The Catholic Church’s objection to Luther’s Bible wasn’t any different than it’s objection to commoners reading Playboy or atheistic tracts, or the Book of Mormon for that matter.
Luther twisted the words of scripture with his translation to make them conform with his heretical theology.
“Luther twisted the words of scripture with his translation to make them conform with his heretical theology.”
No, he did not. If you have specific passages, feel free to cite them. Remember, Luther was NOT trying for a literal translation, but a thought for thought translation.
Of course, the Catholic Church COULD have provided a vernacular translation, but as a matter of policy it refused, and in fact strongly and sometime violently OPPOSED allowing commoners to read scripture. As I have already documented.
Well, it’s good to hear from someone who is an expert on this subject. Leo considered 41 of Luther’s 95 theses to be heretical, but no extent publication seems to be able to tell us which of Luthers theses Leo agreed with and which he declared to be heretical. Can you tell us?