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
In this same Appendix _Unica_ appears for the first time in an Index
the name of Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambray. The work condemned is
_Explications des Maximes des Saints_. The particular offence in the
volume is understood by Mendham to have been the acceptance by Fénelon
of the views of the mystical Spanish nun, Sor d’Agreda. There were
evidently, however, some other matters in Fénelon’s volume which were
found to be dangerous, as the Pope, Innocent XII, found occasion to
issue in regard to it a special _Constitution_ in which were condemned
twenty-three propositions extracted from Fénelon’s _Explications_. The
perusal of the work was forbidden, under pain of excommunication, to
all the faithful without exception. The _Constitution_ bears date,
March 12, 1699. In the same year, there was issued at Paris an _Arrêt
de la Cour de Parlement_ enregistering the letters patent of the king
for the execution of this _Constitution_. The Archbishop appears to
have accepted without protest the condemnation of the Pope and the
authority of the High Court of Parliament.
_1704._ _Rome._ _Index Prohibitorius._--_Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Innoc. XII. P.M. jussu. editus. Usque ad Annum 1681. Eidem accedit in
fine Appendix usque ad mensem Junii._
_1711._ _Rome Index: Prohibitorius._ This Index, issued under the
authority of Clement XI, has no prefatory matter and simply extends up
to the date of 1710 the lists of the next preceding Roman Index.
_1744._ _Rome. Index Prohibitorius._ This Index is characterised as
distinctive in the absence of all the customary prefatory articles
excepting the _Regulae_. Among the works prohibited is a treatise of
the Jesuit Benzi, which had some importance in the controversies of the
period.
_1750._ _Rome._ _Index Prohibitorius._--This is a reprint of the above
with additions to 1750.
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