The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2) — John Shaqi
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
_1311._ The writings of Segarelli were formally condemned by the
_Council of Vienna_, a condemnation which was a year or two later
confirmed by John XXII. In 1471, that is, more than a century and a
half later, these same writings were formally approved by Sixtus IV,
the condemnation having been recalled.[25] This appears to be the first
instance on record in which a work condemned by one pope has later
received the approval of another.
_1316._ _The Inquisition in Tarragona_ condemns fourteen treatises of
the physician Arnold of Villanova (who had died in 1310), and orders
copies to be delivered under penalty of excommunication.
_1321._ _John XXII_ condemns twenty-eight propositions selected
from the writings of the Dominican Eckart. Seventeen are classed as
heretical and eleven as suspicious and dangerous.
_1325._ _John XXII_ issues a Bull against conjuring and exorcism, and
orders the delivery for destruction of all writings which contained any
teachings on these pernicious subjects.
_1327._ _John XXII_ issues a Bull condemning as heretics Marsilius
of Padua and John of Jaudun, and as heresy the book _Defensor Pacis_
of which they were joint authors and which he had had examined by
cardinals and canonists.
_1328._ _The Inquisition of Rome_ condemns as a heretic Cecco d’
Ascoli, who is burned together with his offending treatise, _de
Sphaera_.
_1328._ _John XXII_ condemns and orders destroyed the writings of the
Minorite Petrus Johannes Oliva, which had been examined and reported
upon by nine theologians. The bones of Oliva were disinterred and were
burned with copies of his books.[26] _In 1471_, _Sixtus IV_ (who was
himself a Minorite) orders the writings of Oliva to be again examined
and declares them to be sound in their doctrine.
_1328._ _John XXII_ condemns in like manner the Minorite General
Michael of Cesena, William of Occam, and Bonagratia of Bergamo, and all
their writings.
_1330._ _The Theological Faculty of Heidelberg_ condemns the teachings
of Eckart.
_1348._ _Pope Clement VI_ condemns a series of the theological
propositions of the Paris theologian, Nicholas de Ultricuria (de
Autrecourt). Nicholas was ordered to abjure these heresies and to burn
all copies of the writings.[27]
_1374._ _Pope Gregory XI_, as a result of an examination made by
certain cardinals and theologians, condemns as false, schismatic,
and heretical, and as _contra bonos mores_, fourteen articles of the
_Sachsenspiegel_. The Bull was directed to the Archbishops of Mayence,
Cologne, Bremen, Magdeburg, Prague, and Riga. The _Sachsenspiegel_ was,
however, never placed on the Index.
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