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Originally Posted by Guest
While it is true that Catholics have not traditionally been encouraged to read the Bible and understand it for themselves, nonetheless they are not forbidden to read the Bible.
Here is that same Romans 1:26-27, in the Catholic translation.
Romans 1:26-27 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
"For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error."
Carl in Tampa
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Originally Posted by Guest
You are correct. Not forbidden but not encouraged. Not a wise policy given that bible interpretation is, well open to interpretation.
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That's EXACTLY WHY they didn't want them reading the Bible...or even KNOW what they were saying! Everything was kept in Latin SPECIFICALLY to CONTROL what the congregation heard...and therefore believed. Why allow them to question the official party line?
I can't believe someone would be in a "religion" where everything was in a foreign language. You couldn't read the books, you didn't understand what the priests were chanting. ALL you had was what they told you it said/they were saying. Unbelievable what "intelligent" people will do/believe.
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A reason the Protestants..."protestors"...left and formed their own churches...they didn't agree with the party line that didn't agree with their "interpretation". So now we have over 5,000 different Christian sects.