| 008 | Did the Catholic church ever come to recognise the benefits of the historical critical method of interpretation? |
| 008 | By the 1940's an encyclical by Pius XII recognised there was value in the further studies of the linguistics and historical background of Scripture | Pius XII, Divino Afflante Spiritu (The Most Opportune Way to Promote Biblical Studies 1943) (Glen rock N.J.: Deus/Paulist, 1961). |