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
At the time of the completion of the proof-reading of this division of
my treatise (March 1907), there does not appear to be any prospect of
the production, under the direction of Pius X, of any later issue of
the Index. Books that are brought to the attention of the Secretary
of the Congregation, or of the Master of the Palace, are, however,
condemned from time to time by separate decrees. Among other recent
similar condemnations, may be cited: Schell, Hermann (of Wurzburg),
_Treatise on Catholicism_, (and three other works) 1899. Loisy, the
Abbé, _L’Évangile et l’Église_, 1903. Horitin, the Abbé, _La Question
Biblique chez les Catholiques_, etc., 1903.
The writings of these three authors gave rise to fierce controversies
during the years between 1898 and 1903. Schell and Loisy submitted
themselves. The treatise by Ehrhart, _Catholicism and the Twentieth
Century_, published in 1901, and that by the Protestant, Harnack,
_What is Christianity_, published in 1900, escaped condemnation. In
July, 1906, a condemnation was made of _The Saint_ (_Il Santo_) by
Senator Antonio Fogazzaro. The author, who is reported to be a devout
Catholic, is said to have “submitted himself” in regular course, but
his submission could not prevent the continued sale of the book in the
Italian as well as in the foreign editions.
I am informed by the publishers of the American edition that the
prohibition by the Roman authorities was duly respected by the
publishers of the leading Catholic papers of America, which declined to
accept advertisements of the book.
CHAPTER XII
THE AUTHORITY AND THE RESULTS OF THE CENSORSHIP
OF THE CHURCH--SCHEDULE OF INDEXES, 1526–1900
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