inerrancy

noun

in·​er·​ran·​cy (ˌ)i-ˈner-ən(t)-sē 

: exemption from error : infallibility

the question of biblical inerrancy

Examples of inerrancy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His defense of biblical inerrancy against the modernism of mainstream Bible scholars had laid the intellectual foundation for the future of evangelical Protestantism. —Austin Steelman / Made By History, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025

Biblical inerrancy, or the belief the Bible is without error, was the core issue driving the conservatives’ activism. —Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024

Biblical inerrancy, for instance, is off-limits. —Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022

Conservatives took up Lindsell's call and turned the fight over biblical inerrancy into a battle to save the denomination and American society from the evils of liberalism. —Diana Butler Bass, CNN, 17 June 2021

Biblical inerrancy, which Noll points out had never before occupied such a central place in any Christian movement, became foundational. —Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2021

Albright was a faithful Christian, and the inerrancy of the Bible was then under attack. —Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020

Wesley didn’t teach fundamentalist ideas such as inerrancy and infallibility. —al, 18 Feb. 2020

The youthful King didn't share his father's belief in the inerrancy of the Bible and was put off by his father's fiery preaching style. —John Blake, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for inerrancy

• transparency