The Scripture Documents

In order to promote the Church's ongoing efforts "to share the boundless riches of the divine Word with the faithful entrusted to its care" (Dei Verbum 25), The Scripture Documents reproduces in one volume, key documents that record recent Catholic teaching on the interpretation of the Bible.

Dean P. Bechard, S.J., Ph.D., teaches New Testament exegesis at Fordham University

Foreword

vii

Preface

ix

Abbreviations

xi

Part One Conciliar Documents

Council of Trent

3

(11)

Fourth Session, First Decree

3

(1)

Fourth Session, Second Decree

4

(2)

Fifth Session, Second Decree

6

(8)

First Vatican Council

14

(5)

Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith, Dei Filius

14

(5)

Second Vatican Council

19

(18)

Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum

19

(18)

Part Two Papal Documents

Leo XIII. Encyclical Letter on the Study of Scripture, Providentissimus Deus

37

(25)

Leo XIII. Apostolic Letter Instituting a Commission for Biblical Studies, Vigilantiae studiique

62

(5)

Pius X. Apostolic Letter on the Study of Scripture in Seminaries, Quoniam in re biblica

67

(4)

Pius X. Encyclical Letter on the Doctrine of the Modernists, Pascendi dominici gregis

71

(7)

Pius X. Apostolic Letter Issued motu proprio on the Decisions of the Biblical Commission, Praestantia Scripturae Sacrae

78

(3)

Bendict XV. Encyclical Letter Commemorating the Fifteenth Centenary of the Death of St. Jerome, Spiritus Paraclitus

81

(31)

Pius XI. Apostolic Letter Issued motu proprio on Academic Standards for Teachers of Scripture, Bibliorum scientiam

112

(3)

Pius XII. Encyclical Letter Promoting Biblical Studies, Divino afflante Spiritu

115

(25)

Pius XII. Encyclical Letter on Certain False Opinions Threatening to Undermine the Foundations of Catholic Doctrine, Humani generis

140

(7)

Paul VI. Apostolic Letter Issued motu proprio on New Laws Regulating the Pontifical Biblical Commission, Sedula cura

147

(4)

Paul VI. Address to the Members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Ecclesial Role of Biblical Studies

151

(6)

John Paul II. Apostolic Constitution Promulgating the Neo-Vulgate Edition of the Bible, Scripturarum thesaurus

157

(3)

John Paul II. Address to the Members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Biblical Sciences and the Teaching Office of the Church

160

(3)

John Paul II. Address Commemorating the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Dei Verbum

163

(4)

John Paul II. Address to the Members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Nature of Catholic Interpretation of the Bible

167

(3)

John Paul II. Address on the Interpretation of the Bible in the Church

170

(13)

Part Three Curial Documents

Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. Decree Condemning Certain Errors of the Modernists, Lamentabili sane

183

(4)

Responses of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

187

(25)

On Implied Quotations Contained in Sacred Scripture

187

(1)

Concerning Historical Narratives

188

(1)

On the Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch

188

(2)

On the Authorship and Historicity of the Fourth Gospel

190

(1)

On the Character and Authorship of the Book of Isaiah

191

(1)

On the Historicity of Genesis 1-3

192

(3)

On the Authorship and Time of Composition of the Psalms

195

(2)

On the Authorship, Date of Composition, and Historicity of the Gospel of Matthew

197

(2)

On the Authorship, Time of Composition, and Historicity of the Gospels of Mark and Luke

199

(2)

On the Synoptic Question or the Mutual Relations Among the First Three Gospels

201

(1)

On the Authorship, Time of Composition, and Historicity of Acts

202

(2)

On the Authorship, Integrity, and Time of Composition of the Pastoral Epistles of the Apostle Paul

204

(1)

On the Authorship and Manner of Composition of the Letter to the Hebrews

205

(2)

On the Parousia or the Second Coming of our Lord in the Letters of St. Paul the Apostle

207

(1)

Declaration on Certain Added Verses in Editions of the Vulgate

208

(1)

On the False Interpretation of Two Texts

209

(3)

Pontifical Biblical Commission. Letter to the Archbishops and Bishops of Italy

212

(9)

Pontifical Biblical Commission. Letter to Cardinal Suhard

221

(4)

Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. Warning to Those who Expound the Scriptures

225

(2)

Pontifical Biblical Commission. Instruction on the Historical Truth of the Gospels, Sancta Mater Ecclesia

227

(9)

Interdicasterial Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church

236

(8)

Pontifical Biblical Commission. Document on the Interpretation of the Bible in the Church

244

(74)

Appendix. The Early Responsa of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

318

(12)

Index of Citations

330

(17)

Index of Topics

347

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