I want to say this as kindly and respectfully as possible. I cannot name individuals from ages past who came afoul of the Church by reading and sharing the Scriptures with others. But it’s common knowledge that more than a few paid with their lives for doing it.
Come August I’ll have been saved for 53 years. It has been a long time since I read Fox’s Book of Martyrs, which is only one of many books detailing what happened to lay believers who were pronounced guilty of unauthorized “intrusion” into the Scriptures, where only clergy were permitted to inquire, or to express an opinion as to what a passage meant. It meant only what the clergy SAID it meant.
I will not be drawn into a spitting contest. The history is readily available for anyone who wants to look it up.
Praise Jesus!
I'm in agreement with you.
It has to be wilful blindness not to see that. It's like the public schools taking any reference to God out of it's curriculum. It's stunning to watch as Catholics deny the true history of that church.
Had forgotten about Fox’s Book of Martyrs. Difficult book to read, but beneficial for some to understand what suffering for the Name of Lord Jesus Christ can actually look like.
Am in agreement with your post #50. Thank you.