Dei Verbum (official title of the Vatican's English translation: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation – Dei Verbum) was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on November 18, 1965, following approval by the assembled bishops by a vote of 2,344 to 6. It is one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council, indeed their very foundation in the view of one of the leading Council Fathers, Bishop Christopher Butler. The phrase "Dei Verbum" is Latin for "Word of God" and is taken from the first line of the document, as is customary for titles of major Catholic documents.

The numbers given correspond to the chapter numbers and, those in brackets, to the section numbers within the text.

The full text in English is available through the Holy See's website from which the excerpts below have been taken. The footnotes have been inserted into the text at the appropriate places in small print and indented for the convenience of the present reader.

Another widely used translation is Austin Flannery OP (ed.), "Vatican Council II" (2 volumes).

Fr. Mitchell "Mitch" Pacwa ,(born 1949) S.J., is a Jesuit priest. He is bi-ritual, meaning that he can celebrate liturgy in both the Roman and Maronite rites. He is President and Founder of Ignatius Productions. He has taught at the University of Dallas and Loyola University Chicago and is now the Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

Fr. Pacwa's father was opposed to his becoming a priest and especially against his becoming a Jesuit. Fr. Pacwa's father threatened to write him out of his will if he became a priest and did so on the day Fr. Pacwa celebrated his first Mass.

Fr. Pacwa earned his Ph.D. in Old Testament from Vanderbilt University. He also holds a Master of Divinity and S.T.B. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Loyola University. He is an accomplished linguist speaking several ancient languages, including Latin, Koine Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Ugaritic, as well as the modern languages of German, Spanish, Polish, Hebrew, Arabic, French, and Italian.

Fr. Pacwa has mostly earned fame by being host of many TV shows. He gave the 2008 commencement address at the Augustine Institute in Denver.

Juan Antonio (born 5 January 1988 in Trelew, Chubut) is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Italian club Sampdoria.