Perhaps the Roman catholic church needs to read Romans written by Paul moved by the Holy Spirit.
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Catholics are not permitted to take lessons from Protestants nor read Protestant renditions of the Holy Scriptures, nor to study the Holy Scriptures without legitimate Catholic commentary.
That being said, one would do well to read Jesus’ words on the law as seen in Matthew Chapter 5.
http://haydock1859.tripod.com/id19.html
“Catholics are not permitted to take lessons from Protestants nor read Protestant renditions of the Holy Scriptures, nor to study the Holy Scriptures without legitimate Catholic commentary.”
Where do you get that from? I have books by Billy Graham, C.S. Lewis and others who make some wonderful insights into Scripture that don’t contradict Catholic doctrine.
That confirms and explains a lot of what we've been told about catholics and the Bible.
However, it contradicts the examples we see in the OT and NT of people reading and learning from the Scriptures without any "legitimate catholic commentary."
Even the commentary by haydock not appears to be out of date in light of V2.
The 10 commandments stands between man and God as a standard for perfection. Man sees it from his point of view, and the Sermon on the Mount is a description of it from God’s point of view, and the standard is much higher than man ever imagined. This is at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. However, once the New Covenant is instituted at the end of His ministry and sealed by his sacrifice, Jesus stands between man and the Father in the place once occupied by the 10 commandments. Thus, obedience is replaced by faithfulness - faithfulness that Jesus has fulfilled (completed) the requirements of the law on our behalf, so that when the Father looks upon us all He sees is the perfection of Jesus. Our sins have been removed as far as the east is from the west. Thus, our place before God is now fully restored the the position held by Adam and Eve before the first sin. The created order has been fully restored. All we have to do is accept and believe. Praise be to Jesus!