Did The Catholic Church Really Ban The Bible?

Did the Catholic Church really try to keep the Bible from the people before the time of Martin Luther? In this powerful and thoroughly documented episode, Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong tackles one of the most persistent myths of Protestant history: that the Church opposed Scripture, suppressed vernacular Bibles, and kept the laity in the dark for centuries -- until, thanks to Luther, the Reformation finally made the Bible available to the laity in their own language. With insights from Protestant scholars like Alister McGrath and Andrew Gow, and historical testimony from Hans Rost and Joachim Berger, this documentary dismantles anti-Catholic myths and affirms the Church’s historical reverence for Sacred Scripture. ********** SOURCES FROM DAVE'S ARTICLES Were Vernacular Bibles Unknown Before Luther? (Luther’s Dubious Claims About the Supposed Utter Obscurity of the Bible Before His Translation) [6-15-11] - https://tinyurl.com/3utajxux Trevor Anderson, “Vernacular Scripture in the Reformation Era: Re-examining the Narrative” (The Regensburg Forum, 6-5-17) - https://tinyurl.com/2hzu4jjx Was the Catholic Church Historically an “Enemy” of the Bible? [9-11-15] - https://tinyurl.com/cmn7prce Did Luther Rescue the Bible in German from Utter Obscurity? [National Catholic Register, 10-30-17] -https://tinyurl.com/vs8vmfwh Luther’s “Table Talk”: How Historically Accurate Is It? [4-7-25] - https://tinyurl.com/yeunad82 Andrew C. Gow, "The Contested History of a Book: The German Bible in the Later Middle Ages and Reformation in Legend, Ideology, and Scholarship" ( The Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Vol. 9, Article 13 [2009] ) - https://tinyurl.com/32j3y8dt ********** MORE OF DAVE'S BOOKS & ARTICLES ON LUTHER Martin Luther: Catholic Critical Analysis and Praise (my book, April 2008, 264 pages; available in paperback or for only $2.99 as an e-book) - https://tinyurl.com/ytnnpvd7 The “Catholic” Luther : An Ecumenical Collection of His “Traditional” Utterances (my book, Dec. 2014, 166 pages; available only as an e-book, for $3.99; see details at the link) - https://tinyurl.com/4hd9uhpv Martin Luther: a Catholic Critique & Appraisal (my web page) - https://tinyurl.com/ybjk7344 Lutheranism: Catholic Critique (my web page) - https://tinyurl.com/bdf84wmx ********** SUPPORT Lux Veritatis By Clicking the link below. Share a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE gift through Bridge Builders International - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted...