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 1 2    |  considered the supreme guide in biblical studies, We, moved by that
 2 5    |          approved the school for biblical studies, founded at St.
 3 5    |           to use his own words, "biblical science itself had received
 4 5(13)|         Letter of the Pontifical Biblical Commission to their Excellencies
 5 6    |           to be conferred by the Biblical Commission";14 he later
 6 6    |          that a center of higher biblical studies might be established
 7 6    |        he founded the Pontifical Biblical Institute, entrusted to
 8 6    |     staff and every facility for biblical research"; he prescribed
 9 7    |    completed a special course of biblical studies, he had in due form
10 7    |      academic degrees before the Biblical Commission or the Biblical
11 7    |       Biblical Commission or the Biblical Institute." He wished that
12 7    |       licentiate or doctorate in biblical science." And having at
13 7    |      frequent the schools of the Biblical Institute and obtain there
14 10   |       studies in theological and biblical science, and especially
15 10   |   especially from Our Pontifical Biblical Institute, there have already
16 10   |       vigorous, as, for example, biblical societies, congresses, libraries,
17 10   |           provided the method of biblical studies laid down by Leo
18 11   |  perceive that the conditions of biblical studies and their subsidiary
19 12   |          this new development of biblical studies, summoned Catholic
20 15   |         these languages that the biblical scholar, who by neglecting
21 16   |      daily a greater facility in biblical as well as in other oriental
22 23   |        clearly that sense of the biblical words which is called literal.
23 25   |   scarcely ever find anything in biblical commentaries to raise their
24 32   |  understanding the conditions of biblical study, that nothing remains
25 33   |        the nature and effects of biblical inspiration more exactly
26 36   |    peculiar religious purpose of biblical history.~
27 37   |        who has a correct idea of biblical inspiration, will be surprised
28 38   |        with the present needs of biblical studies, in explaining the
29 40   |          Let those who cultivate biblical studies turn their attention
30 42   |      knowledge of languages both biblical and oriental, have with
31 51   |  conferences or dissertations on biblical subjects, or see that they
32 52   |    expose in a scientific manner biblical questions, or to adapt the
33 53   |         give the whole course of biblical studies in such a way, that
34 59   |        and beloved sons, that to biblical scholars who are devoted
35 62   | especially for the professors in biblical science, for the young clergy