Some people simply read the Bible for themselves. This is a good thing, of course. We should read the Bible on our own to know God better. At the same time, we aren’t all equally gifted in biblical interpretation. Some people reading the Bible on their own have taken words or passages to mean all kinds of strange things. Many cults, most of them quite destructive, have been started by well-meaning individuals reading and interpreting the Bible for themselves. For this reason, Anglicans read the Bible together as well as on their own.
