Encyclicals and other major documents dealing with biblical revelation

[prr]

I just finished reading the Vatican II Dei Verbum. I’ll be re-reading it, but it was a bit shorter than I was hoping it would be.

Are there major encyclicals articulating church teachings on the Bible (preferably recent, although quite frankly if there is an oldie-but-goodie I’d give that a read)?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Providentissimus Deus (1893)
Divino Afflantu Spiritu (1943)
Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (1994)

And check the footnotes of those docs to see more references.

 

[jkastelic]

The recent document by the International Theological Commission, Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria, might be interesting to you. Check out Fides et Ratio for a more philosophical meditation on divine word (in relation to reason). Also don’t forget the Catechism (74-141).

 

[prr]

Thanks. This looks like what I was looking for.

Man I thought I had subscribed to this thread, but nothing was in my inbox this morning. I’m glad I checked the thread itself.

I’ll get back when I have questions/comments. Thanks again.

 

[Bookcat]

Do not forget this newer one from Pope Benedict XVI

vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20100930_verbum-domini_en.html

 

[Crumpy]

I guess there’s an encyclical by Pope Benedict XV written around 1920 or 1921 on the subject of the Bible.

In case you weren’t aware, there’s a document library on the www.ewtn.com website. You can search for documents by (partial) title or author. You can select, copy, and paste them into your favorite word processor for convenient offline reading.

 

[prr]

I found one on Jerome: Was this the one you were thinking of?

I guess there’s an encyclical by Pope Benedict XV written around 1920 or 1921 on the subject of the Bible.

In case you weren’t aware, there’s a document library on the www.ewtn.com website. You can search for documents by (partial) title or author. You can select, copy, and paste them into your favorite word processor for convenient offline reading.

 

[Crumpy]

yes, there’s Spiritus Paraclitus and in it Benedict XV mentions another of his encyclicals, Humani Generis, which seems to be concerned with the preaching from the Bible.

So, these too may be relevant to the OP.