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== Background ==

The 1943 [[Encyclical#Catholic usage|encyclical]] of [[Pope Pius XII]], ''[[Divino afflante Spiritu]]'', encouraged translations of the [[Catholic Bible]] from the original languages instead of the [[Vulgate]] alone, as had been the tradition since the [[Council of Trent]]. "It was in fact with a view to filling this rather obvious gap in the shortest possible time that some Catholic scholars considered the possibility of so editing the [[Revised Standard Version]], on its appearance in 1952, as to make it acceptable to Catholic readers."<ref>''Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition'', "Introduction to the 1966 Edition"</ref>

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