The 1910 Presbyterian Conference that addressed the Fundamentalist-Modernist Conflict summarised these as the 5 Fundamental points:
- The inerrancy of the Bible
- The virgin birth of Christ
- Christ’s substitutionary atonement
- Christ’s bodily resurrection
- The authenticity of Christ’s miracles (The Fundamentalist/Modernist Conflict)[/QUOT
Ah! THAT's the one I was looking for!
Thank you.
How close are you to being a fundamentalist?
I'm good with the list.
I agree with #1 but I have a problem with how it works out in practice. As it is widely applied, it appears to be understood as, "My interpretation of the scriptures is inerrant."
Also, they regularly include "in the original monographs" which means that all the translations we have are NOT inerrant because the act of translation necessarily introduces error.
And now, we have to define exactly what we mean by "error." (Another thread, maybe)
My personal view of inerrancy is that I can safely bet my eternal life that what the Bible says is correct.
Later groups have added the Second Coming of Christ as one of the fundamentals.
I think that was a good addition.
However, the list suffers from inadequacy of:
It probably will continue to suffer because now you're getting into details on which the multitude of Fundamentalist denominations will hold different opinions.
jim