"Popes discouraged Catholics from getting involved with historical Jesus studies. In fact, there were dozens of decrees throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries forbidding Catholics from studying the Bible outside of Church-sanctioned activities. As harsh as this sounds, I don’t blame the popes. By this point, from a Catholic perspective, scholars had shred Jesus apart. They severed His teachings from His Church’s. They divided Him and His teachings into historical and mythical categories. They severed Jesus from His Jewish roots, though one could argue that Catholics did that too. Point being, the mission to either disprove or vindicate Christianity through scientific and historical tools only seemed to threaten the Church’s intimate relationship with the Word of God." Dr. Allison's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-Jesus-Apologetics-Polemics-History-ebook/dp/B08WK5H6T6?ref_=ast_author_mpb