Index Librorum Prohibitorum
list of publications prohibited by the Catholic Church from 1559 to 14 June 1966
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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was an official list of books that the Catholic Church banned its members from reading, maintained from 1559 until 1966. It matters historically because it demonstrated the Church's effort to control which ideas its followers could access, and it reflected broader struggles over religious authority, censorship, and intellectual freedom during this period.
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The master title page of Index Librorum Prohibitorum (in Venice, 1564)
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. Catholic states could enact laws to adapt or adopt the list and enforce it.
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