How come some Catholics??

Question

Are allowed to have and read their Bibles and others not?

I have classmate who I was preaching to the other day and he said he never read the Bible but he claimed to be religious.
He said that they aren't allowed to read the Bible.

But my Uncles and Cousins began reading their Bible and they are begining to realize that God and Jesus are not the same.

Well, I don't know of this helps bur he is Philipino and I aksed him how does he know what he is being "taught" is true?
He said he doesn't he just has to believe and accept.

Wow....Catholics have not unity.
Some say some say no they are not allowed to read it....

Answer 1

In years past Catholics were discouraged from reading the Bible. They were told that only church leadres were qualified to read and interpret the Bible. My paternal grandmother was Catholic before studying the Bible and becoming one of Jehovah's Witnesses. As time passed, many Catholics were interested in reading the Bible and some, were turning to other religions for help understanding the Bible. The church then relaxed it's apparently unofficial stance regarding the Bible. However, some priests still hold on to the old ways. Part of our predominatly Catholic territory has such a priest, So we meet Catholics whowilll not consider even one verse without the priests' approval.

Answer 2

I remember growing up and never seeing a bible just the catechism.
As I grew older, I believed that we as Catholics were not supposed to ever read the bible without a priest present who would interpret it for us safely. This was the belief in my family and Catholic church.
Of course, in my 20s I read it any way to see what it was all about and have been reading it ever since. There are always many, many things to learn, as it is a living book that speaks to us individually. God's words to us.
What a fascinating book! It has changed my life.


PS: I think part of this puzzle is the age differences of the people answering this question.
The older folk remember not being allowed to read the bible, younger folk were allowed and told this was and is acceptable.

Answer 3

That's a preposterous question.

All Catholics are allowed to read the Bible, and encouraged to read the Bible. We have readings every day. Today's readings are:

Romans 4:20-25
Resp: Luke 1:69-75
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

And even if you don't own a Bible for some reason, if you go to Catholic Mass every day, you will hear the entire Bible read to you in 3 years time.

If a Catholic told you they were not allowed to read the Bible their were either trying to cover up their own ignorance or they (or their parents) had been seriously negligent in their Christian education.

Answer 4

As a former Catholic (over 27 years), I was NEVER told that I couldn't read my bible. A lot of emphasis is placed on Catechism which might overshadow a lot of bible reading but no one ever told me not to read it. My family of origin are all practicing Catholics and they read their bibles every day. I don't know where your friend came up with that one. Must have misunderstood.

Well, you are taught to just accept what the Church teaches without question. If you question it or don't believe it then you aren't really Catholic. The Church claims that everything it teaches is based within the bible somewhere although this is dubious as a few key teachings didn't come until the late 1800s-early 1900s. It didn't make sense to me but I respect anyone's right to believe what they like.

Answer 5

The Pope and bishops encourage all Catholics to have and read the Bible.

I was encouraged as a Catholic to read the Bible since the time i cfirst began to read.

Of Course, the Church wants Catholics to have and read the whole (and hopefully rightly translated ) Bible and not the "Shorter Canon"Protestant one. Also, the Church wants the Bible interpreted in the right context of the whole Bible in the whole Apostolic Tradition by the catholic Church and with Reason(Natural Law).

Answer 6

It is a fact that Jesuit priests and probably others like nuns and regular priests are not allowed to read it on their own at first, they are taugt what the Roman Catholic fathers wrote and taught about the bible. The x-Jesuit Priest Dr. Alberto Rivera tells his testimony about how for the first 7 years of his life at the Vatican he could not read it. It was off limits to him. He snuck the bible under his sheets in order to read it and realized that the catholic church was teaching him lies. This is a tactic to keep them in the dark about the truth and indoctrinate them with the systems teachings. So yes it is true but there is no way the Cathoilic church can stop people from reading it at home and they do bring their bibles to church sometimes. They do read it but are still believing what the Catholic church says it means and are still indoctrinated with lies.

Answer 7

It would seem that perhaps the questioner's classmate was referring to a PARTICULAR bible, such as a valued heirloom. It would be reasonable to restrict access to a volume that might be fragile and easily damaged.

For the most part, Catholics today are not discouraged from reading the bible. Of course, "not discouraged" is hardly synonymous with "encouraged".

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/bible/
http://watchtower.org/e/t13/

Answer 8

Your friend who is Catholic and says that he is not allowed to read the Bible is wrong. Catholics can -- and for the most part do -- read the Bible.

The Catholic Bible has some book in it that are not part of the Protestant Bible (Protestants decided that these books are not the holy word of God and excluded them). So -- perhaps he misunderstood some directive that Catholics should read their Bible and not the edited Protestant version.

Answer 9

Many Catholics are not encouraged to read the Bible. That makes it easier for their leaders to accept something that goes against the Bibe. For example:

The Roman Catholic Church contends that its origin is the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ in approximately 30 A.D. The Catholic Church proclaims itself to be the Church that Jesus Christ died for, the Church that was established and built by the Apostles. Is that the true origin of the Catholic Church? On the contrary. Even a cursory reading of the New Testament will reveal that the Catholic Church does not have its origin in the teachings of Jesus, or His apostles. In the New Testament, there is no mention of the papacy, worship / adoration of Mary (or the immaculate conception of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the assumption of Mary, or Mary as co-redemptrix and mediatrix), petitioning saints in Heaven for their prayers, apostolic succession, the ordinances of the church functioning as sacraments, infant baptism, confession of sin to a priest, purgatory, indulgences, or the equal authority of church tradition and Scripture. Te origin of the Catholic Church is not in the teachings of Jesus and His apostles, as recorded in the New Testament.

Answer 10

Some Catholics prefer to read Lord Of The Rings probably dear.