inerrantist
English
Etymology
From inerrant + -ist.
Noun
inerrantist (plural inerrantists)
- Someone who believes in the inerrancy of religious scripture.
- 1995, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Divine Discourse, p. 229:
- 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.
- 2011, Thom Stark, The Human Faces of God, p. 16:
- If you were to ask an inerrantist if she agrees with Ezek 18:20, she would certainly answer in the affirmative.
- 1995, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Divine Discourse, p. 229:
Adjective
inerrantist (comparative more inerrantist, superlative most inerrantist)
- Pertaining to such beliefs.
- 2013, Victor I. Ezigbo, Introducing Christian Theologies, vol. 1, p. 78:
- Theologians who reject the inerrantist view of the Bible have pointed out several problems with it.
- 2015, Samuel L. Adams, The Huffington Post, 8 April:
- 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.
- 2013, Victor I. Ezigbo, Introducing Christian Theologies, vol. 1, p. 78:
Anagrams
- interstrain