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
The heads of convents and Church libraries are cautioned to cleanse
their collections from the books which have been condemned under the
previous prohibitory Index, and to replace these books with the works
now recommended by the authority of the Church. In the second issue
of this recommendation catalogue are presented, curiously enough, the
titles of certain works which had been prohibited in the Index of
Trent. Examples of these are the writings of Bohemus, J. P., of Geiler
Kaisersperg, Conrad Klingius, Jo. Ferus, F. Guicciardinus.[36] Between
the years 1606 and 1619, there came into annual publication in Mayence,
as a result apparently of the recommendation of Peter Canisius, the
energetic head of the Jesuits in Germany, a catalogue, prepared more
particularly for the use of booksellers in Catholic countries, of books
recommended for the reading of the faithful. This annual catalogue bore
the following titles: _Index novus librorum imprimis Catholicorum,
theologorum, aliorumque celebrium auctorum quarumcunque facultatum
et linguarum, causas religionis tamen non tractantium ... pro Italia
ceterisque nationibus confectus_. On the back of the title-page
of the issue for 1606, is presented a preface bearing the signature
Valentinus Leuchtius. _S. Sedis Apost. librorum revisor, imp.
Rodolphi II_, etc. In this preface, the reviser undertakes to lay
down the principle for the elimination of pernicious literature and
for the selection of books of wholesome doctrine and sound influence.
The above series describes the few fragmentary efforts made in any
formal fashion by the Church authorities during the centuries of
censorship to guide with any positive advice the reading of the
faithful. The dependence for counsel in regard to the books to be read
seems to have been left to the individual action of the confessors or
other ecclesiastical advisers.
CHAPTER VI
ISSUES BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE
1559–1870
1. Venice and the Papacy 1606–1696.
2. Spain and the Papacy 1559–1770.
3. Controversies concerning the Gallican Church 1600–1758.
4. Ecclesiastical-Political Contests 1700–1750.
5. England and the Papacy 1606–1853.
6. The Gallicans and the Liberal Catholics 1845–1870.
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