Biblical authority

In Christianity, the term biblical authority refers to two complementary ideas:

The case for biblical authority stems from the claim that God has revealed himself in written form through human authors and that the information contained in canonical books is not of human origin.[1] It entails, but is not exhausted by, questions raised by biblical inerrancy, biblical infallibility, biblical interpretation, biblical criticism, and Biblical law in Christianity.

Most Christian denominations, including the Baptist and Lutheran churches, claim to follow the (approved) scriptures (in accordance with the Protestant doctrine of Sola Scriptura), but regard as acceptable anything not explicitly forbidden. The Churches of Christ are almost alone in their belief that anything not authorized by scripture to be forbidden.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, a debate over biblical authority arose between Jack B. Rogers and Donald K. McKim, on the one hand, and John D. Woodbridge, on the other. Rogers and McKim, in their 1979 book, The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach,[2] advanced the view that the Bible has authority over social endeavors (issuing imperatives for human conduct, for church organization, and for articles of faith) but isn't necessarily reliable in its reportage of historical events and scientific facts. The belief that Scripture is "inerrant" in matters of history and science, argued Rogers and McKim, constituted a 19th-century innovation. Woodbridge challenged this thesis in his 1982 book Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal,[3] arguing that for each of those categories, God's Word has authority and is without error. Moreover, Woodbridge portrays this particular view of biblical authority as the normative, orthodox Christian position throughout the history of Christianity.[4]

See also
General
biblical inspiration, biblical inerrancy, biblical interpretation, biblical infallibility, biblical criticism
Other
Clarity of scripture, Sola scriptura

References
  1. For example in the self-referential verse: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God [...]" (2 Timothy 3:16).
  2. Rogers, Jack B.; McKim, Donald K. (1999) [1979]. The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach (reprint ed.). Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781579102135. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. Woodbridge, John D. (1982). Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. ISBN 9780310447511. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  4. Compare: Woodbridge, John D. (1982). "Foreword". Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. p. 10. ISBN 9780310447511. Retrieved 2021-11-20. In this volume by John Woodbridge we discover that key figures in the history of the church who played a decisive role at neural points in the formulation of Christian doctrine have clearly and unequivocally taught precisely what conservative Evangelicals today teach about inerrancy.
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