Yes, they certainly do!
...The Church should combat widespread "Biblical illiteracy" among the Catholic faithful, Archbishop Eterovic said...
-- from the thread Synod to Focus on Proper Use of Scripture
....The flip side of this embarrassment is the presumption among many Catholics that they “get” the Bible at Mass, along with everything else they need for their spiritual lives....Given that exposure, many think they do not need anything else. As Mr. McMahon put it, “The majority still say you go to Mass, you get your ticket punched, and that’s it for the week.”
-- from the thread A Literate Church: The state of Catholic Bible study today
According to a study released in September by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, evangelical Protestants are a whopping eight times more likely than Catholics to read the Bible on a weekly basis....we tip our hats to our separated brothers and sisters in Christ for their zeal for the Word of God.
-- from the National Catholic Register article Get Cracking, Catholics!
My son is currently a seminarian at the larger LCMS seminary. He has an undergrad degree in theology. He studies Scripture deeply in the original languages and I have enjoyed learning from him. He is in no danger of becoming RC
Alex, one of the former Protestant ministers I know (who became a Catholic after deep scripture study) used to tell me that the Lutherans he worked with as a minister had many of the same problems as many Catholics - including the fact that some didn’t study scripture much.
Many Protestants are no different than many Catholics and since Protestants have legitimized outright heresy whatever scripture study Protestants do doesn’t seem to matter much.
Alex, here’s an example: RnMomof7 apparently can’t tell the difference between the redemption and salvation. How can a person study scripture and not know the difference?