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Question 156

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Is the word of God to be read by all?

Although all are not to be permitted to read the word publicly to the congregation,a yet all sorts of people are bound to read it apart by themselves,b and with their families:c to which end, the holy scriptures are to be translated out of the original into vulgar languages.d

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aDeuteronomy 31:9, 11–13; Nehemiah 8:2–3; 9:3–5
  2. bDeuteronomy 17:19; Revelation 1:3; Isaiah 34:16
  3. cDeuteronomy 6:6–9; Genesis 18:17; Psalm 78:5–7
  4. d1 Corinthians 14:6, 9, 11–12, 15–16, 24, 27–28

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