id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195455 Catholic Church. Pope (1939-1958 : Pius XII) Encyclical letter of Pope Pius XII on promotion of Biblical studies 1943 .txt text/plain 10967 334 54 The Fathers of the Church in their time, especially Augustine, warmly recommended to the Catholic scholar, who undertook the investi- gation and explanation of the Sacred Scriptures, the study of the ancient languages and recourse to the original texts.22 However, such was the state of letters in those times, that not many,—and these few but imper- fectly—knew the Hebrew language. Ill, 15, 17. 23 and devotion; let them efficaciously recommend by word and example, whenever the liturgical laws permit, the Sacred Scriptures translated, with the approval of the Ecclesiastical authority, into modern languages ; let them themselves give public conferences or dissertations on biblical subjects, or see that they are given by other public orators well versed in the matter. 52. cache/_005195455.txt txt/_005195455.txt