Divino afflante Spiritu (English: "[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, , described Divino afflante Spiritu as a "Magna Carta for biblical progress".
Divino afflante Spiritu (English: "[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, , described Divino afflante Spiritu as a "Magna Carta for biblical progress".
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