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
10. The books of classical authors, whether ancient or modern,
if disfigured with the same stain of indecency, are, on account
of the elegance and beauty of their diction, permitted only to
those who are justified on account of their duty or the function
of teaching; but on no account may they be placed in the hands
of, or taught to, boys or youths, unless carefully expurgated.
V. OF CERTAIN SPECIAL KINDS OF BOOKS
11. Those books are condemned which are derogatory to Almighty
God, or to the Blessed Virgin Mary or the Saints, or to the
Catholic Church and her worship, or to the Sacraments, or
to the Holy See. To the same condemnation are subject those
works in which the idea of the inspiration of Holy Scripture
is perverted, or its extension too narrowly limited. Those
books, moreover, are prohibited which professedly revile the
Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, or the clerical or religious state.
12. It is forbidden to publish, read, or keep books in which
sorcery, divination, magic, the evocation of spirits, and other
superstitions of this kind are taught or commended.
13. Books or other writings which narrate new apparitions,
revelations, visions, prophecies, miracles, or which introduce
new devotions, even under the pretext of being private ones, if
published without the legitimate permission of ecclesiastical
superiors, are prohibited.
14. Those books, moreover, are prohibited which defend as lawful
duelling, suicide, or divorce; which treat of Freemasonry, or
other societies of the kind, teaching them to be useful; and not
injurious to the Church and to Society; and those which defend
errors proscribed by the Apostolic See.
VI. OF SACRED PICTURES AND INDULGENCES
15. Pictures, in any style of printing, of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Angels and Saints, or other
Servants of God, which are not conformable to the sense and
decrees of the Church, are entirely forbidden. New pictures,
whether produced with or without prayers annexed, may not be
published without permission of ecclesiastical authority.
16. It is forbidden to all to give publicity in any way to
apocryphal indulgences, and to such as have been proscribed or
revoked by the Apostolic See. Those which have already been
published must be withdrawn from the hands of the faithful.
17. No books of indulgences, or compendiums, pamphlets,
leaflets, etc., containing grants of indulgences, may be
published without permission of competent authority.
VII. OF LITURGICAL BOOKS AND PRAYER BOOKS
18. In authentic editions of the Missal, Breviary, Ritual,
Ceremonial of Bishops, Roman Pontifical, and other liturgical
books approved by the Holy Apostolic See, no one shall presume
to make any change whatsoever; otherwise such new editions are
prohibited.
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