Since the church’s Latin version of the Bible was accessible only to the clergy , Vaudès commissioned a translation of the Gospels and other Bible books into Franco - Provençal , the language understood by the common people in eastern central France .
Since the church’s Latin version of the Bible was accessible only to the clergy , Vaudes commissioned a translation of the Gospels and other Bible books into Franco - Provencal , the language understood by the common people in eastern central France .