"Realizing of course, that these scriptures were not available to Catholics for a Millennium or more, your early religion wouldn't know that..."
If it was not for Catholic monks rewriting the aged scrolls we would not be here with this arguement. You would not have a bible in your hand. Remember the Printing press was invented in 1490's.
That's what your monks told you...They lied...I don't read a Catholic bible...
I think he was generalizing, and referring to RCs in general for whom Biblical literacy was overall historically hindered until recent times (while the NAB note will lead them astray). http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Ancients_on_Scripture.html#Supplementary