Divino afflante Spiritu

Divino afflante Spiritu ("[By] the divine inspiration of the Spirit") is a papal encyclical letter issued by Pope Pius XII on 30 September 1943 calling for new translations of the Bible into vernacular languages using the original languages as a source instead of the Latin Vulgate.

Divino afflante Spiritu
Latin for '[By] the divine inspiration of the Spirit'
Encyclical of Pope Pius XII
Signature date 30 September 1943
SubjectOn Sacred Scripture
Number5 of 41 of the pontificate
Text
AAS35 (10): 297-325

Catholic biblical scholar Raymond E. Brown, SS, described Divino afflante Spiritu as a "Magna Carta for biblical progress".

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