Latin was the language of European scholarship until the 1800s. Anyone who could read knew Latin. If the RCC didn't want people reading the Bible they wouldn't have translated it into the language everyone on the whole continent spoke in the first place.
The vast majority of the serfs couldn't read at all. The printing press was brand new, which is why literacy rates spiked around this time. The myth that the Catholic church somehow suppressed literacy rates is stupid, they didn't make tons of translations nobody would be able to even read because it would be a waste of time and money.
And how many people could read latin? Seriously, it wasn't until the 20th century that Catholics were allowed to read a Bible printed in their language, correct?
The Council of Trent is when the Counter Reformation began.
As the Protestants were publishing Bibles in their native tongues and the printing press was making censorship almost impossible, the Catholics had no choice but to change their policies to avoid losing further ground.
The Catholics also tried blowing up King James and the Parliament in 1605 after he commissioned the King James version as well.
"the Catholics had no choice but to change their policies to avoid losing further ground"
Once again you're implying that the Catholic church was trying to censor the Bible. The Latin Bible used by the church (Vulgate) literally came from the word "vulgar". It was a language everyone could understand for countless centuries. The Bible is read at Mass. If the Catholics were trying to censor the Bible they did a bad job. Not to mention that protestant translations made by the likes of Teddy Beza and Martin Luther contained deliberate errors to push protestant theology. This is why the Catholics were against a shitload of vernacular translations, because it would be easier to distort the word of God. This is exactly what happened. There were even unauthorized Catholic translations that were riddled with mistakes, like the Wycliffe Bible that predated Tyndale for almost 200 years.
"The Catholics" you speak of were a group of rogue terrorists who tried to kill James to restore the Catholic monarchy. Mary I had previously tried this as well. It had nothing to do with his translation because previous English translations for protestants existed at that time (Tyndale translation, Bishops Bible, Great Bible, Geneva Bible). King James only made his translation because he was pissed that the notes in the Geneva Bible (which is what was gaining popularity among Anglicans) spoke poorly about monarchies.
"The Catholic church only allowed people to actually read the Bible very recently."
That is just a straight up lie.
The first book EVER printed was a Latin Bible.
And nobody but the priests could read Latin...
Latin was the language of European scholarship until the 1800s. Anyone who could read knew Latin. If the RCC didn't want people reading the Bible they wouldn't have translated it into the language everyone on the whole continent spoke in the first place.
The serfs couldn't read Latin.
It's true the Protestant Reformers, many who were former priests, taught the people to read their native languages, as well as Greek and Latin.
Before the Reformation, only the clergy and the extremely wealthy could read Latin.
The vast majority of the serfs couldn't read at all. The printing press was brand new, which is why literacy rates spiked around this time. The myth that the Catholic church somehow suppressed literacy rates is stupid, they didn't make tons of translations nobody would be able to even read because it would be a waste of time and money.
And how many people could read latin? Seriously, it wasn't until the 20th century that Catholics were allowed to read a Bible printed in their language, correct?
20th century? LOL
Douay Rheims was 1582 homeboy.
BEFORE the King James
The Council of Trent is when the Counter Reformation began.
As the Protestants were publishing Bibles in their native tongues and the printing press was making censorship almost impossible, the Catholics had no choice but to change their policies to avoid losing further ground.
The Catholics also tried blowing up King James and the Parliament in 1605 after he commissioned the King James version as well.
"the Catholics had no choice but to change their policies to avoid losing further ground"
Once again you're implying that the Catholic church was trying to censor the Bible. The Latin Bible used by the church (Vulgate) literally came from the word "vulgar". It was a language everyone could understand for countless centuries. The Bible is read at Mass. If the Catholics were trying to censor the Bible they did a bad job. Not to mention that protestant translations made by the likes of Teddy Beza and Martin Luther contained deliberate errors to push protestant theology. This is why the Catholics were against a shitload of vernacular translations, because it would be easier to distort the word of God. This is exactly what happened. There were even unauthorized Catholic translations that were riddled with mistakes, like the Wycliffe Bible that predated Tyndale for almost 200 years.
"The Catholics" you speak of were a group of rogue terrorists who tried to kill James to restore the Catholic monarchy. Mary I had previously tried this as well. It had nothing to do with his translation because previous English translations for protestants existed at that time (Tyndale translation, Bishops Bible, Great Bible, Geneva Bible). King James only made his translation because he was pissed that the notes in the Geneva Bible (which is what was gaining popularity among Anglicans) spoke poorly about monarchies.