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
_Novissimus Librorum Prohibitorum et Expurgandorum Index pro
Catholicis Hispaniarum Regis Phillipi V Reg. Cath. Ann. 1707._
On the engraved title is printed, _Index Expurgatorius Hispanus ab
Ex^{mo} D^{no} Didace Sarmiento et Valladores inceptus, et ab Ill^o
D^{no} D. Vitali Marin perfectus, etc. De Consilio Supremi Senatus
Inquisitionis Generalis._
The work is contained in two volumes, the first comprising 791 pages
and the second 342 pages. It begins with the edict of the Bishop of
Ceuta, and Inquisitor-General, Don Vidal Marin, who explains that
he is completing the work of his predecessor Don Diego Sarmiento,
who had been interrupted in his labours by death. He writes that,
considering the importance and necessity of continuing the Spanish
Index of 1640, this Index has been prepared in order that the books and
pamphlets issued during the last sixty-seven years might, as far as
requisite, be prohibited or expurgated and that the faithful might thus
be preserved from the errors which would otherwise have been caused
through the circulation of heretical or erroneous texts. The previous
_Advertencias_ and _Mandatos_ are repeated and are ordered to
be enforced with the utmost rigour of the law. Provision is made for
the publication of the Index in all churches, cathedrals, colleges, and
cities.
An _avis_ of the Privy Council of Brussels, printed in 1708,
contains the following naïve remark in regard to this Index: _Et pour
montrer qu’il est très difficile d’examiner les livres et de discerner
s’ils doivent être condamnés ou pas, on n’a que prendre recours a
l’Index Expurgatorius d’Espagne, émané dernièrement en l’an 1707, ou
se trouvent plusieurs livres approuvés que Rome a condamné, et de même
plusieurs condamnés par les Inquisiteurs que la Ste. Congregation n’a
pas trouvé convenir de proscrire_.
_10._ _1714._ _Namur and Liège._ _Hannot._--_Index ou Catalogues des
principaux Livres condamnés, rédigé par Jean Baptiste Hannot, Recollet,
Lecteur en Théologie._
This Index, while issued _avec approbation_, was compiled without any
specific authority. It comprises a selection, arrived at apparently in
a rather haphazard fashion, of works favouring Jansenism.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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