The Roman Index of Forbidden Books / Briefly Explained for Catholic Booklovers and Students
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1909]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (26)(click to expand)
- The Roman Index of Forbidden Books
- Note
- Section I: Commentary
- 1. The Index.
- 2. The Power of the Church.
- 3. Book Prohibitions Antedating the Roman Index.
- 4. The Roman Index.
- 5. Books Forbidden by General or Particular Decrees.
- 6. Duties Imposed by Law and by Nature.
- 7. Who Puts Books On The Index?
- 8. The Method of Examination.
- 9. The Spirit of the Congregation of the Index.
- 10. Further Explanations.
- A. Why an Author is Not Permitted to Defend His Book.
- B. The Index Does Not Advertise Bad Books.
- C. Index Decisions Not Omitted for Fear of Apostasies.
- D. The “Good Catholic.”
- E. A Mortal Sin.
- F. The Galileo Case.
- G. State and Protestant Book Laws.
- H. Some Examples of Submission to the Index.
- Section II: A summary of the Index
- 1. Our Duties in Relation to Forbidden Books.
- 2. Forbidden Books.
- A. The General Decrees Prohibit the Following Publications.
- B. Books Forbidden by Particular Decrees.
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