That was true in years past in Catholic Spain, where the clergy feared that their influence would be undermined if people read the Bible in their own tongue; it was true also in Albania, where harsh measures were carried out under an atheistic regime in order to end all religious influence.
“ भविष्यद्वाणी [आनेवाली घटनाओं की घोषणाएँ, ईश्‍वरीय आदेश, बाइबल के नैतिक स्तर] मनुष्य की इच्छा से कभी नहीं हुई पर भक्‍त जन पवित्र आत्मा के द्वारा उभारे जाकर परमेश्‍वर की ओर से बोलते थे । ” — २ पतरस १: २१.