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  2. Verbal plenary preservation - Wikipedia

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    In Protestant theology, verbal plenary preservation (VPP) is a doctrine concerning the nature of the Bible.While verbal plenary inspiration (VPI) applies only to the original autographs of the Bible manuscript, VPP views that, "the whole of scripture with all its words even to the jot and tittle is perfectly preserved by God in the apographs [1] [2] without any loss of the original words ...

  3. Itching ears - Wikipedia

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    Paul continues in chapter 4 verse 3 by describing a time when people will not listen to sound doctrine. Paul uses the phrase for a time will come (ἔσται) which translates more closely to there will be . ἔσται is a third person indicative verb in the future tense , [ 2 ] which signifies a warning for Timothy that the Church of Christ ...

  4. John Calvin's view of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 April 2024. Views of the founder of Calvinism John Calvin believed that Scripture is necessary for human understanding of God's revelation, that it is the equivalent of direct revelation, and that it is both "majestic" and "simple." Calvin's general, explicit exposition of his view of Scripture is ...

  5. Biblical hermeneutics - Wikipedia

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    Biblical hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible.It is part of the broader field of hermeneutics, which involves the study of principles of interpretation, both theory and methodology, for all nonverbal and verbal communication forms. [1]

  6. Five Points of Calvinism - Wikipedia

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    An early printed appearance of the acrostic can be found in Loraine Boettner's 1932 book, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination. [5] Total depravity (also called radical corruption) [6] asserts that as a consequence of the fall of man into sin, every person is enslaved to sin. People are not by nature inclined to love God, but rather to serve ...

  7. Biblical literalism - Wikipedia

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    Biblical literalism or biblicism is a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation.It can equate to the dictionary definition of literalism: "adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense", [1] where literal means "in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical".

  8. Catholic theology of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    In 1993 the Catholic Church’s Pontifical Biblical Commission produced The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church [13] [14] with the endorsement of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. While expressing an openness to all forms of biblical criticism, the Commission expressed caveats for ...

  9. Theodicy and the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Relating theodicy and the Bible is crucial to understanding Abrahamic theodicy because the Bible "has been, both in theory and in fact, the dominant influence upon ideas about God and evil in the Western world". [1] Theodicy, in its most common form, is the attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil.