text: I have heard from some that Catholic Biblical scholarship is among the most advanced today, but it doesn't filter down to the laity.  
        This means that some will leave the Church and become anti-Catholic Fundamentalists when they feel they have been deceived and they were deliberately kept in ignorance by the clergy. 
        There are such riches in Scripture when read with the help of the Holy Spirit and an understanding of how the authors of Revelation thought and the culture of their time. For the Biblical literalist God was giving dictation. For the wise, the authors  were inspired but still human. 
        What is important is that the Prophets wrote with the same Spirit that inspires Pope Francis and anyone of good will. Jesus fulfills the Prophets and shows us the Father, who is "full of gentleness and compassion" (from the now "old" liturgy of Vatican II).  
        If the Christians of our time fail to give witness to the truth then who will?