Letter to Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church

At the beginning of the 20th century the Church opened herself to Modernism. This manifested itself in such a way that theologians casted doubt upon all basic truths of the Christian faith. Catholic biblists on the pattern of their Protestant colleagues began to cast doubt upon the historicity of the Old as well as the New Testaments, upon the authorship of the particular books of the Holy Scripture, upon the inspiration and infallibility of the Holy Scripture and upon all miracles. This antichristian spirit in the Church was radically opposed by St. Pius X. During his pontificate (1903-1914) the Apostolic See issued 15 documents altogether which defended and explained the faith of the Catholic Church in relation to the Holy Scripture.

Conclusion:

The Church Tradition and all doctrinal documents of the Church’s Magisterium definitely reject the hypotheses of HCT about inauthenticity and unhistoricity of the Books of the Old and the New Testaments. Regarding the continuity of faith and objective criticism of HCT, today we can state: The teaching of the Catholic Church and the truth of the Christian faith is that:

1. Moses is the author of the Pentateuch.
2. The Books of the Old Testament (including the Book of Genesis) are historical.
3. The Gospels are authentic testimonies of historical facts of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ the true God and the true Man.
4. All books of the Old and the New Testament have God as the Author and contain infallible truths of faith and they are likewise with respect to the supernatural inspiration by the Holy Spirit preserved from whatever error (Second Vatican Council DH 4201-4235).