inerrantist

noun, adj — 2 senses

inerrantist

noun

Etymology From inerrant + -ist.

1

Someone who believes in the inerrancy of religious scripture.

  • Both the errantist and the inerrantist, each in his own way, allows the conviction that geocentricism is false to shape his interpretation of what God was saying by way of that passage from Psalm 93.1995, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Divine Discourse, page 229:
  • If you were to ask an inerrantist if she agrees with Ezek 18:20, she would certainly answer in the affirmative.2011, Thom Stark, The Human Faces of God, page 16:

inerrantist

adj

Etymology From inerrant + -ist.

1

Pertaining to such beliefs.

  • Theologians who reject the inerrantist view of the Bible have pointed out several problems with it.2013, Victor I. Ezigbo, Introducing Christian Theologies, vol. 1, page 78:
  • Many commentators, especially those with an “inerrantist” view of Scripture, claim that any interpretation questioning the actions of Elisha and the value of this story is sinful.2015 April 8, Samuel L. Adams, The Huffington Post:

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