Richard
From the end of the Christian Bible, Revelation 22:18-19. "I warn every one who hears the prophecy of this book: if any one adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book." This quotation is from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, which would not exist if those words were taken literally, since it is impossible to translate the Bible word for word from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.It could also be argued that the commentaries themselves violate the Comment. They are themselves interpretations, and in some cases I've found they didn't quite jive with my own impressions. But then, they are "authorized" while any other interpretations aren't.