Providentissimus Deus (1893), Pope Leo XIII, Bishop of
Rome, 1878-1903
Inaugurated a new
era in Roman Catholic biblical studies.
Presented a
plan for biblical study; Defined inspiration: "By
supernatural power God so moved and impelled the
human
authors to write - he so assisted them in writing -
that the things
he ordered and those only they first rightly
understood, then
willed faithfully to write and finally expressed in
apt words
and with infallible truth."
