Members RSS Robot Posted December 12, 2018 Members Share Posted December 12, 2018 The following is abridged from the book Rome and the Bible : Tracing the History of the Roman Catholic Church and Its Persecution of the Bible and of Bible Believers, available from Way of Life Literature. Read the pdf book in your browser now. For 600 years the Roman Catholic Church attempted to keep vernacular translations of the Bible out of the hands of the people. The Council of Toulouse, in 1229, decreed that "the laity" could not possess the books of the Old and New Testament "in the vulgar tongue." Waldensian and other Bible-believing people were mercilessly persecuted and their Scriptures destroyed. The Council of Trent, in 1546, claimed that the indiscriminate distribution of the Scriptures caused more evil than good and forbade... Read More View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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