Bible Doctrines Test 1

Matthew 5:17-18

God has promised to preserve His Word

Isaiah 40:8

The Word of God will stand forever.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

The words of the Bible are inspired by God and sufficient for all man’s needs.

2 Peter 1:20-21

The Bible is ultimately authored by the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 4:12

God’s Word is living and active.

plenary verbal inspiration

historic, orthodox view: literally, all the words were breathed out by God

Scripture

“the writings” (words written down)

Dictation

God’s giving of the words that the writers wrote down

inerrancy

being without error (God gave the words of Scripture without error in the original autographs)

illumination

indwelling Holy Spirit giving the ability to understand Scripture

canon

“rule” or “standard”; Sacred Writings accepted by the church as the authoritative rule of faith and practice (or 66 Books of the Bible)

infallibility

incorruptibility of the Word of God in its transmission through the generations

providential preservation

God’s protection of His Word to keep it pure in all ages

Translate

to lift or carry across (from Latin, trans, “across,” and latus, “to lift or carry”)

formal equivalency

translation philosophy where the words from the Greek and Hebrew are rendered as closely to word-for-word as possible into the English without changing the meaning intended by the original language (emphasizes accuracy of translation)

dynamic equivalency

thought-for-thought translation philosophy (emphsizes understanding/readability)

masoretic text

the OT Hebrew text meticulously copied and preserved by Jewish scribes called Masoretes

critical text

collation of primarily two Greek manuscripts called Sinaiticus and Vatincanus in 1881 by B.F. Wescott and A.J. Hort

Received Text

Common term refers to NT Greek text received by God’s people

*together with the Masoretic Text forms the basis of the Authorized Version (KJV)

*aka Traditional Text, Ecclesiastical Text, or TR

Masoretes

Jewish sect credited with copying OT Hebrew Text (AD 600-950)

Textus Receptus

(Latin for the “Received Text”) named in 1633 by the Elzevir brothers, the Greek NT received by God’s people