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
Oischinger, Paul J. N., who appears to have belonged to the same
theological group with Frohschammer, is recorded as the author of a
long series of philosophical works, only one of which was placed upon
the Index: _Die spekulative Theologie des H. Thomas von Aquin_,
printed in 1859, prohibited in 1859. Oischinger maintains that Thomas
had wrongly comprehended a number of the most important divisions of
the dogma of the Church.
Pichler, Aloys, _Geschichte der kirklichen Trennung zwischen dem
Orient und Occident_, printed in 1865, prohibited in 1866. _Die
Theologie des Leibnitz_, printed in 1869, prohibited in 1870.
=36. La Mennais.=--The writings of Abbé La Mennais had, even
before 1830, brought out in France some measure of criticism. They
had, however, secured the approval of Leo XII. After the Revolution
of July, 1830, the opinions of La Mennais and his associates were
condemned in Rome as in more ways than one pernicious. In August, 1832,
Gregory XVI, in the encyclical entitled _Mirari_, condemned the
ecclesiastical and political opinions presented in the journal issued
by La Mennais and his associates under the title _L’Avenir_. No
one of the writers was mentioned by name, but in a letter by Cardinal
Pacca accompanying the encyclical, they were informed that the
condemnation applied to their work. They all submitted themselves to
the authority of the Church. After some negotiations, La Mennais, in
December, 1833, gave his signature to a formula which had been sent
from Rome for the purpose. A few months later, however, he brought into
print a monograph entitled _Paroles d’un Croyant_, through the
declarations in which he made a direct breach with Rome. In June, 1834,
he received, through a separate encyclical, sharp condemnation. A year
later, the Congregation placed on the Index the treatise _Affaires de
Rome_ and the subsequent writings were prohibited promptly on their
appearance. The earliest publication of La Mennais, issued in 1809
under the title _Réflexions sur l’État de l’Eglise en France pendant
le XVIII^{me} Siècle et sur la Situation actuelle_, was promptly
suppressed by the imperial police, but was not placed upon the Index.
The _Essai sur l’Indifférence en matières de Religion_, published
in 1817–1820, was sharply criticised in France but was not condemned in
Rome. The monograph _De la Religion Considérée dans ses Rapports avec
l’Ordre Politique et Civile_, printed in 1826, was condemned by a
number of the bishops and the author was sentenced by the courts to the
payment of a large fine.
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