Does the Catholic church still prohibits it's members from reading anything religious not written by them including the Christian Bible. ?

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No. The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of banned books) ceased publication in 1966 and is now just a historical artefact. The Index  was a list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index  and Catholics were forbidden to read them without permission. Many works and writers were included at various times as were translations of the Bible that were not approved. All Catholics could read the Bible (if they could read). While the Index still existed up to 1966, most Catholics, including Catholic schools and universities, ignored it and supposedly banned books were widely read....Show more

I've been a Catholic for a long time, and I never heard of such a thing. As for the Bible, it is a collection of early Catholic (and Jewish) writings, compiled by the bishops of the Catholic Church at the direction of the Pope, and Catholics have always read it. And even if they don't read it personally, they hear several biblical readings at every Mass they attend....Show more

No, that's not true. Years ago you misunderstood. Read everything. Learn everything....Show more

You can read it, but it is not accepted as valid catechism unless some vatican appointed scholar approves it.

so much for the the Holy Spirit guiding us into all truths...Show more

Sounds like something Jw's copied from them!...Show more