Help Wanted Encyclical Footnotes

[Jguerra]

Pope Benedict XV, writing in Spiritus Paraclitus quoted Pope Leo XIII: “how insistently men fight against us; You know the arms and arts they rely upon.” [Paragraph 39] Leo XIII supposedly wrote those words in the encyclical Providentissimus Deus. The quote has a footnote, [68], which simply reads: Leo XIII, Providentissimus Deus; cf. Ench. Bibl., n. 100. I looked up Providentissimus Deus and I can’t find the quote cited by Benedict XV.

The closest I could find in Providentissimus Deus was this line in paragraph 10:
“But first it must be clearly understood whom we have to oppose and contend against, and what are their tactics and their arms.”

Questions from a Catholic dullard:
In this case, was the translation of the Latin into English marred when Benedict XV quoted Leo XIII?

Footnote 68 from Spiritus Paraclitus refers to Ench. Bibl., n. 100. What is Ench. Bibl. and is the quote above-mentioned found in that document?

Your help appreciated. BTW these encyclicals along with Divino Afflante Spiritu are found in my Baronius Press DR Bible.

Joe

 

[Verbum]

Hi Joe,

These are two different translations of the same thing. If you examine them carefullly, you will see that the meaning is exactly the same.

Verbum

 

[Apollos]

Hopefully this should settle it.

1. Here is the original Latin of Benedict XV Spiritus Paraclitus 39 where he quotes Leo XIII, followed by the English translation on the Vatican website:

Nostis enim - quod iam Leo XIII praemonuerat - “quale adversetur et instet hominum genus, quibus vel artibus vel armis confidant”.

You know - for Leo XIII warned us - “how insistently men fight against us; You know the arms and arts they rely upon.”

1. Here is the original Latin of Leo XIII Providentissimus Deus 10 that was quoted, followed by the Vatican English:

Sed principio quale adversetur et instet homium genus, quibus vel artibus vel armis confidant, interest utique hoc loco recognoscere.

But first it must be clearly understood whom we have to oppose and contend against, and what are their tactics and their arms.

1. Finally here is the original Latin of Enchiridion Biblicum 100, which happens to be a portion of Providentissiumsus Deus 16, and the Vatican English:

Providendum igitur, ut ad studia biblica convenienter instructi munitique aggrediantur iuvenes; ne iustam frustrentur spem, neu, quod deterius est, erroris discrimen incaute subeant, Rationalistarum capti fallaciis apparataeque specie eruditionis. Erunt autem optime comparati, si, qua Nosmetipsi monstravimus et praescripsimus via, philosophiae et theologiae institutionem, eodem S. Thoma duce, religiose coluerint penitusque perceperint. Ita recte incedent, quum in re biblica, tum in ea theologiae parte, quam positivam nominant, in utraque laetissime progressuri.

Care must be taken, then, that beginners approach the study of the Bible well prepared and furnished; otherwise, just hopes will be frustrated, or, perchance, what is worse, they will unthinkingly risk the danger of error, falling an easy prey to the sophisms and laboured erudition of the Rationalists. The best preparation will be a conscientious application to philosophy and theology under the guidance of St. Thomas of Aquin, and a thorough training therein - as We ourselves have elsewhere pointed out and directed. By this means, both in Biblical studies and in that part of Theology which is called positive, they will pursue the right path and make satisfactory progress.

The Enchiridion Biblicum is a standard reference work, an anthology of Church documents related to Biblical studies. You can find it online in various forms.

 

[Jguerra]

To all who responded, thanks for clearing up things.

 

[thistle]

Pope Benedict XV, writing in Spiritus Paraclitus quoted Pope Leo XIII: “how insistently men fight against us; You know the arms and arts they rely upon.” [Paragraph 39] Leo XIII supposedly wrote those words in the encyclical Providentissimus Deus. The quote has a footnote, [68], which simply reads: Leo XIII, Providentissimus Deus; cf. Ench. Bibl., n. 100. I looked up Providentissimus Deus and I can’t find the quote cited by Benedict XV.

The closest I could find in Providentissimus Deus was this line in paragraph 10:
“But first it must be clearly understood whom we have to oppose and contend against, and what are their tactics and their arms.”

Questions from a Catholic dullard:
In this case, was the translation of the Latin into English marred when Benedict XV quoted Leo XIII?

Footnote 68 from Spiritus Paraclitus refers to Ench. Bibl., n. 100. What is Ench. Bibl. and is the quote above-mentioned found in that document?

Your help appreciated. BTW these encyclicals along with Divino Afflante Spiritu are found in my Baronius Press DR Bible.

Joe

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