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
Between the years 1758 and 1780, were issued continuations of the Aulic
catalogues. Later, the system obtained of printing fortnightly lists
of books which had failed to secure an _Imprimatur_ or _Admittetur_,
these lists being distributed to police magistrates, libraries, and
booksellers. Every two months the same were classified and reprinted.
In 1768, was published in one volume the series of catalogues covering
the prohibitions of the preceding seven years. The title reads:
_Catalogus Librorum a Commissione Caes. Reg. Aulica Prohibitorum.
Vienna mdcclxviii. Prostat. in officiana Libraria Kaliwodiana._
With this volume, are bound in supplements to a preceding Austrian
Index, numbered from I to VI, comprising annual lists for the six
years succeeding 1761. The work was reprinted in Vienna in 1774
with further annual lists. Similar issues were made, with annual
supplements, in 1776, 1777, and 1778. These volumes contain lists
only, with no prefatory matter and no reference to the authority
under which the condemnations are made. The selections presented a
much larger proportion of English books (including plays and novels)
than have received attention in any other Continental Indexes. Of
Melanchthon only two works are condemned. Mendham points out that the
Aulic Council, which was undoubtedly the authority for the preparation
of these lists of prohibitions, was at the time composed of an equal
number of Romanists and Protestants. The Aulic Indexes are probably the
only examples of prohibitions arrived at by the judgment of Catholics
and Protestants working together under the authority of the State.
In 1788, was published in Brussels an Index for use in the Austrian
Netherlands, under the title _Catalogue des livres défendus par la
Commission Impériale et Royale_.
The _Enchiridion Juris Ecclesiastici Austriaci_, edited by Rechberger
and printed in Vienna, in 1808, presents the ecclesiastical law of
Austria at that date in force. Rechberger declares in his preface that
the “Index of Trent has no force in the Austrian dominions.”[62]
In 1816, was published in Vienna a general Index of German books under
the title _Neues durchgesehenes Verzeichniss der verbotenen deutschen
Bücher_.
In the earlier Vienna Indexes, are included the titles of certain works
selected from the Roman Index, but it is difficult to arrive at the
principle on which the selection has been made.
In 1769, under Max Joseph III, was instituted in Bavaria a “College
of Censorship” comprising, in addition to the president, eight
councillors. The subjects of theology and of ecclesiastical
procedure were placed in the hands of three divines selected from
the theological faculty of the University of Munich and the other
councillors included representatives from the philosophical faculty.
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