Does the Catholic Church discourage it's followers from reading the Bible?

No. The Church actively encourages individual reading of the Bible.

Don't confuse that with "personal interpretation" of the Bible, which the Catholic Church does not allow.

The Church is the Authoritative source for Biblical Interpretation. So long as individual Catholics keep this in mind, there's nothing wrong with them reading the Bible on their own.

i'm now not a catholic, yet whilst i used to be bobbing up up i used to be interior the catholic church and specific, we've been discouraged from reading scripture ourselves. As I totally hold close it, the church claimed it may interpret the scriptures with lots larger accuracy than those without the academic they had. yet, I found out that the church changed what they needed, added what they needed and took away what made them look satanic. God Bless

I am not a catholic, but when I was growing up I was in the catholic church and yes, we were discouraged from reading scripture ourselves.

As I understand it, the church claimed it could interpret the scriptures with much better accuracy than those without the training they had.

But, I found out that the church changed what they wanted, added what they needed and took away what made them look satanic.

God Bless

I was raised a Catholic and it is quite the opposite: the Church encourages people to read the Bible

Nope. More misinformation. We read the Bible at Church and in Religion classes after Mass.

Catholic priests told me that Abraham was a myth, that moses never existed and that Noah and Adam and Eve were fairy tales. BUT they said the angel over Bethlehem was REAL.

I suspect that they discourage catholic priests from reading the Bible. The only really knowledgeable ones are jesuits, and they study the "black knowledge" to combat evil, which inplies that reading the Bible is a black art according to the catholic church.

i cant stand henry

bastardo de mierda

any way.. no the catholic church does not discourage people from reading the bible. only that guy who keeps trying to convert people to satanism....

puto.

When younger they have you read the Catholic Catachism first. Not quite so many "begats" to explain to the kinders.

No, in fact, it is taught in every Mass. If you need a Bible, ask a priest and see for yourself.

How? We read 4 passages a week at mass.