Tag: Divino Afflante Spiritu

Pastor Column: Divino Afflante Spiritu II

Posted on by Father Albert
[Note: This is not the Sunday Homily. It is an article for the bulletin of June 26, 2022]      The week before last, we began a look at Pope Pius XII’s letter on studying scripture, titled Divino Afflante Spiritu, written in 1943. We had just noted that studying scripture well means keeping it in the context of the whole faith and understanding how it has been used in prayer and liturgy throughout history. The next guideline the pope offers is to carefully study what the Church Fathers and Doctors of the Church say about scripture. The “Church Fathers” are the...Read More

Pastor Column: Divino Afflante Spiritu I

Posted on by Father Albert
[Note: This is not the Sunday Homily. It is an article for the bulletin of June 12, 2022]           Next in our tour of papal documents is Pope Pius XII’s encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu, which translates to “Inspired by the Divine Spirit.” It is Pius XII’s teaching on the interpretation of Sacred Scripture, which he published on the feast of St. Jerome, September 30, 1943. At that point in time, there was a growing interest in applying archaeological and linguistic methods to the study of scripture. Pope Leo XIII had given permission to use newer critical methods of studying scripture...Read More