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What books are in the Index of Forbidden books?

What books are in the Index of Forbidden books?

List of authors and works on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum

  • Omnia opera dramatica: all plays.
  • Omnes fabulae amatoriae: all novels, or romances.
  • Opera omnia theologica: all theological works.
  • Opera omnia: all works (see note below)

Does the Index of Forbidden books still exist?

The 20th and final edition of the index appeared in 1948, and the Index was formally abolished on 14 June 1966 by Pope Paul VI. Editions of the Index also contained the rules of the Church relating to the reading, selling, and pre-emptive censorship of books.

Does the Catholic Church have a list of banned books?

The Roman Catholic Church has long published the Index Librorum Prohibitorum or list of prohibited books. These are books viewed as heretical, or contrary to the morality of the Church. Catholics are forbidden to read these without permission.

What books did the church ban?

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  • 5 Books Once Banned by the Church.
  • Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
  • On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus.
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo.
  • Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

When was the last edition of the Forbidden index?

The Index was originally published in the 1500’s with the last edition published in 1948. The books and articles listed were banned in order to protect followers from immoral or blasphemous material. In 1966, the Church officially ceased the support and use of the Forbidden Index.

What was the index of Forbidden Books in the Catholic Church?

With all this in mind, when it came time to write my final paper for the course, I had zeroed in on my topic: The Catholic Church’s Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the Index of Forbidden Books that existed from around 1600 all the way until 1966.

When was the Index Librorum Prohibitorum first published?

The lists had official sanction in all Catholic countries. Index Librorum Prohibitorum (1559) The 1948 edition of Index Librorum Prohibitorum is included in the “Beacon for Freedom of Expression” data base.

When was the final edition of the Index published?

This is a selected list of the authors and works appearing in the final published edition of the Index in 1948, with later additions until the Index was discontinued in 1966. Opera philosophica. Donec corrig.; De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum libri IX. Donec corrig .