[Terriergal]

Rome is the FINAL arbiter of liturgy, period

tell me, do you have an English Language catholic bible? because at one time, Rome was opposed to that too.

[presidio9]

because at one time, Rome was opposed to that too.

And may one day be again...

[Desdemona]

tell me, do you have an English Language catholic bible? because at one time, Rome was opposed to that too.

The first English translation of the bible was Catholic. The Douey-Rheims. Yes, it's still in print, thanks to Tan Books.

[dangus]

>> tell me, do you have an English Language catholic bible? because at one time, Rome was opposed to that too.

In the old days, one was as likely to learn Latin as one was to read. There were abundance clergy to teach people what was contained in the bible. At the time the church did this, English-language bibles were used primarily as a means of promoting heresies by using mistranslations and taking scripture out of context. As literacy spread, bibles became more used for pious, personal purposes, and Rome encouraged English-language bibles.

[Aquinasfan]

because at one time, Rome was opposed to that too.

Rome opposed unauthorized translations, for obvious reasons. Look into the history of Protestant translations of the Bible for some zany ones. Bibles were translated into the vernacular centuries before Luther. The reason why people didn't carry them around is because, prior to the invention of the printing press, a Bible cost the equivalent of three years' wages.