On Infallibility

1. Since God is inerrant,

He cannot err in any respect

nor can error contradict Him.

 

2. Between inerrancy and error

exists very great contrariety,

since no error can obtain within God.

 

3. Inerrancy and infallibility

exist in their essence as a single unity,

distinct from any fallibility.

 

4. God possesses infinite and eternal power

with respect to <His> goodness, wisdom and will,

for which reason He cannot entertain error at all.

 

5. God is inerrant in terms of the beginning,

the middle and the end

as regards all things connected with His activity.

 

6. God is inerrant by virtue of His great will,

for the reason that He is possessed of a lover, <as well as of> loving and a beloved,

<all three of which> enjoy one substance.

 

7. No evil person can be properly inerrant,

for whoever refuses to do or accomplish good

is, rather, an object of errancy.^[1]

 

8. Proper inerrancy

by means of understanding, loving and remembering

is preferable by far to a thousand sensations deriving from the senses.

 

9. He who attaches priority to his will

rather than to his memory, his wisdom and <his> fear,

errs, for he is unable to deploy his power.

 

10. He who does not wish to err in any way,

desires to honour and serve God so fervently,

that he chooses to die for His sake.

 

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