When I was in High School some of my Catholic friends told me that they needed to get permission from the priest before they could read the bible on their own. It rather shocked me at the time.
yes, and if you ask some high schoolers today they will tell you huffing paint is cool. Kids in high school are wrong about a lot of stuff.
I think your friends were pulling your leg. In fact I know they were, or they were just lying to you.
I think it is more charitable to say that they were messing with youl.....
"When I was in High School some of my Catholic friends told me that they needed to get permission from the priest before they could read the bible on their own"
Yeah, but that was before electricity and the priest was probably trying to conserve the oil for the lanterns.