As a Catholic, this post caught my eye. I started to watch the video, and at approximately 5:50 a chart was presented called “History of the Church” wherein it seems to show that ‘Scripture [was] Hidden’ from 600 to 1500 A.D.
The Catholic Church had formally determined the canon of 73 books to be included in the Bible in 382 A.D.
Jerome then worked to translate the books into a common version of Latin from the various Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and old Latin texts. That finished translation of the Bible became known as the Latin Vulgate since it was translated specifically for the common Christian to be able to read. In that agrarian, feudal epoch, working poor were not uniformly educated, and many did not acquire the ability to read.
Remember also that all this predated the printing press. Bibles were painstakingly copied, word by word, and accordingly were considered valuable for their rarity.
In my opinion, to claim that Scripture was ‘hidden’ is an anachronistic error in judgment.
Peace.
For all practical purposes it was hidden from the common man.
The Catholic Church had formally determined the canon of 73 books to be included in the Bible in 382 A.D.
Rome only dogmatically defined its canon at Trent April 8, 1546.
And it wasn't even unanimous.
Metzger, Bruce M. (13 March 1997). The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance. Oxford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-19-826954-4. "Finally on 8 April 1546, by a vote of 24 to 15, with 16 abstentions, the Council issued a decree (De Canonicis Scripturis) in which, for the first time in the history of the Church, the question of the contents of the Bible was made an absolute article of faith and confirmed by an anathema."