1948: Catholic Church publishes final edition of “Index Librorum Prohibitorum” (historyofinformation.com)

“Down with this sort of thing”

Makes me think that if this list was still published it would have a sort of Father Ted effect[1] and act as a list of books you’d definitely want to read.

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Saint_Tibulus

As a Catholic I can say that was B.S.

Reading cannot be a sin. Thinking cannot be a sin. Speaking cannot be a sin.

It's a good thing that the index has been abolished in 1966.

From Wikipedia:

> The Index was enforceable within the Papal States, but elsewhere only if adopted by the civil powers, as happened in several Italian states.

Wow, such a hugely important list that nobody seemed to care about.

For the interested here is Latin version from 1835:https://archive.org/details/indexlibrorumpro00greg/mode/2up

so in french there is an expression derived from this, condemning/forbidding can be called "putting things on the index" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mettre_%C3%A0_l%27index), and "index" is also the name of the pointer finger... so in 1990 a politician said (about a bishop, or was it about the pope himself?): "he doesn't understand how condom is to be used since he put it on the index"

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> Typis Polyglotis

That's me!

I find it hilarious that Copernicus is forbidden, they cant possibly afford to let those incendiary heliocentric ideas get out!

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Is Freemasonry acceptable, yet?

It’s interesting that even those that concluded God like Descartes were banned.

Christ specifically was impressed with a Centurion that sought his healing power (for another, not himself) without even being a Jew or follower of Christ. As in, Christ was simply amazed:

“Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.” (Matthew 8:10, NIV)

Descartes would haven fallen under such faith. I really need to study how the Catholic Church butchered so many interpretations.

Oh it's still maintained although the latest volumes were published by The Payment Processor Cartel(TM) under the title "Sanctions List".