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Index Librorum Prohibitorum

Index Librorum Prohibitorum

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Lat., ‘List of prohibited books’), in short ‘the Index’. The official list of books issued by the RC Church which its members were normally forbidden to read or possess. The first Index was issued in 1557 by the Congregation of the Inquisition (see HOLY OFFICE). In 1966 the Index ceased to have the force of ecclesiastical law, with attached censures, but is said to retain its moral force.
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Index Librorum Prohibitorum

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Lat., ‘list of prohibited books’). The ‘Index’, the official list of books which Roman Catholics were, in general, forbidden to read or possess. The first Index was issued by the Congregation of the Inquisition in 1557. Its last edn. was in 1948, and in 1966 it was finally abolished.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Index Librorum Prohibitorum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN BOWKER. "Index Librorum Prohibitorum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-IndexLibrorumProhibitorum.html

JOHN BOWKER. "Index Librorum Prohibitorum." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-IndexLibrorumProhibitorum.html

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