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| Providentissimus Deus Latin for 'The most provident God' Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII | |
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| Signature date | 18 November 1893 |
| Subject | On the Study of Holy Scripture |
| Number | 49 of 85 of the pontificate |
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Providentissimus Deus, "On the Study of Holy Scripture", was an encyclical letter issued by Pope Leo XIII on 18 November 1893. In it, he reviewed the history of Bible study from the time of the Church Fathers to the present, spoke against the errors of the Rationalists and "higher critics", and outlined principles of scripture study and guidelines for how scripture was to be taught in seminaries. He also addressed the issues of apparent contradictions between the Bible and physical science, or between one part of scripture and another, and how such apparent contradictions can be resolved.
