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To: boatbums
I now know pretty much why we weren't encouraged to read the Bible on our own. It was because they knew we would come across many passages of Scripture that directly contradict Catholicism teaching.

Thus Council of Trent Session XXV: Rule IV

...it is clear from experience that if the Sacred Books are permitted everywhere and without discrimination in the vernacular, there will by reason of the boldness of men arise therefrom more harm than good, the matter is in this respect left to the judgment of the bishop or inquisitor,..

Those, however, who presume to read or possess them without such permission may not receive absolution from their sins till they have handed over to the ordinary. Bookdealers who sell or in any way supply Bibles written in the vernacular to anyone who has not this permission, shall lose the price of the books, which is to be applied by the bishop to pious purposes, and in keeping with the nature of the crime they shall be subject to other penalties which are left to the judgment of the same bishop. Regulars who have not the permission of their superiors may not read or purchase them. (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/trent-booksrules.asp)

The Bull Unigenitus, published at Rome, September 8, 1713, as part of its censure of the propositions of Jansenism*, also condemned the following as being errors:

81. The sacred obscurity of the Word of God is no reason for the laity to dispense themselves from reading it.

82. The Lord's Day ought to be sanctified by Christians with readings of pious works and above all of the Holy Scriptures. It is harmful for a Christian to wish to withdraw from this reading.

Finally,

"A dumb and difficult book was substituted for the living voice of the Church...We must also keep in mind that whenever or wherever reading endangers the purity of Christian thought and living the unum necessarium it has to be wisely restricted." — A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture (London: Thomas Nelson, 1953) pp. 11-12.

This sounds like how many RCs speak of Pope Francis, while the "living voice" of that office is what they point us to versus the assured and living word of God, Scripture!

521 posted on 12/08/2016 2:16:35 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212
"A dumb and difficult book was substituted for the living voice of the Church...We must also keep in mind that whenever or wherever reading endangers the purity of Christian thought and living the unum necessarium it has to be wisely restricted."

That was actually said regarding the Bible? If so that would be diametrically opposed to John 17:17 "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."

Diametrically opposed to the Word is no place for a so-called "living voice of the Church" to be.

522 posted on 12/08/2016 2:47:09 PM PST by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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