Divino afflante Spiritu
| Divino afflante Spiritu Latin for '[By] the divine inspiration of the Spirit' Encyclical of Pope Pius XII | |
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| Signature date | 30 September 1943 |
| Subject | On Sacred Scripture |
| Number | 5 of 41 of the pontificate |
| Text | |
| AAS | 35 (10): 297-325 |
Divino afflante Spiritu (English: "[By] the divine inspiration of the Spirit" ) is a papal encyclical letter issued by Pope Pius XII on 30 September 1943 calling for new translations of the Bible into vernacular languages, using the original languages as a source instead of the Latin Vulgate.
Catholic biblical scholar Raymond E. Brown, SS, described Divino afflante Spiritu as a "Magna Carta for biblical progress".