Verbum Domini - "The Word of the Lord" (Sept. 30, 2010) – the "post-synodal apostolic exhortation," resulting from the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which met in Rome on Oct. 5-26, 2008, and was devoted to "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church."
Address on the Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (April 23, 1993) - on Vatican website in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Swahili; English translation in Daughters of St. Paul edition of "The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church"
Brief Addresses to Representatives of various "Bible Societies": 1987; 1989; 1992; 1995; 2001; 2002;
Pope Paul VI:
Apostolic Letter Summi Dei Verbum ("On the Occasion of the Fourth Centenary of the Establishment of Seminaries by the Council of Trent" - Nov. 4, 1963)
Motu Proprio Letter Sedula Cura ("On New Laws Regulating the Pontifical Biblical Commission" - June 27, 1971) - in Latin and Italian only
Encyclical DIVINO
AFFLANTE SPIRITU ("On the Most Opportune Way to Promote Biblical Studies" - September 30, 1943) - another copy from CIN
Encyclical Humani Generis ("On Certain False Opinions Threatening to Undermine the Foundations of Catholic Doctrine" - August 12, 1950) - see esp. paragraphs 21-25 & 35-39
Pope Pius XI:
Motu Proprio Letter Bibliorum Scientiam ("On Academic Standards for Teachers of Scripture" - April 27, 1924) - missing from Vatican website?
Motu Proprio Letter Quod Maxime ("On the Pontifical Biblical Institute and..." - Sept. 30, 1928) - only in Latin on Vatican website
Apostolic Letter Quoniam in re biblica ("On the Study of Scripture in Seminaries" - March 27, 1906)
Encyclical Pascendi
Dominici Gregis ("On the Doctrines of the Modernists" - September 8, 1907) - another copy at CIN
Motu Proprio Letter Praestantia Scripturae Sacrae ("On the Decisions of the Biblical Commission" - November 18, 1907 - on Vatican website in Latin and Italian)
Apostolic Letter Vinea Electa ("Establishing the Pontifical Biblical Institute" - May 7, 1909 - on Vatican website only in Latin)
Pope Leo XIII:
Encyclical Providentissimus Deus ("On the Study of Holy Scripture" - November 18, 1893)
Apostolic Letter Vigilantiae Studiique ("Instituting a Pontifical Commission for Biblical Studies" - October 30, 1902)
Liturgiam authenticam (Fifth Instruction "For the Right Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council"); from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (March 28, 2001)
"The Proclamation of the Birth of Christ" - a.k.a. the Christmas Proclamation; published by the USCCB; here is my own comparative analysis of Old and New Translations
Published Collections of Church Documents
(some out-of-print by now, but still available in good libraries or used copies online):
David Lysik, ed. The Bible Documents: A Parish Resource. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2001.
- contains the most important documents, but slightly fewer than the above collection
Raymond E. Brown, S.S., and Thomas Aquinas Collins, O.P., "Church Pronouncements," in: The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990) 1166-74.
- an excellent survey article
Catechism of the Catholic Church. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994 & 2000.
- see esp. articles "The Revelation of God" (§§50-73), "The Transmission of Divine Revelation (§§74-100), and "Sacred Scripture" (§§101-41).
Heinrich Denzinger and Adolf Schönmetzer, eds. Enchiridion symbolorum definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum. 37th edition. Freiburg, Basel, Rome & Vienna: Herder, 1991.
James J. Megivern, ed. Official Catholic Teachings: Biblical Interpretation. Wilmington, NC: Consortium Books, 1978.
Rome and the Study of Scripture: A collection of papal enactments on the study of Holy Scripture together with the decision of the Biblical Commission. 7th edition. St. Meinrad, IN: 1962.
