- Gymnobiblism
Gymnobiblism is the opinion that the bare text of the
Bible , without commentary, may be safely given to the unlearned as a sufficient guide to religious truth. Gymnobiblism was the guiding principle forMartin Luther 's translation of theNew Testament into the German vernacular but his proposition was condemned by theCatholic Church at theCouncil of Trent , which held that the Sacred Scriptures may not be isolated fromSacred Tradition and the teaching authority of the Pope acting in concert with the bishops of the Church.References
Froude, James Anthony. "Lectures on the Council of Trent" (1893), pp 174, 175.
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