Bibliology
Bibliology, also known as the Doctrine of Scripture, is a branch of systematic theology that deals with the nature, character, and authority of the Bible.
Issues
The Doctrine of Scripture includes several key issues.[1] The most basic issue is how Scripture's divine and human authors relate to one another. The inspiration of Scripture may entail that Scripture is infallible and even inerrant. Another set of concerns is whether the Bible is clear. The perspicuity or clarity of Scripture is the extent to which the Bible can be understood. Finally, the degree to which the Bible is authoritative for Christian life and doctrine is called the Sufficiency of Scripture. The Bible is either the only source of authority (Sola scriptura) or the highest of several related sources of authority (Prima scriptura), or one authority among equals.
Roman Catholic views
The
The Catechism of the Catholic Church reiterates the teaching in Dei Verbum that the Bible is written by both God and humans and so is inspired and true. The Catechism also adds that "Christian faith is not a "religion of the book"" because the meaning of Scripture requires illumination by the Spirit.[3] Most recently, Pope Benedict XVI expounded the Roman Catholic view of Scripture in a document titled Verbum Domini.[4]
Eastern Orthodox views
According to the
Another group, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, highly values the Bible and writes that while "the Bible is treasured as a valuable written record of God's revelation, it does not contain wholly that revelation. The Bible is viewed as only one expression of God's revelation in the ongoing life of His people. Scripture is part of the treasure of Faith which is known as Tradition."[7] In this view, the Bible, the Creeds, and the Councils are all mutually interpreting, guarded by the Church and illuminated by the Spirit of God.
Conservative Protestant views
Conservative
Liberal Protestant views
Liberal Protestants tend to see Scripture as one source among several (others being tradition, reason, history, and experience). For example, the Episcopal Church believes that the Bible, "understood through tradition and reason," is the foundation of the faith.[10] Meanwhile a document from the Presbyterian Church (USA) lists a variety of views that its members hold.[11] This document then highlights what is at stake in these disagreements: whether Scripture governs "every possible issue or truth" or is limited to non-scientific truths (or other limits), and how to rightly interpret the Bible and make judgements for today based on that interpretation. Finally, the Protestant Church in Germany, as a composite denomination, has no single view on the Bible but writes that church "have the task of studying further these differences of doctrine" including "hermeneutical questions concerning the understanding of Scripture, confession of faith, and Church."[12]
"Bibliologies" on a calculator
The plural form of the word bibliology, "bibliogies", is the equal-longest English word that can be spelled upside down on a seven-segment display such as a 12-digit calculator (with "glossologies" being the other, which, fittingly, is the scientific study of language and linguistics). This fact is based on the assumption that 1 = I (capital "i"), 2 = Z, 3 = E, 4 = h, 5 = S, 6 = g, 7 = L, 8 = B, 9 = none, and 0 = O, and that heebeegeebees is not considered a word (as it isn't included in the Oxford Dictionary, for example).[13] The discovery was made by a Reddit user AlwaysSupport, who wrote a computer program to find the longest upside-down calculator words via brute force.[14]
See also
References
- ^ Keathley, J. Hampton, III (June 3, 2004). "Introduction to Bibliology".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation: Dei Verbum".
- ^ "Catechism of the Catholic Church par. 105-108".
- ^ "Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation: Verbum Domini".
- ^ "Word of God".
- ^ "Word of God".
- ^ Fitzgerald, Thomas. "Teachings of the Orthodox Church".
- ^ "Brief Statement of LCMS Doctrinal Position". 1932.
- ^ "The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy".
- ^ "What We Believe".
- ^ "Presbyterian Understanding and Use of Holy Scripture" (PDF). 1983.
- ^ "Leuenberg Agreement". 1973.
- ^ AlwaysSupport (2019-09-03). "I'm operating on sev…". r/theydidthemath. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ StrasseRares (2019-09-03). "[Request] What's the longest word you can write on a calculator upside down?". r/theydidthemath. Retrieved 2024-03-08.