the VAST, VAST, VAST, majority of the people could have ever afforded a bible of their own......also, a VAST VAST VAST, majority of the people couldn't have read it if they owned it......not a historian, are you???
A very TINY minority GOT zapped for HAVING a bible - in direct opposition to the Church's draconian rule.
This just HAS to be included in a thread titled: Unless you eat My flesh
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