The Roman Index of Forbidden Books

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The first Roman Index, that of 1559, v^^as considered rather severe. One of the influ- ential men who tried hard to have its pro- visions softened, was Blessed Peter Can- isius, the " Second Apostle of Germany/' Yet the very letters he wrote to Rome for this purpose show that he scrupulously ob- served all the regulations, though he him- self, called the '' Hammer of Heretics, " surely incurred little personal risk by read- ing forbidden books.
About 1698, a book by Archbishop Fcne- lon was und
...er investigation at Rome. Fe- nelon was a great scholar and one of the greatest preachers of all centuries, but he was also a loyal son of the Church. He knew a condemnation of his book would EXAMPLES OF SUBMISSION 49 mean his own condemnation in the eyes of CathoHc France. His friends as well as his antagonists were eagerly awaiting Rome's decision on one of the great church- man's books. At last the verdict was pro- nounced in the most solemn way by the Pope himself, and it was a condemnation.

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