Okay, I just got back to your second post and I appreciate your honesty. Apologies accepted, but not necessary. It is not that I need to reach, “...back to 1713 to find a stick to beat Catholics with...”, it is that the insidious error of Rome has always been festering under the surface. I am committed to continue to shine a light on that Romanist error of semi-Pelagian heresy (as much as I wish to disabuse folks of the popular evangelical, sawdust trail, Joel Osteen, sinner’s prayer nonsense).
No, you are not “pretty sure” what Clement was getting at, but you can be sure what he did. He condemned Bible reading.
Since a French bishop had already approved the translation, there were political problems involved as well.
So it's not an all-out condemnation of Scripture reading.
Plus, of course, in the intervening 300 years we've snagged an actual indulgence for prayerfully reading Scripture for more than 20 minutes . . . !