Looking deeper into the Orthodox belief, we come to understand they believe in God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and The Holy Spirit. The Orthodox Church was founded by Jesus Christ and described throughout the New Testament. For eighteen centuries it has prevailed. Orthodox believe scripture is verbally inspired; the written word came by God's own inspiration. With this belief, a question arises: How did God inspire the writers of The Bible? There are two viewpoints, verbal dictation, which …show more content…
The Bible claims to be a divinely authoritative book resulting from a process where spirit-moved men wrote God breathed words (28). The inspiration is verbal, plenary, and it gives authority. The men who wrote scripture were authors and composers, not merely secretaries and stenographers (29). 2 Peter 1:21 says, “For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” The truth is, much if The Bible is historical; it underlines facts, times, and dates. Things like creation, the virgin birth, the crucifixion, and the resurrection involve matters that are fact. The Bible is not a scientific textbook or a scholar history book, but it does speak of both scientific and historical