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I'm so sorry, but you seem to be misinformed. The first pope, St. Peter, actually wrote several of the letters in the New Testament. Pope Damasus I in the late fourth century was the first Pope to approve which books made up The Bible, and which didn't - that is still the Bible we use today. Every single Pope for hundreds of years has made sure that every single Catholic Church in the world had a complete set of the Scriptures so that they could be read at every Mass. Pope Damasus I appointed the great Saint Jerome to make a good translation of the Bible for use by the Catholic Church as the Bible was in Greek and most of the people by then spoke Latin, and thousands of monks through the centuries have spent their entire lives copying the Scriptures so that every Church could have a copy - remember printing wasn't invented until the fifteenth century.
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Bottom line? The popes have done everything but stand on their heads to try and make sure that the Bible was as widely distributed as possible. They required that copies be made and distributed, and they required them to be available in Churches and chained so that anyone who could read would have one available (they were hideously expensive and stealing them was high on thieve's list as they were often beautifully decorated with gems and such). A common Bible could take a whole herd of sheep just for the skins to make the parchment.
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Popes also had to make sure that translations were accurate and that unscrupulous individuals were not making incorrect copies that had errors or outright lies in them. Many Bishops were kept busy, especially after the invention of the printing press burning illegimate copies which were full of errors and heresies.
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Quite the opposite, the Popes have always done their best to make sure that people were as familiar with the Bible as possible. The Church supported schools through her Cathedrals and her monasteries to teach people to read, and the monks did their level best to preserve and copy as many Bibles as they could, all with the approval of the Popes.
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If it weren't for nearly 300 popes over the past 2,000 years, and thousands of unknown monks, no one would have a Bible today!
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What do Catholics do after birth?
The baby is baptized to take away original sin.
Is it a sin to take away books of the bible?
The Bible says you can't not cross anything out from the Bible.
If I have ten pens and you take away four what do you have?
I have the four. What does this have to do with the Bible?
Where does it say in the bible about transubstantiation?
The bible does not discuss "transubstantiation." It is a theological view of the catholics. They take the idea from Matthew 26:26 where Jesus gave them bread saying "this is my body." They take that idea literally where protestants tend to take it as a symbol of his body.
Why we shouldn't legalized the death penalty?
Roman Catholics believe we do not have the right to take away one's life.
Did the black popes take your divine rights away?
What do you mean by "Black Pope"? There have been three popes from Africa but it is unknown if any of them were black. None of them took away any divine rights. The Father General of the Jesuits is sometimes referred to as the Black Pope, mainly by the media. He is not a pope and has never taken away anyone's divine rights.
What religion thinks that euthanasia is okay?
catholics: catholics believe that this is wrong and only god has the power to take away lives, catholics and their leaders obey by the bible verse 'tha'll shall not murder". Helping someone to die in this situation is not even a option in a catholics view Christians: christians believe that killing someone to help ease there suffering is wrong but not all christians agree by this some thing differently and think euthanasia is a good idea if the suffering is so great to the mind and/or the body Hope this helps!
Who is Jesus to catholics?
He is the savior of the world. The Son sent by the Father to take away the sins of the world and to teach the way to Eternal Life.
Where is the verse thou shalt not add or take away from your word in the bible?
Revelation 22:19
What did the Roman priest do?
He would be the head of the church. He was often time called pope which in Latin means father. He would take your request to be saved and save you himself. This is what the Catholics do when you get saved but Christians see it a different way.
Who asked the lord to take away his life in the bible?
ElijahA:And Jonah [Jonah 4:3].
A bible time king that if you take away one letter its what it thinks of itself. take a way two letters its what it calls its queen take away three letters its what it is?
King Herod -1 = Hero -2 = Her -3 = He
