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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (English: Index of Forbidden Books) was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index (a former Dicastery of the Roman Curia); Catholics were forbidden to print or read them, subject to the local bishop. [1]
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This is a selected list of authors and works listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. The Index was discontinued on June 14, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. [1][2] A complete list of the authors and writings present in the subsequent editions of the index are listed in J. Martinez de Bujanda, Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1600–1966, Geneva, 2002.
BannedNameWorks1559All works1600All works1627Conciliatorium Biblicum1626, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1672All works of theology; De Imperio ...Jun 21, 2022 · The Index, first issued in 1559 under Pope Paul IV (served 1555-1559), differed from earlier attempts in that it was a systematic policy specifically naming works and authors condemned by the Church not only for heresy but for any deviation from officially sanctioned Church doctrine.
- Joshua J. Mark
- The Index of Prohibited Books was a list of written works condemned by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent in 1563 as heretical or injuriou...
- The Index was first published in 1559 but was revised and clarified at the Council of Trent in 1563.
- The purpose of the Index was to stop the spread of heresy by preventing people from reading works that deviated from Church teaching or were critic...
- The Index was suspended in 1966, but Catholics are still expected to abide by its basic precepts in order to protect their personal faith and relat...
Feb 21, 2018 · As mentioned above, the Index was definitively compiled Church-wide starting around 1600 and semi-regularly published in Latin (and, later, in translation) by the Vatican starting in 1632.
Sep 4, 2024 · Index Librorum Prohibitorum, list of books once forbidden by Roman Catholic Church authority as dangerous to the faith or morals of Roman Catholics. Publication of the list ceased in 1966, and it was relegated to the status of a historical document. Learn more about the list with this article.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A book was prohibited or put on the Index by decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Roman Inquisition, of the Sacred Office, or of the Index, which decree though approved by the pope (in formâ communi), always remained a purely congregational decree.
Aug 9, 2019 · The first official Roman Index of banned books was published in 1559 under Pope Paul IV. It contained approximately 550 religiously, morally and politically controversial authors, as well as individual works.
