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.
افراد بسیاری به ارزش کتاب مقدس پی برده ،‏ و برای داشتن و خواندن آن ،‏ خطر زندانی شدن و حتی مرگ را به جان خریده‌اند .‏