_1785–1798._ _Rome._ _Decrees of Prohibition._ During the period above specified, there was published at Rome a weekly journal under the title of the _Giornale Ecclesiastico_. The series for the thirteen years covers thirteen volumes. This journal was utilised for the publication of the decrees issued against specific books by the authorities of the Church. The first work receiving the compliment of such special condemnation was a treatise of Eybel entitled _Was ist der Pabst?_ The author is characterised as one of the ancient enemies of the Apostolic See. Excommunication is ordered against any readers, possessors, or printers of the work and the absolution or relaxation of the penalty is reserved to the pope excepting in the moment of death. A later volume contains a regular decree by the Congregation of the Index in which are condemned twenty-four different works. In the fourth volume appears among other titles the _Pensées_ of Pascal, with Voltaire’s Notes. The volume contains also a specification of the dogmatic constitution issued by the pope against the Council of Pistoria. Mendham refers to the Memoirs of De Ricci as containing an explanation of this condemnation. _5._ _1815._ _Madrid._ _Index Prohibitorius._--The lists in this Index, which is issued as usual under the authority of the inquisitor-general (only recently restored to power) are devoted almost exclusively to Spanish publications. CHAPTER XV ERASMUS AND LUTHER IN THE INDEX