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
SUE, E. _Omnes fabulae amatoriae._ 1852.
SWEDENBORG, E. _Principia verum naturalium_, etc. 1738.
TAINE, H. A. _Histoire de la littérature anglaise._ 1866.
_Testament, le nouveau_ (printed at Mons), 1668, [together with
three other editions in French, one in Dutch, and three in
Italian, 1709–1820].
THOMAS KEMPISIUS. _De imitando Christo._ 1723.
TILLOTSON, JEAN. _Sermons, traduits de l’anglois._ 1725.
VOLNEY, C. F. _Les ruines, etc., des empires._ 1821.
VOLTAIRE, F. M. A. _Oeuvres._ 1752.
This entry is followed by thirty-eight separate titles
of the books of Voltaire which called for special
condemnation.
WHATELY, R. _Elements of Logic._ 1851.
WHITE, THOMAS. _Opera omnia._ 1655–1663.
WILKINS, J. _Discovery of a New World._ 1701.
ZOLA, É. _Opera omnia._ 1894–1898.
ZWICHER, G. _Monks and their Doctrine._ 1898.
=2. Index Revision and Reform, 1868–1880.=--Pomponio Leto reports[159]
that Pope Pius IX had instituted, in addition to the six existing
commissions of the council, a seventh commission placed under the
direction of Cardinal de Luca, which was to be charged with the
consideration of biblical material and of the revision of the Index. It
appears, however, that this commission held but one or two sessions in
1868 and after 1869 was not again called together.
From time to time suggestions have been submitted for the reform of
Index proceedings. In 1870, eleven French bishops took the ground that
no work by a Catholic writer should be condemned by the Congregation
unless and until the author had had an opportunity of being heard in
its defence and of replying to criticisms of any special passages. It
seemed to these bishops outrageous that, possibly on the ground of the
lack of correct understanding of certain individual passages, important
books, representing the serious labour of devout scholars, should be
placed under the same class of condemnation as that applied to godless
and heretical writings or to books _contra bonos mores_.[160]
The bishops of Germany joined in the demand for a reshaping of the
rules of the Index for which in a number of territories it had not
been practicable to secure obedience. They also demanded that in the
future no book by a Catholic writer should be condemned until a hearing
had been given by the bishops to its author. It was contended that
by means of such direct action the injury of an official censorship
would in a large number of cases be avoided. In a number of monographs
printed in 1869 and 1870, the contention was maintained that there
should be either a discontinuance of the operations of the Congregation
of the Index or a thoroughgoing reform in the whole method of Church
censorship.[161]
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