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The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
PREFACE
The authority of Scripture is a key issue for the Christian Church in
this and every age. Those who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and
Savior are called to show the reality of their discipleship by humbly
and faithfully obeying God's written Word. To stray from Scripture in
faith or conduct is disloyalty to our Master. Recognition of the total
truth and trustworthiness of Holy Scripture is essential to a full grasp
and adequate confession of its authority.
The following Statement affirms this inerrancy of Scripture afresh,
making clear our understanding of it and warning against its denial. We
are persuaded that to deny it is to set aside the witness of Jesus
Christ and of the Holy Spirit and to refuse that submission to the
claims of God's own Word that marks true Christian faith. We see it as
our timely duty to make this affirmation in the face of current lapses
from the truth of inerrancy among our fellow Christians and
misunderstanding of this doctrine in the world at large.
This Statement consists of three parts: a Summary Statement,
Articles of Affirmation and Denial, and an accompanying Exposition. It
has been prepared in the course of a three-day consultation in Chicago.
Those who have signed the Summary Statement and the Articles wish to
affirm their own conviction as to the inerrancy of Scripture and to
encourage and challenge one another and all Christians to growing
appreciation and understanding of this doctrine. We acknowledge the
limitations of a document prepared in a brief, intensive conference and
do not propose that this Statement be given creedal weight. Yet we
rejoice in the deepening of our own convictions through our discussions
together, and we pray that the Statement we have signed may be used to
the glory of our God toward a new reformation of the Church in its
faith, life and mission.
We offer this Statement in a spirit, not of contention, but of
humility and love, which we propose by God's grace to maintain in any
future dialogue arising out of what we have said. We gladly acknowledge
that many who deny the inerrancy of Scripture do not display the
consequences of this denial in the rest of their belief and behavior,
and we are conscious that we who confess this doctrine often deny it in
life by failing to bring our thoughts and deeds, our traditions and
habits, into true subjection to the divine Word.
We invite response to this Statement from any who see reason to amend
its affirmations about Scripture by the light of Scripture itself, under
whose infallible authority we stand as we speak. We claim no personal
infallibility for the witness we bear, and for any help that enables us
to strengthen this testimony to God's Word we shall be grateful.
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