biblical inspiration
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the doctrine that the human authors and editors of Bible were led or influenced by God
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Rembrandt's The Evangelist Matthew Inspired by an Angel (1661)
Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that the human writers and canonizers of the Bible were led by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God. This belief is traditionally associated with concepts of the biblical infallibility and the internal consistency of the Bible.
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