The Lattey Lecture is devoted to Catholic Social Teaching and Biblical Studies. It was endowed in commemoration of the tireless work of Cuthbert Lattey SJ in founding the Catholic Biblical Association of Great Britain in 1940, the first meeting of which took place at St Edmund’s College, and all his pioneering works of scholarship and dissemination to promote the reading and study of the Bible amongst Catholics. Apart from his 18 books, Lattey is primarily remembered for editing the first Catholic version of the Bible in English direct from the original Hebrew and Greek, known as the Westminster Version, aiming to produce a ‘dignified and accurate’ translation which was readable and accessible to all.
Since the foundation of the Von Hügel Institute in 1987, the Lattey Lecture has been delivered by distinguished Scriptures scholars:
Dom Henry Wansbrough (2002)
Professor Joseph A. Fitzmeyer SJ (1987)
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