@ManFromPense@EcciusMaximus That was a synod which only had local influence. Jerome stated he did not believe the books in question were canonical and translated them because he was told to.
@KennethGriswold@YeFutureSaint The first sentence is exactly what I’m saying. A layman, like us,was expected to understand scripture.
Now, I’ve never heard this other argument you’re making that laymen lost the ability to interpret scriptures on their own after the first century.