From the “Going away? Post so here!” Thread.
Probably realized a ton of the stuff they do outright contradicted the scripture that already existed so they had to make their own.
You really shouldn’t talk about something of which you really have no knowledge of the history of how it came to be.
Of course that’s not the official reason the catholic Bible was made. Are you suggesting the scriptures that warn against celibacy and strictly forbid calling a man heavenly father and warn against restricting diet for certain times didn’t count or what? There’s also the matter of the Bible quite clearly saying each individual congregation should be it’s own governing body and not answer to another higher church or church figure other than God himself. That had to go, amirite? (And yes, I am. Catholics don’t read the Bible very much for the most part in my experience. Once upon a time they were actually discouraged from reading it. I wonder why…)