Following Augustine, Catholics hold that scripture is inerrant regarding how to obtain salvation, but not necessarily on matters of history or science.
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'''Biblical inerrancy''' is the doctrinal position that the [[Bible]] is without flaw or error.
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'''Biblical inerrancy''' is the doctrine that the [[Bible]] is without flaw or error. It is a central doctrine of fundamentalism, but it is rejected by Catholics and modernists. Following Augustine, Catholics hold that scripture is inerrant regarding how to obtain salvation, but not necessarily on matters of history or science.
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There are differing views on inerrancy, ranging from it applying only to the Bible's spiritual teaching to it applying to the English-language [[King James Bible|Authorised (King James) version]].
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[[Evangelical]]s hold that it applies to the original manuscripts.