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
Twenty years after the condemnation of the teachings of Michael Bajus,
arose in Spain the controversy between the Jesuits and the Dominicans
concerning the doctrine of Grace. The leading representative of the
latter was Domingo Bañez of Salamanca (†1604) and of the Jesuits, Luis
Molina, professor at Evera (†1600). The issues were referred to Rome
more immediately in connection with the treatise by Molina, _Concordia
liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis_, which had been denounced by the
Dominicans, and, between 1602 and 1606, a series of disputations were
carried on under the direction of Clement VIII and of Paul V at the
sessions of the Congregation _de Auxiliis_. In December, 1611, a decree
of Paul V prohibits the printing thereafter, without the specific
authorisation of the Inquisition, of any writing having to do with the
contest. This decree was confirmed by Urban VIII in 1625 and 1641,
and again by Alexander VII in 1657. The latter added a prohibition
for the printing, without the approval of the Inquisition, of any
writings which were concerned with the _materia auxiliorum divinorum
ex professo_, or which brought this subject-matter into print in
connection with commentaries on the writings of Thomas Aquinas. This
general prohibition is entered in Alexander’s Index under the term
_libri_ and, since the time of Benedict, finds place in the _Decreta
Gen._, ii, 1. Under the terms of the _Decreta_, all writings under this
heading, printed since 1657 without a specific approval, are to be held
as condemned. The Index contains, however, but three specific titles
and these of comparatively insignificant monographs. Reusch points out
that the bitter controversial treatises of the Dominican, Hyacinth
Serry, and of the Jesuit, Livinus de Meyer, failed to be recorded in
the Index.[27]
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