Index Librorum Prohibitorum
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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index; Catholics were forbidden to print or read them, su
The master title page of Index Librorum Prohibitorum (in Venice, 1564)
Printing press from 1811, Munich, Germany
Title page of the first Papal Index, Index Auctorum et Librorum, published in 1557 and then withdrawn
Title page of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (1711)
Syllabus of Errors
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The Syllabus of Errors is the name given to an index document issued by the Holy See under Pope Pius IX on 8 December 1864 at the same time as his encyclical letter Quanta cura. It collected a total o
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
…Literary inquisition Syllabus of Errors J. Martínez de Bujanda's Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1600–1966 lists the authors and writings in the successive editions of the Index, while Miguel…
Pope Pius IX, c. 1864