| − | The Catholic church gave its approval to some forms of Biblical criticism in its 1943 ''[[Divino Afflante Spiritu|Divino afflante spiritu]]'' issued on the fiftieth anniversary of ''[[Providentissimus Deus]]'', which had actually condemned the use of [[higher criticism]]. Two catholic scholars who help usher in the 1943 and later acceptance were the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[Marie-Joseph Lagrange]] and the [[Jesuit]] [[Augustin Bea]]. Notable Protestant biblical scholars also holding Christian supernatural beliefs include [[Arthur Peake|A. S. Peake]], a member of the [[United Methodist Church]], and [[William Robertson Smith]], a member of the [[Free Church of Scotland]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=udr0HQAACAAJ The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought], 2000, [[Oxford University Press]], page 298, ISBN 0-1986-0024-0</ref> | + | The Catholic church gave its approval to some forms of Biblical criticism in its 1943 ''[[Divino Afflante Spiritu|Divino afflante spiritu]]'' issued on the fiftieth anniversary of ''[[Providentissimus Deus]]'', which had actually condemned the use of [[higher criticism]]. Two catholic scholars who help usher in the 1943 and later acceptance were the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[Marie-Joseph Lagrange]] and the [[Jesuit]] [[Augustin Bea]]. Notable Protestant biblical scholars also holding Christian supernatural beliefs include [[Arthur Peake|A. S. Peake]], a member of the [[United Methodist Church]], and [[William Robertson Smith]], a member of the [[Free Church of Scotland]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=udr0HQAACAAJ The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought], 2000, [[Oxford University Press]], page 298, ISBN 0-1986-0024-0</ref> |