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To: Philo-Junius
Let me help you with the next sentence of your carefully sculpted post from the Catholic Encyclopedia: “A general prohibition was never in existence.”

And let me help you with the reason why it wasn't necessary, since they were being prohibited by the local authorities, as it was done in both France and in England.

Smoke and mirrors don't change facts.

1,215 posted on 05/14/2008 11:23:52 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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3. FOR ROME TO CLAIM THAT IT “ONLY” FORBADE “UNAUTHORIZED” VERNACULAR BIBLES IS TO ADMIT ITS PRESUMPTION AND WICKEDNESS. The Council of Trent did allow reading of Scripture, but only after a license in writing was obtained from the proper ecclesiastical authority, a license which was given only in extremely rare cases. Even the Catholic clergy had to obtain a license from their bishops before they were allowed to read the Bible. Booksellers were forbidden to have Bibles in stock for sale under pain of severe punishment. This was a great wickedness. Rome does not have authority from God to forbid that people read the Bible or to require that men obtain her license before reading God’s Word. The Bible was given for all people, and the Lord Jesus Christ commanded his disciples to preach the Gospel unto all nations, to every creature.

http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/romedestroyed.htm


1,216 posted on 05/14/2008 11:25:36 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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