Inspiration of the Bible
2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for
teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training
in righteousness,
A primary criterion for the canonicity of a book of the Bible
was the belief that it was a work inspired by God. By definition,
to inspire literally means to breathe into, upon, or in. Inspiration
means any and all promptings of God's grace in and on the
human psyche and specifically of the divine promptings at
the origin of the books of the Bible. The divine inspiration
of Sacred Scripture denotes the special influence of God
upon the human writers of the Bible, an influence of such
a nature that God is said to be the author of the biblical books.