The Roman Index of Forbidden Books / Briefly Explained for Catholic Booklovers and Students

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Section I.—Commentary.
1.	The Index		1
2.	The Power of the Church		4
3.	Book Prohibitions Antedating the Roman Index		7
4.	The Roman Index		11
5.	Books Forbidden by General or Particular Decrees		13
6.	Duties Imposed by Law and by Nature		18
7.	Who Puts Books on the Index?		24
8.	The Method of Examination		28
9.	The Spirit of the Index Congregation		33
10.	Further Explanations		35
	a.	Why an Author is not Permitted to Defend His Book	35
	b.	The Index does not Advertise Bad Books	37
	c.	Index Decisions not Omitted for Fear of Apostasies	39
	d.	The “Good Catholic”	41
	e.	A Mortal Sin	43
	[vi] f.	The Galileo Case	44
	g.	Non-Catholic Book-Laws	46
	h.	Some Examples of Submission to the Index	48
Section II.—A Summary of the Index.
1.	Our Duties in Relation to Forbidden Books		51
2.	Forbidden Books		53
	a.	Books Forbidden by General Decrees	54
	b.	Books Forbidden by Particular Decrees	57

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