Is it true that in the middle ages the catholic church locked away the bible?

Question

and spread pagan ignorant unbiblical superstitions, then killed anyone (heretics) that opposed them?

Answer 1

In a way - yes. And that's why Martin Luther got pretty bent and tacked a note on the church door.

The Bible was supposed to be for everybody, not just the priests to interpret as they may.

Answer 2

The truth is that the Catholic church wrote and compiled the old and new testaments, then translated the bible into the common language of the people, by the late 4th century.

The Catholic church preserved the bible from corruption for a thousand years, and even made it available as the first book to ever be widely and inexpensively distributed, courtesy of Gutenberg and his newly invented moveable type printing press.

When the protestants later came to power in certain areas, they promptly misappropriated the bible for their own use, changed it, and built a whole new religion around it.

It is the duty of the church to defend the authentic faith from all those who would profane it.

Those who took it upon themselves to change the bible are the heretics and apostates ... and anything the church on earth did to discourage and punish them likely pales in comparison to their eternal destiny.

Answer 3

Yes, Catholism was created because Constantine couldn't destroy the Christians, because after they were martyered they would produce more followers, so they decided to repackage the pagan religions with a Christian veener. That is why Constantine became the first pope and why we celebrate Christmas and Easter both of which are pagan holidays. Then the Catholic Church outlawed the bible, so nobody would understand their scheme, and it would give the Catholic Church all the wealth and power.

Answer 4

That is putting it with a bit too much hyperbole. It is true the scriptures were not available to the common man, as most were illiterate anyway. The institutional church saw the word of God as being adminisered through the priests. The modern explosion of scriptural literacy has done away with many of the middle age superstitions ... and created plenty of modern ones.

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Answer 5

Not in the way you are putting it. They did not let the common public have the Bible which is why Martin Luther published his Theses. He believed that the Bible should be available to any person and should not be left for the priests to interpret. The priests were charging the citizens of this time money to be guaranteed to get into heaven. They would buy "indulgences" which would take away some of their sins according to the priests. Martin Luther knew this which is why he decided to take a stand and protest.

Answer 6

Yes, but to protect it. Keep in mind that the printing press wasn't invented to around the 1500's. Also, the majority of the population was illiterate; they couldn't have read the bible even if they'd wanted to. The Church was also protecting the only precious copies she had from heretics and enemies. Keep in mind that before the printing press, books were copied by hand, usually by monks and scribes. The process of long, tedious, and expensive, so naturally only the wealthier classes could've had them and read them.

Answer 7

In that time of history there would have been nothing worse than an evil pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Very few priests know the word of God today, much less back then.
If your priests preaches anything other than a box sermon, you are a blessed Catholic.

Answer 8

Yes it is true. Individual reading of the Bible was forbidden. Making copies of the bibles for public use was forbidden. Most of the first ones to mass produce the Bible were killed.

Answer 9

I don't agree with everything you say, but they were against the common man owning his own Bible. Only priests were allowed to read and interpret the Bible.

Answer 10

it's possible

they read the Bible in it's original language(which only priests/educated people knew) and told everyone what they (the Catholics) thought was right