Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CENSORSHIP OF THE CHURCH

SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS

VOLUME I

I. Introductory. The Index and Censorship.

II. Censorship and the Early Church. 150–768.

III. Prohibition of Books in the Middle Ages. 830–1480.

IV. Book Regulations before the Indexes.
In England, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Germany.
1450–1555.

V. Papal Censorship before the Indexes and the Bull _Coenae
Domini_. 1364–1586.

VI. The Roman Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index.

VII. The First Series of Indexes.
Louvain, 1510, Venice, 1543, Paris, 1544, Louvain, 1546,
Lucca, 1545, Louvain, 1550, Venice, 1549, Valentia,
1551, Florence, 1552, Valladolid, 1554, Venice, 1554,
Louvain, 1558, Valladolid, 1559, Rome, 1559.

VIII. The Council of Trent and the Index of Pius IV. 1564.

IX. Censorship Regulations. 1550–1591.

X. Indexes of the Netherlands, Spain, and Italy. 1569–1588.

XI. Roman Indexes and Decrees. 1590–1661.
(This chapter includes the Index of Sixtus V, the only
papal Index which undertook the work of expurgation.)

XII. Indexes and Prohibitions, Spanish, Roman, Belgian,
Portuguese, and Polish. 1612–1768.

XIII. The Index of Alexander VII. 1664.
(This Index includes the record of the condemnation
of Galileo.)

XIV. Decrees and Indexes, French, Belgian, Bohemian, Roman
and Spanish. 1685–1815.

XV. Erasmus and Luther in the Index.

XVI. The Jansenist Controversy and the Bull _Unigenitus_.

VOLUME II

I. Theological Controversies in France, Germany, England,
and the Netherlands. 1600–1750.

II. The Treatment of the Scriptures under Censorship.

III. The Monastic Orders and Censorship.

IV. Roman Indexes. 1758–1900.
(This chapter includes a specification of the Index of
Benedict XIV of 1758, and description of the latest
Indexes, those of Pius IX and Leo XIII.)

V. General Prohibitions and the Continuation of Class I.

VI. Issues between Church and State.

VII. Examples of Condemned Literature.

VIII. The Censorship of the State and by Protestants.
a. Catholic States: Catholic Germany, France, Spain, and
Portugal. b. Protestant States: Protestant Germany,
Switzerland, Holland, Scandinavia, and England.

IX. The Book Trade as Affected by Censorship: 1450–1800.

X. The Censorship of the Stage.

XI. The Literary Policy of the Modern Church.
(This chapter includes a study of the Indexes of Leo XIII,
1896–1900, the work of Index revision and reform,
1865–1880, “Romanus” and the Tablet, 1897, and
a reference to present methods of censorship.)

XII. The Authority and the Results of Censorship.
Supplement, with schedule of the Indexes issued under
the authority of the Church, 1526–1900.

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=The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence upon
the Production and Distribution of Literature.=--A Study of
the History of the Prohibitory and Expurgatory Indexes, Together
with Some Consideration of the Effects of Protestant Censorship
and of Censorship by the State.

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THE CENSORSHIP OF
THE CHURCH OF ROME

AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE

A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROHIBITORY AND EXPURGATORY
INDEXES, TOGETHER WITH SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECTS
OF PROTESTANT CENSORSHIP AND OF CENSORSHIP BY THE STATE

BY

GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM, LITT. D.

Author of

“AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES,” “BOOKS AND THEIR
MAKERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES,” “THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT,”
“AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS,” ETC.

_IN TWO VOLUMES_

VOLUME II

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1907

COPYRIGHT, 1907
BY
GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

CONTENTS

PAGE

I.--THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES IN FRANCE, GERMANY,
ENGLAND, AND THE NETHERLANDS, 1600–1750 1

1. The Protestant Theologians of France,
1654–1700.

2. Theological Contests in the Netherlands,
1654–1690.

3. The Protestant Theologians of Holland in
the 17th Century.

4. The Protestant Theologians of England,
1676–1732.

5. The Protestant Theologians of Germany,
1600–1750.

II.--THE TREATMENT OF THE SCRIPTURES UNDER CENSORSHIP 11

1. Germany

2. France

3. The Netherlands

4. Spain

5. England

6. Scriptures in the Vernacular

III.--THE MONASTIC ORDERS AND CENSORSHIP 31

1. Writings on the Monastic Orders, 1600–1800

2. The Jesuits, 1650–1800

3. The Dominicans, 1510–1600

4. The Casuists, 1600–1610

5. The Seculars and the Regulars, 1600–1700

IV.--ROMAN INDEXES, 1758–1900 49

Index of Benedict XIV, 1758

Issues of the Roman Index, 1763–1900

V.--METHODS OF PROHIBITION AND THE CONTINUATION OF
CLASS I 69

1. Papal Prohibitions in the 17th and 18th
Centuries

2. Prohibitions by Bishops

3. Publication of the Book Prohibitions

4. The Continuation of Class I

5. Catalogues of Books Approved

VI.--ISSUES BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE 90

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 Liberal Catholics, 1845–1870

VII.--EXAMPLES OF CONDEMNED LITERATURE 121

1. Writings concerning the Papacy and the
Inquisition

2. Writings concerning the Churches of the East

3. Patristic Writings and Pagan Classics

4. Jewish Literature

5. Historical Writings of the 17th Century

6. Protestant Jurists of the 17th Century

7. Writings of Italian Protestants

8. Philosophy, Natural Science, and Medicine

9. Books on Magic and Astrology

10. Cyclopedias, Text-books, Facetiae

11. Secret Societies

12. Manuals for Exorcising

13. Fraudulent Indulgences

14. Works on the Saints

15. Forms of Prayer

16. Mariology

17. Revelations by Nuns

18. The Chinese and Malabar Usages

19. Fraudulent Literature.

20. Quietism

21. Fênelon

22. The Doctrine of Probability

23. Usury

24. Philosophy and Literature, 1750–1800

25. Philosophy and Natural Science, 1800–1880

26. The Synod of Pistoja, 1786

27. The Festival of the Heart of Jesus, 1697–1765

28. French, German, and English Catholic Theologians,
1758–1800

29. The French Revolution, 1790–1806

30. The French Concordats of 1801, 1801–1822

31. Protestant Theologians, 1750–1884

32. The Eastern Church, 1810–1873

33. The Theologians of Pavia, 1774–1790

34. French, English, and Dutch Literature 1817–1880

35. German Catholic Writings, 1814–1870

36. La Mennais, 1830–1846

37. The Roman Revolution of 1848, 1848–1852

38. Traditionalism and Ontology, 1833–1880

39. _Attritio_ and the _Peccatum Philosophicum_,
1667–1690

40. Communism and Socialism, 1825–1860

41. Magnetism and Spiritualism, 1840–1874

42. French Authors, 1835–1884

43. Italian Authors, 1840–1876

44. American Writings, 1822–1876

45. Periodicals, 1832–1900

46. The Roman Question, 1859–1870

47. The Council of the Vatican, 1867–1876

48. Example of a License.

VIII.--THE CENSORSHIP OF THE STATE AND CENSORSHIP BY
PROTESTANTS 205

(I) General

(II) Catholic States

1. Catholic Germany

2. France

3. Spain and Portugal

(III) Protestant States

1. Switzerland

2. Protestant Germany

3. Holland

4. Scandinavia

5. England

(IV) Summary

IX.--THE BOOK-PRODUCTION OF EUROPE AS AFFECTED BY
CENSORSHIP, 1450–1800 270

1. General

2. The Universities

3. Italy

4. Spain

5. France

6. Germany

7. The Netherlands

8. England

9. The _Index Generalis_ of Thomas James, Oxford,
1627

X.--THE CENSORSHIP OF THE STAGE 376

XI.--THE LITERARY POLICY OF THE MODERN CHURCH 379

1. The Indexes of Leo XIII, 1881–1900

2. Index Revision and Reform, 1868–1880

3. “Romanus” and the _Tablet_, 1897

4. The Present Methods of Roman Censorship

XII.--THE AUTHORITY AND THE RESULTS OF THE CENSORSHIP
OF THE CHURCH 446

Schedule of Indexes issued under the authority
of the Church or compiled by ecclesiastics and
published under authority of the State, 1526–1900 480

INDEX 483

CENSORSHIP