FYI, the Orthodox world has long translated Scripture in to the native tongue. The written Russian language was born out the evangelical work of St. Cyril, thus the "Cyrilic" alphabet. I don't speak for the RC's here, although we often agree on matters of faith.
"...an eternal witness of the real attitude of Rome about the Bible."
Wow. So, even if what you say is true, you deny the possibility of the Church of Rome ever changing its "attitude?"
And what does the 'Orthodox' Church have to do with Rome? Why do you bring it up as if it has some bearing on what we were discussing? Rome has long held that the people cannot read the Bible for themselves, since they need the Church to interpret it for them. Now, in America, where Bibles are plentiful, while Rome will say that it is good for a Catholic to read their bible, Catholics are not encouraged to do so (despite indulgances being given)
"...an eternal witness of the real attitude of Rome about the Bible." Wow. So, even if what you say is true,
What do you mean even if what you say is true ? What part of it do you doubt? Do you doubt that Tyndale and hundreds of others were killed for the crime of producing bibles in their own language?
you deny the possibility of the Church of Rome ever changing its "attitude?"
Romes view on the difference between clergy and laity is fixed. Spiritual matters are for the Priesthood, not the laity.
Rome may adjust her position but her roots are firm. Erasmus's NT is still on Rome's forbidden book list.
Since Rome no longer has the power to stop Bible reading, they have corrupted them with their corrupt Vaticanus text, first introduced by Westcott and Hort and is still the underlying text of every new bible produced today (the exceptions the NKJ and King James 21-both of which have their own problems aside from the corrupt text)