Dei Verbum

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Dei Verbum is the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, outlining the Catholic Church’s teaching on Scripture, Tradition, and revelation.


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic teaching document
Conciliar document
Dogmatic constitution
Magisterial document
approvedBy Second Vatican Council
surface form: "Council Fathers of Vatican II"
articleCount 26
chapterTitle Chapter I: Revelation Itself
Chapter II: The Transmission of Divine Revelation
Chapter III: Sacred Scripture, Its Inspiration and Divine Interpretation
Chapter IV: The Old Testament
Chapter V: The New Testament
Chapter VI: Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church
councilSession Second Vatican Council
surface form: "Fourth session of the Second Vatican Council"
emphasizes Unity of Scripture and Tradition as one sacred deposit of the word of God
encourages Biblical studies and exegesis in the Church
Frequent reading of Scripture by all the faithful
Translations of Scripture into vernacular languages
hasAbbreviation DV
hasEnglishTitle Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum
surface form: "Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation"
hasGenre Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum
surface form: "Dogmatic constitution"
hasLatinTitle Dei Verbum
hasNumberOfChapters 6
influenced Catholic theology of revelation
Post–Vatican II Catholic biblical interpretation
languageOfPromulgation Latin
partOf Documents of the Second Vatican Council
placeOfPromulgation St. Peter's Basilica
surface form: "St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City"
promulgatedBy Pope Paul VI
promulgatedByCouncil Second Vatican Council
promulgationDate 1965-11-18
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
subject Biblical scholarship
Divine revelation
Inerrancy of Scripture
Inspiration of Scripture
Interpretation of Scripture
Relationship between Scripture and Tradition
Role of the Magisterium
Bible
surface form: "Sacred Scripture"

Sacred Tradition
Transmission of revelation
On Christian Doctrine
surface form: "Use of Scripture in the Church"
teaches Christ is the mediator and fullness of all revelation
Divine revelation is realized by deeds and words having an inner unity
Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God
Scripture must be read in the same Spirit in which it was written
Scripture teaches solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of our salvation
The Magisterium authentically interprets the word of God
The apostles handed on what they received from Christ and the Holy Spirit

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Dei Verbum hasLatinTitle Dei Verbum
subject surface form: "Dei Filius"
Lumen Gentium relatedToDocument Dei Verbum