[Tell It Right]

From the time Jerome translated the Bible to the Latin Vulgate in the 4th century, to the time Wycliffe translated it to English in the 14th century, the RCC didn't allow a translation to a modern language. One thousand years.

For ONE THOUSAND YEARS! the RCC wanted people to be in the dark on the Bible's teachings while the RCC's Latin faded into obscurity. And you have the audacity to say that the RCC deserves credit for getting the Bible into people's hands?

[ebb tide]

Once again, you are wrong. Strike three.

Look up Johann Mentelin and his vernacular German bible.

[moonhawk]

Latin was the universal language of scholars. Using it in every corner of the globe made it possible for the faithful to hear the same prayers anywhere in the world. It was God’s reversal of Babel.

[Campion]

From the time Jerome translated the Bible to the Latin Vulgate in the 4th century, to the time Wycliffe translated it to English in the 14th century, the RCC didn't allow a translation to a modern language.

Completely untrue. However, it must be noted that movable type wasn't invented until the mid 15th C., so books were very expensive. That meant that complete "Bibles" in any language were rare. However, books containing, e.g., the Gospels and some of the Psalms were not as rare. (The English called them "primers".)

"Latin faded into obscurity" ... Latin wasn't "obscure" in the West until about 1850 or so. It was the common language of literature and learning for the first 1500 years of Christianity's existence.

Oh, and everyone who is informing you that absolutely nothing about the TLM is "obscure" or "secret" or "hidden" is absolutely right. Anyone who wants to can buy a missal with every word translated to English (or any of a number of other languages).