[Zionist Conspirator]

Identifying the reading and interpreting of the Bible as “Protestant” even affected the study of Scripture. Until the twentieth Century, it was only Protestants who actively embraced Scripture study. That changed after 1943 when Pope Pius XII issued the encyclical Divino Afflante Spiritu [1943]. This not only allowed Catholics to study Scripture, it encouraged them to do so. And with Catholics studying Scripture and teaching other Catholics about what they were studying, familiarity with Scripture grew.

This "scripture study" mentioned here refers to the documentary hypothesis and other forms of historical criticism of the Biblical texts. These were invented by liberal Protestants, and are nothing to be proud of. But don't worry, the Catholics have caught up with, if not surpassed, the liberal Protestants when it comes to Biblical studies for a long time.

My own personal opinion (which won't even get you a cup of coffee) is that it's far better to not read the Bible but believe it implicitly than to read it well while tearing it to shreds.

[ealgeone]

This "scripture study" mentioned here refers to the documentary hypothesis and other forms of historical criticism of the Biblical texts. These were invented by liberal Protestants, and are nothing to be proud of. But don't worry, the Catholics have caught up with, if not surpassed, the liberal Protestants when it comes to Biblical studies for a long time.

I'd be willing to be you a dozen donuts 99% of the people during this period had no idea what the documentary hypothesis is.