The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 2 (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 2 (of 2)
Putnam, George Haven
Freedom of the press; Liberty of conscience; Prohibited books
In the _Decreta Gen._, ii, 8, are forbidden all books, codexes,
and sheets, whether printed or written, which had to do with the
visions and utterances, the alleged saintliness, etc., of the
Anchorite Johannes Cala; later, were also forbidden all pictures or
representations presenting Cala as a saint. This prohibition has to do
with an alleged discovery made in 1660, by one of the ecclesiastics in
Naples, of Johannes Cala as a saint of the 12th century. Cala secured
saintly honour for a term of twenty years but his saintliness was
finally discredited in 1680.
=20. Works on Quietism.=--In 1680, the Jesuit Segneri brought
to the consideration of the Index authorities two ascetic writings
of the Spaniard Molinos, on the ground that they were maintaining,
under the doctrinal name of Quietism, a fraudulent holiness. In 1685,
the Inquisition of Rome initiated proceedings against Molinos on the
ground both of his life and of his instruction. He was condemned
to imprisonment for life, and, under a special Bull of Innocent XI
confirming a decree of the Inquisition, his doctrine was condemned,
and all of his writings, whether printed or written, were prohibited.
Shortly thereafter, the Inquisition prohibited also the ascetic
writings of the friend of Molinos, the Cardinal Petrucci, together with
certain French writings presenting similar doctrine. Among the latter
were works by Mallavel, Boudon, Lacombe and Madame Guyon. Towards the
close of the 17th century, the Inquisition found occasion to condemn
a long series of ascetic writings including a number which had been
published many years back, but which had apparently only at that time
been brought to the attention of the examiners. Some of these books
had been printed in Rome and had been distributed for many years
without check. In this group may be mentioned the works of Falconi,
Canfeld, Bernières-Louvigny, etc. As early as 1675, the Inquisition had
prohibited the _Opera omnia_ of the Italian writer Lambardi, who
is described as in his doctrinal views a predecessor of Molinos.
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