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单词 inerrant
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Definition of inerrant in English:

inerrant

adjective ɪnˈɛr(ə)ntinˈerənt
  • Incapable of being wrong.

    they believed in an inerrant scripture
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the more we can debate, the more we can debate in good faith, and understand that maybe there's not just one answer, there is not just one inerrant answer, I think the better off we are going to be.
    • Our saving faith is not built on the finding of Noah's Ark, but on the inerrant Word of the infallible creator God.
    • We believe that the Scripture is from beginning to conclusion the very word of God, inerrant and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
    • A literal, inerrant understanding of the Bible is still demanded in some parts of the Lutheran family.
    • You are right in saying that the various Hadith are not always accorded the same weight, but I have taken the above straight from the Qur'an - considered by all Muslims to be the inerrant word of Allah.

Derivatives

  • inerrancy

  • noun
    • One tenet defining fundamentalism is biblical inerrancy which is what most people mean by ‘literalists.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The doctrine of inerrancy asserts not only that the Bible is true, but that it is incapable of being false or even mistaken, impossible for it to not reflect the cosmic order of the universe and its Creator's plan.
      • For churches which claim to take the divine inspiration, inerrancy and holiness of Scripture seriously, ‘really bad’ preaching should be an aberration rather than the norm in them.
      • These days many people are critical of Evangelical Christianity as being not intellectual enough and relying too much on Biblical inerrancy.
      • Strongly tied to biblical inerrancy was dispensational premillennialism, which predicted the imminent return of Jesus Christ to earth.
  • inerrantist

  • noun
    • I certainly could provide a scriptural case for the ordination of women, but it would not be convincing to such a reader, since I, like Martin Luther, am not a scriptural inerrantist.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Those who accuse inerrantists of being idolaters, are accusing them of worshiping and/or showing excessive devotion and/or admiration to the Bible.
      • A major problem for biblical inerrantists is the authorship of the first 5 books of the bible. Moses is supposed to have authored them. The problem with that is that they document his death. How did he author them if they document his death?
      • We're not sure what Ghounem means exactly in the latter claim, but Biblical inerrantists only believe that the original manuscripts, and in the original languages, are inerrant.
      • That kind of special pleading is wholly unnecessary for an inerrantist.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin inerrant- 'fixed', from in- 'not' + errant- 'erring' (see errant).

 
 

Definition of inerrant in US English:

inerrant

adjectiveinˈerənt
  • Incapable of being wrong.

    they believed in an inerrant scripture
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our saving faith is not built on the finding of Noah's Ark, but on the inerrant Word of the infallible creator God.
    • You are right in saying that the various Hadith are not always accorded the same weight, but I have taken the above straight from the Qur'an - considered by all Muslims to be the inerrant word of Allah.
    • We believe that the Scripture is from beginning to conclusion the very word of God, inerrant and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
    • A literal, inerrant understanding of the Bible is still demanded in some parts of the Lutheran family.
    • And the more we can debate, the more we can debate in good faith, and understand that maybe there's not just one answer, there is not just one inerrant answer, I think the better off we are going to be.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin inerrant- ‘fixed’, from in- ‘not’ + errant- ‘erring’ (see errant).

 
 
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