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Bishops won't encourage Bible reading

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American Roman Catholic bishops possibly fearing creating another Martin Luther have decided to not encourage their flock to actually read the Bible.

The Catholic Church has long emphasized that individual reading of Scripture is always subject to interpretation by the church, in contrast to Protestants, who believe individuals can understand Scripture on their own.

Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba, who favored the proposal, worried that Catholics were getting too "individualistic" in their Bible studies.

Bishops reject Bible tutorial

Richard Evans Lee
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I have always wondered why humans subject themsleves to other humans. If I'm going to read the bible I will make up my own mind rather than defer to some priest and his room temperature and tradition bound ideas.

Posted by: DC | November 19, 2004 3:08 PM

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