible (Infallibility)

Answer 5

The idea that Scripture is not able to lead us astray in matters of faith and practice.

Question 6

Textual variants

Answer 6

Occurrences of different words in different ancient copies of the same verse of Scripture.