May a Catholic read the correct Word of God, or only the Bible as written to suit the Catholic Church?

1 min readUpdated 12 October 2022

He may read the correct Word of God in those translations which are approved by the Church. He is forbidden to read the Protestant versions in which there are many mistranslations, and in which the text is often distorted to suit the enemies of the Catholic Church. But then, distorted texts are no longer the Word of God.

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