Anglican official documents affirm Scripture's unique authority and sufficiency for salvation. The Thirty-Nine Articles (Article VI) state that Holy Scripture contains 'all things necessary to salvation' and that nothing shall be required to be believed as an article of faith that is not found there. The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral places Scripture first as the 'rule of faith.' These affirmations are universal across Anglicanism.

However, positions on the precise nature of biblical inerrancy vary widely across the Anglican spectrum. Evangelical Anglicans often affirm full inerrancy of the original autographs, consistent with the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (1978). The Jerusalem Declaration (2008), signed by conservative Global South Anglican primates, affirms that Scripture is 'without error in all that it affirms.' Progressive and liberal Anglicans, particularly in the Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Church of England's academic institutions, engage extensively with historical-critical methods and do not affirm inerrancy in the strict sense, viewing Scripture as the primary human witness to divine revelation. This diversity is a source of significant intra-Anglican tension.