"The fact remains that the training we offer is tough. Our students can bear witness to that. Even John Paul II humorously admitted one day that he didn’t feel able to register at our Institute!"

". . .the Institute can continue to offer high-quality academic programmes, we believe, in any case recognized as such by the best universities throughout the world, as well as by the bishops and religious superiors who continue to send their young recruits."

"The golden rule in this matter is still: the literal sense of the texts [of Holy Scripture] alone forms the basis of faith and morality. That is the sense we are feeling our way towards. That is how the Church calls us to its service."

Above, excerpts from a presentation by Rev. Maurice Gilbert, S.J., on the history of the Biblical Institute. Please click here to see a complete copy of his remarks.