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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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INERRANCY

The absence of error. Commonly applied to the Bible as the revealed word of God. (Etym. Latin

in-, not + errare, to err: inerrans, not wandering.)

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Easter

Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)

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"Jesus said: ‘The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.’" Christ Himself is the Good Shepherd, who knows each one of His sheep, who gives His life for them and snatches them from the jaws of the marauding wolf. He is the true shepherd who fulfills Ezechiel's prophecy…

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