CHURCH_DOCUMENT
Divino Afflante Spiritu
Document of the Catholic Church
Pope Pius XII's encyclical on the promotion of biblical studies, encouraging the use of original languages and sound scholarship in the interpretation of Sacred Scripture. It opened a renewal of Catholic biblical study.
key Themes
- Sacred Scripture
- Biblical scholarship
- Original languages and textual criticism
- The senses of Scripture
document Type
encyclical
issuing Authority
Pope Venerable Pius XII
issued Date
1943-09-30
canonical Url
https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_30091943_divino-afflante-spiritu.html