Ok, so technically they only prohibited reading scripture apart from the teaching authority of the Church. They insisted on being the ones to give out “what it meant”. Sort of like the assumption of Mary. Oy.
Recasting the lie in different words does not change the fact that it is still a lie. The only limitations on reading the bible were illiteracy and the extreme expense of hand copied Bibles. Heretical works and unauthorized translations with unauthorized marginal glosses were indeed prohibited, as would the Book of Mormon and Watch Tower editions have been had they been available at the time.