Official Church Documents


Apostolic Letter Instituting the Sunday of the Word of God Pope Francis

Verbum Domini: On the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church Pope Benedict XVI

The Gift of Scripture Catholic Bishops' Conferences of England and Wales, and of Scotland

The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible Pontifical Biblical Commission

Dei Verbum 35 Years Later: Understanding the Word of God Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

The Word of God in Scripture: How to read and interpret the Bible Theology Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

Catechism of the Catholic Church. On Sacred Scripture On sacred scripture

The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church Pontifical Biblical Commission

Pastoral Statement for Catholics on Biblical Fundamentalism Committee on Biblical Fundamentalism of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops

Catholics and Fundamentalism: A Contrast Bishops of Alabama and Mississippi

Vatican II: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (1965) See Chapters 3-6

Divino Afflante Spiritu Pope Pius XII

Spiritus Paraclitus Pope Benedict XV

Motu Proprio on the Bible Pope Pius X, page 154

On the Institution of a Commission for Biblical Studies Pope Leo XIII

Providentissimus Deus Pope Leo XIII

Vatican I: On Revelation

Council of Trent: Decrees Concerning the Canonical Scriptures and the Edition and the use of the Sacred Books

Catholic Church Documents related to Biblical Studies Prof. Felix Just, S.J.




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