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
rendered in this memorial was inadequate because the writers remained
members of an institute in which was maintained the righteousness of
religious toleration. In November, 1869, died a distinguished Catholic
member of the institute named Guibord, a man whose life had been above
reproach. The pastor and the other authorities refused to make burial
of the body even without religious ceremonies. The widow secured a
provisional interment in unconsecrated ground. She then instituted a
suit demanding the right of burial in consecrated ground. The suit
continued until after her death in 1873. In November, 1874, the
judicial committee of the priory council in London decided that the
body was entitled to burial in the consecrated ground of his pastoral
church and decided further that the Church authorities must provide for
the very considerable expenses of the suit. The re-burial took place
in November, 1875, after the Church authorities had filed a protest
and had ordered faithful Catholics to take no part in the ceremonies.
The record is of value in the history of censorship proceedings as an
example of the overriding by the authority of the State of a decision
of the Church, in regard to a matter which had heretofore been held
as belonging strictly within ecclesiastical control, namely the right
of burial in consecrated ground. In 1870, a later annual giving
the record of the conclusion of the process, was condemned by the
Inquisition.[55]
The contributions to the Index from the literature of South America are
for this period more considerable than those from the United States and
Canada. The following titles indicate the direction of the censorship.
Vidaurre, Manuel Lorenzo de, _Proyecto del codigo eclesiastico_,
printed (in Paris) in 1830, condemned in 1833. The author, a doctor
of law of the University of Lima, was Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Peru. His “project” proposed certain rather radical changes
in ecclesiastical regulations. _Tratado sobre Denaciones_, printed (in
Madrid) in 1820, prohibited in 1833. In the same year were placed upon
the Index three monographs by Vidaurre, one on the Bishop of Rome and
the condition of the Church, the second on Celibacy, and the third on
Confession.
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