There is no Christian belief which is more universally...

There is no Christian belief which is more universally  entertained than that in the divine illumination and impulsion of the Scripture writers, and this belief has begotten a prevailing mental attitude of reverence toward the Bible, a sense of its uniqueness, its value, and its authority. Nevertheless, inquiry as to just what is meant by the declaration that the Bible is an inspired book would disclose much indefiniteness if not contradiction in the views held, and some of these involve such vital issues as render the subject worthy of a consideration it has never received at the hands of the great body of Christian people.