Divino afflante Spiritu Latin for '[By] the divine inspiration of the Spirit' Encyclical of Pope Pius XII | |
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Signature date | 30 September 1943 |
Subject | On Sacred Scripture |
Number | 5 of 41 of the pontificate |
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AAS | 35 (10): 297-325 |
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.
Catholic biblical scholar Raymond E. Brown, SS, described Divino afflante Spiritu as a "Magna Carta for biblical progress".[1]