About Bible

What we believe about the Bible

We teach that the Holy Scriptures differ from all other books in the world in that they are the Word of God.  They are the Word of God because the holy men of God who wrote the Scriptures wrote only that which the Holy Spirit communicated to them by inspiration.  Since the Holy Scriptures are the Word of God, it goes without saying that they contain no errors or contradictions, but that they are in all their parts and words the infallible truth, also in those parts which treat of historical, geographical, and other secular matters.

We furthermore teach regarding the Holy Scriptures that they are given by God to the Christian Church for the foundation of faith.  Hence the Holy Scriptures are the sole source from which all doctrines proclaimed in the Christian Church must be taken and therefore, too, the sole rule and norm by which all teachers and doctrines must be examined and judged.  With the Confessions of our Church we teach also that the “rule of faith” according to which the Holy Scriptures are to be understood are the clear passages of the Scriptures themselves which set forth the individual doctrines.