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 November, 1848, Pius IX took refuge in Gaeta. Rosmini followed the
Pope thither, but finding that the influence of his opponent, Cardinal
Antonelli, was still controlling, he returned without securing any
personal consideration. A series of negotiations, controversies,
and correspondence followed, but it was not until 1854 that his
works finally secured quittance. The question then placed before
the Congregation was whether, as the writings of Rosmini had been
thoroughly examined and had been shown to be free from errors in
matters both of doctrine and morality, the prohibition that had been
placed upon them ought not to be cancelled. The Jesuits were still
unwilling to give up their contest against the teachings of Rosmini.
They pointed out that the Inquisition held higher authority than that
of the Congregation, and that in a number of instances books which had
been passed with approval by the Congregation had been condemned by
the Inquisition. Cornaldi, in a treatise printed in 1882, contended
that the philosophy of Rosmini was distinctly opposed to the doctrines
of St. Thomas. Leo XIII, in a brief addressed, in January, 1882, to
the Bishops of Milan and Turin, reproves the attempts to renew the
controversies concerning Rosmini and calls attention to his encyclical
in which he had indicated the way by which all devout philosophers
could arrive at a harmony of conclusion.
=38. Traditionalism and Ontology, 1833–1880.=--In 1833, Abbé
Bautain of Strasburg was responsible for the initiating of certain
controversies, in part philosophical and in part theological,
which appear to have turned upon the proper interpretation of the
doctrines so-called of Traditionalism and Ontologism. In 1870, these
controversies were revived in Louvain and in Paris with the result of
bringing out certain condemnations from the Congregation and from the
Inquisition. In 1840, Bautain was compelled to subscribe to certain
propositions formulated by the Congregation, and in 1855 his associate
Bonnetty took the same course. In 1861, the Inquisition declared seven
propositions, selected from the writings of Ubagh and other French
Ontologists, to be heretical. Ubagh was compelled to correct certain
treatises of his own according to specifications laid down by the
Index; and, in 1866, after lengthy negotiations, his friends in Louvain
were obliged to declare their acceptance of the reproval and of the
conclusions of the Congregation and of the Inquisition. Ubagh held in
the University of Louvain the chair of philosophy and logic.
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