[Rutles4Ever]

THE BIBLE PROHIBITED BY THE INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM Rule III ... translations of books of the Old Testament may be allowed by the judgment of bishops for the use of learned and pious men o­nly. These translations are to elucidate the Vulgate so that Sacred Scripture can be understood, but they are not to be considered as a sacred text. Translations of the New Testament made by authors of the first sections in this Index are not to be used at all, since too little usefulness and too much danger attends such reading.

This was shortly after the tremendous damage done to the faithful by the Albigensian Heresy through the early 13th century. The Albigensian Heresy was the result of sacred scripture ending up in the hands of people who had no authority to interpret it.

Context is your friend.

[PetroniusMaximus]

"Context is your friend."

On this topic it truly is my friend for there is no shortage of examples of the Catholic Church trying to keep the Bible out of the hands of the common people down through history.