Magisterial Documents on Scripture and Related Topics

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Pius IX. Quanta Cura (Condemning Current Errors) — December 8, 1864.

_____. Syllabus Errorum (The Syllabus of Errors) — December 8, 1864.

_____. Dei Filius (Vatican I’s Dogmatic Constitution On the Catholic Faith) — April 24, 1870.

_____. Pastor Aeternus (Vatican I’s First Dogmatic Constitution On the Church of Christ) — July 18, 1870.

Leo XIII. Aeterni Patris (On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy) — August 4, 1879.

_____. Arcanum Divinae Sapientiae (On Christian Marriage) — February 10, 1880.

_____. Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Holy Scripture) — November 18, 1893.

_____. Apostolicae Curae (On the Nullity of Anglican Orders) — September 13, 1896.

_____. Vigilantiae (On the Institution of a Commission for Biblical Studies) — October 30, 1902.

Pope St. Pius X. Acerbo Nimis (On Teaching Christian Doctrine) — April 15, 1905.

_____. Quoniam in re Biblica (On the Study of Holy Scripture in Clerical Seminaries) — March 27, 1906.

_____. Lamentabili Sane (Syllabus Condemning the Errors of the Modernists) — July 3, 1907.

_____. Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Doctrine of the Modernists) — September 8, 1907.

_____. Praestantia Scripturae (On the Decisions of the Pontifical Commission on the Bible) — November 18, 1907.

_____. Sacrorum Antistitum (The Oath Against Modernism) — September 1, 1910.

Benedict XV. Spiritus Paraclitus (On the Fifteenth Centenary of the Death of St. Jerome) — September 15, 1920.

Pius XI. Quas Primas (On the Feast of Christ the King) — December 11, 1925.

_____. Mortalium Animos (On Religious Unity) — January 6, 1928.

_____. Divini Illius Magistri (On Christian Education) — December 21, 1929.

_____. Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage) — December 31, 1930.

_____. Provido Sane Consilio (On Better Care for Catechetical Teaching) — January 12, 1935.

Pius XII. Mystici Corporis Christi (On the Mystical Body of Christ) — June 29, 1943.

_____. Divino Afflante Spiritu (On Promoting Biblical Studies) – September 30, 1943.

_____. Mediator Dei (On the Sacred Liturgy) — November 20, 1947.

_____. Humani Generis (Concerning Some False Opinions Which Threaten to Undermine the Foundations of Catholic Doctrine) — August 12, 1950.

_____. Munificentissimus Deus (The Dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin) — November 1, 1950.

_____. Sempiternus Rex Christus (On the Council of Chalcedon) — September 8, 1951.

Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. Monitum Concerning the Historical Truth of Sacred Scripture — June 20, 1961.

John XXIII. Veterum Sapientia (On the Promotion of the Study of Latin) — February 22, 1962.

Paul VI. Mysterium Fidei (On the Holy Eucharist) — September 3, 1965.

_____. Dei Verbum (Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation) — November 18, 1965.  Click here for Latin text.

_____. Sollemnis Professio Fidei (The Credo of the People of God) — June 30, 1968.

_____. Humanae Vitae (On Human Life) — July 25, 1968.

_____. Inter Insigniores (Declaration on the Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood) — October 15, 1976.

John Paul II. Scripturarum Thesaurus (The Treasure of the Scriptures) — April 25, 1979.

_____. Catechesi Tradendae (On Catechesis in Our Time) — October 16, 1979.

_____. Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth) — August 6, 1993.

_____. Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) — September 14, 1998.

_____. Ecclesia de Eucharistia (On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church) — April 17, 2003.

Benedict XVI. Deus Caritas Est (God is Love) — December 25, 2005.

_____. Spe Salvi (In Hope We are Saved) — November 30, 2007.

_____. Verbum Domini (The Word of the Lord) — September 30, 2010.