What is Bible study?
'''Bible study''' is intensive reading of the [[Bible]]. For [[Christian]]s, study of the Bible is often part of daily life. A lot of other people are also interested in this piece of world literature. In [[Europe]] before the [[16th century]] it was not possible for most people to study the Bible. Books were written using only the languages [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]]. Only people who had learned to read those languages could study the Bible. The [[Roman Catholic Church]] said people could not translate the Bible into other languages, for example [[Italian language|Italian]] or [[English language|English]] because many people could not read and it took the lifetime of a monk, by himself, to translate the Bible. When the [[Reformation]] started in 16th century Europe, the Bible was translated into several languages. Many books were [[Johann Gutenberg|printed]] in these languages. People were then able to read the Bible in their own language. ==Related pages== * [[Biblical study]], the academic study of the Bible {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Bible]]