For most of religious history, belief was widespread — but access to sacred texts was not.This episode examines how religious institutions controlled interpretation through language, training, and authorization, and why unrestricted access to sacred texts was seen as a threat to institutional stability.Using historical examples from Christianity and comparative parallels across other traditions, this documentary explores how interpretation became regulated, credentialed, and enforced — not as a matter of belief, but of authority.This channel does not argue faith.It documents structure.