It is sometimes said (and likely many more times thought) that Catholics do not read the Bible, are not encouraged to read the Bible, and this, perhaps, precisely because of the Church's (faulty) understanding and teaching of the place of the Bible in our lives.
In light of these notions, I'd like to post a preface from an edition of the Douay Version (first published in 1609), with this particular edition (from which I'm taking the preface) first published in 1956. I don't offer this as some kind of complete response, of course, but simply as another instance (among the many available) of the authentic Catholic view, to be read and considered for what it is.
Do you, as the reader, think it supports the common notions (outlined above) people have about the Catholic view of the Bible?
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