Were the scriptural readings at Mass ever other than Vulgate read at mass pre-Vatican II?
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Vatican II allowed vernacular languages for rites. However, the official document about it ([Sacrosantum Concilium](https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html)) doesn't mention anything about Bible readings. Where readings **already** allowed to be based in vernacular translations of the Bible? There are many Catholic translations of the Bible pre-Vatican II, some quite authoritative (e.g. Douay-Rheims, English, made in 17th century), which could have been used in mass (and were certainly used for personal study or prayer). (However, the real surge of translation is around and after Vatican II; see [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Bible#Catholic_English_versions)) .
So, were non-Vulgate bibles used at mass pre-Vatican II?
Or were all Bible readings in pre-Vatican II masses also in Latin?
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Jan 31, 2020, 12:38 PM
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