The Roman Index of Forbidden Books Briefly Explained for Catholic Booklovers and Students
by Francis S. Betten
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About this eBook
- Author
- Betten, Francis S. (Francis Sales), 1863-1942
- Credits
- Produced by deaurider, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Z: Bibliography, Library science
- Subject
- Index librorum prohibitorum
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61165
- Release Date
- January 13, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.i ] The Roman Index of Forbidden Books
- 2.iii ] NOTE
- 3.v ] CONTENTS
- 4.1 ] SECTION I COMMENTARY — 1. The Index. — 2. The Power of the Church. — 7 ] 3. Book Prohibitions Antedating the Roman Index. — 4. The Roman Index. — 5. Books Forbidden by General or Particular Decrees. — 6. Duties Imposed by Law and by Nature. — 7. Who Puts Books On The Index? — 8. The Method of Examination. — 9. The Spirit of the Congregation of the Index. — 10. Further Explanations. — A. Why an Author is Not Permitted to Defend His Book. — B. The Index Does Not Advertise Bad Books. — C. Index Decisions Not Omitted for Fear of Apostasies. — D. The “Good Catholic.” — E. A Mortal Sin. — F. The Galileo Case. — G. State and Protestant Book Laws. — H. Some Examples of Submission to the Index.
- 5.51 ] SECTION II A SUMMARY OF THE INDEX — 1. Our Duties in Relation to Forbidden Books. — 2. Forbidden Books. — A. The General Decrees Prohibit the Following Publications. — B. Books Forbidden by Particular Decrees.
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