[ealgeone]

>>Until recently it was not advisable for Catholics to even read the Bible.<<

What do "recently" and "advisable" mean here? Private Bible reading has been indulgenced since the 1920's at least. It's hard for the Church to make it more "advisable" than that.

That's a considerable change for the RCC who previously didn't want their members to read the Scriptures for themselves.

Considering we've had the Scriptures for a pretty good while, the shift in the 1920s is fairly recent for the Roman Catholic.

[Campion]

That's a considerable change for the RCC who previously didn't want their members to read the Scriptures for themselves.

1. Okay, let the record read that ealgeone says we've made a "considerable change" in regard to encouraging Catholics to read the Bible
2. All the documentation I've seen of the Church "not wanting their members to read the scriptures for themselves" -- in terms of official teachings -- relates to the Church not wanting their members to read unauthorized translations. That's not the same thing.