It is true that Rome Published the D/R translation before the KJV of 1611. And you would be making a great point nanetteclaret if it were not for the fact that in English there were numerous translations including the Tyndale NT 1526, the Matthews 1537 and The famous Geneva of 1560. What is interesting to those who follow these sort of things is that the D/R was a translation into English from the Latin Vulgate (ie: a translation of a translation). Tyndale translated the NT into English from the greek text. So your line of reasoning only works in and among those like yourself who basically don't know what they are talking about and or place the actual Word of God at the bottom of their summer reading list.
Another tid-bit of trivia, to find the first comparable Latin to English translation we go to AD 1388, thats right, 200 years before the D/R to Wyclif who was not treated very nice by the church you love so much.
Of course this has nothing to do with Luther and his translation of the NT from koine greek to the German language. The claim to fame of Luthers translation (1522) is that it was the first translation in the German language to make it's way into the hands of the people. Which brings me to making the point that it matter not if the Bible is available to the people actually doing the believing if those who profess to believe do not actually take the time to study the Word. St. Paul tells us (believers) to do just that (2 Timothy 2:15) but don't let the details of the NT get in the way of your good time bashing those who love the Word of God.
I would be interested in knowing of a corresponding probition among the Jews anywhere from the time of Moses to the present, where the Hebrew Scriptures were on their list of forbidden books. Help me out here.
***So your line of reasoning only works in and among those like yourself who basically don’t know what they are talking about and or place the actual Word of God at the bottom of their summer reading list.***
I grew up Presbyterian, so I probably know more Scripture than you do. It was reading and studying the Bible which convinced me to convert to the Catholic Church, because it is has the only interpretation that makes any cohesive sense.
By the way, where do you think the Bible came from, anyway?