Sentences with phrase «infallible statements»

This does not mean issuing regular infallible statements with the breakfast copy of The Times (as W. G. Ward would have preferred) but being the centre of that communio which is the Church.

Since the first assumption got into print, and was misunderstood by lay readers as an infallible statement, it persisted for a long time in the popular press even though editors and writers should have picked up Olsson's repudiation shortly thereafter.

Since the first assumption got into print, and was misunderstood by lay readers as an infallible statement, it persisted for a long time in the popular press even though the editors should have picked up Olsson's repudiation shortly thereafter.

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@ME II This statement is based on the presupposition that God's Word is infallible.

The first observation that we make concerning this statement is that it does not claim that the Bible itself is an infallible revelation.

Although Biblical «infallibility» thus seems the better of the two options, as even Pinnock's most recent statements imply, the term is not without its problems within and outside the evangelical community.59 Given the history of controversy over inspiration, to say that Scripture is «infallible» seems to many evangelicals a watered - down statement, one sidestepping Biblical truth.

According to the Shi`as, they have had virtues and attributes which have been superior to those of anyone in their time; they were endowed with greatness and the ability to perform miracles; they were infallible and innocent; each one was introduced by the previous Imam as his immediate successor; the Prophet referred to them by name and designated them by number; they gave the best and clearest statements concerning the origin of man and the Day of Resurrection; and after the Prophet they were the best authority to speak about religious affairs and conduct in the affairs of this world.

If one says he believes in God because he believes the Bible is a monolith of infallible truth, we may wonder if his real faith is a God or in a statement about the Bible.

Banners of «inerrant» or «infallible,» descriptions of Scripture as verbally inspired, plenarily inspired, or just plain «inspired,» even denials or critiques of any of those qualifiers - all are statements about the nature of Scripture; left untreated is the extent of Scripture.

Historically, failed prophecies tend to result in disillusionment, with members deserting the group, or, more typically, a faith - saving (and face - saving) statement to the effect that while divine revelation remains infallible, human calculation is not.

«Not because I thought I was infallible, but I had become used to making choices and statements through the art I showed.