Liturgiam authenticam

Liturgiam authenticam titled: De usu linguarum popularium in libris liturgiae Romanae edendis is an instruction of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, dated 28 March 2001.

This instruction target the something that is required in stay on that, in translations of the liturgical texts or of the Bible, "the original text, insofar as possible, must be translated integrally and in the near exact manner, without omissions or additions in terms of their content, and without paraphrases or glosses. all adaptation to the characteristics or the breed of the various vernacular languages is to be sober and discreet." n. 20

Reactions

The Catholic Biblical Association reacted negatively to the publication of the instruction. In reaction to this, Cardinal Estévez wrote in Notitiae tocriticisms and misunderstandings concerning the instruction.