The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2)Putnam, George Haven
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The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2)
Putnam, George Haven
Freedom of the press; Liberty of conscience; Prohibited books
To the annexed _Regulae_ are attached the “penalties” of Pius IV.
The Index is presented for universal acceptance as possessing final
authority, and the publication by individuals, universities, or other
institutions of Indexes, compiled without the specific approval of the
Holy See, is prohibited. The edict is exceptional in the history of
Indexes, and it is in order to cite its phraseology:
_Universos indices quacunque auctoritate etiam praedecessorum
nostrorum hucusque et ubilibet locorum editos, ad hunc nostrum indicem,
tanquam ad normam ab apostolica sede praescriptum, ex qua recte
sentiendi, credendi, docendique leges in omnem ecclesiam manare par
est, revocamus, et exteris quibuscunque sublatio, hunc tantum, et ejus
regulas ab omnibus personis, et sub poenis omnibus, quae in praedictis
Pii IIII literis exprimuntur, et quas praesenti decreto innovamus,
apostolica auctoritate tenore praesentium servari, praecipimus, et
mandamus._
The rules which follow, and which are to supersede those of Trent, are
twenty-two in number.
_Regula I_ (which is one of the new ordinances) reads: _Quicunque
sanctorum patrum libros, vel Scripta fidem, seu mores concernentia,
ab ecclesia hactenus recepta, non admiserunt, poenis a jure statutis
puniantur_. _Regula II: Quoniam vero iidem sancti doctores, vel quia
ante obortas haereses, vel quia, ut eas surgentes impugnarent, fidei
zelo accensi, quibusdam interdum locationibus usi sunt, quas postea
Dei ecclesia Spiritu sancto edocta rejecit, nemini posthac eas tenere,
aut eis uti liceat; sanctis vero ipsis doctoribus, quia non animo ab
ecclesia Catholica, recedendi talia scripserunt, debita reverentia
deferatur._
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