inerrantist

English

Etymology

From inerrant +‎ -ist.

Noun

inerrantist (plural inerrantists)

1. Someone who believes in the inerrancy of religious scripture.
   • 1995, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Divine Discourse, page 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, page 16:

     If you were to ask an inerrantist if she agrees with Ezek 18:20, she would certainly answer in the affirmative.

Adjective

inerrantist (comparative more inerrantist, superlative most inerrantist)

1. Pertaining to such beliefs.
   • 2013, Victor I. Ezigbo, Introducing Christian Theologies, vol. 1, page 78:

     Theologians who reject the inerrantist view of the Bible have pointed out several problems with it.

   • 2015 April 8, Samuel L. Adams, The Huffington Post:

     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.

Anagrams

• interstrain