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Thank you. This is very helpful. pat sloane ========================================== In a message dated 12/27/00 2:27:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > It seems that the Latin Church's concern has not been the reading of the > Bible per se, but the reading of unlawful vernacular translations of the > Bible, and reading and study without the guidance of the Church. > http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/banned.htm > > Pope Pius IV (1564), in the conviction that indiscriminate reading of > Bible versions did more harm than good (plus detrimenti quam > utilitiatis), would not allow laymen to read the sacred book except by > special permission of a bishop or an inquistor. > > Clement VIII (1598) reserved the right to grant this permission to the > Congregation of the Index. Gregory XV (1622), and > Clement XI (in the bull _Unigentius_, 1713), repeated the conditional > prohibition. > > Benedict XIV, one of the liberal popes, extended the permission to read > the Word of God in the vernacular to all the faithful, > yet with the provisio that the translation be approved in Rome and > guarded by explanatory notes from the writings of the fathers and > catholic scholars (1757). > _____________________________________