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Index Librorum Prohibitorum

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Index Librorum Prohibitorum

The list of books formerly officially forbidden to members of the Roman Catholic Church. The process of condemning books and bringing the Index up to date was carried out by a congregation of cardinals, consultors, and examiners from the 16th century until its abolition in 1966.



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In 1559, it published the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("Index of Prohibited Books").
35) He sought out books on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, scanning secondhand bookshops, in one of which he discovered 'The Confession of Faith of Count Piero Guicciardini'.
Bishop Arethas and other Byzantines regarded him as the Anti-Christ; he was included in the first edition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (1557); on September 3, 1766, he was the protagonist villain in a musical drama called 'Lucian of Samosata the Hapless Atheist' presented by the Jesuit School at Regenshurg; Lord Macaulay dubbed him 'The Voltaire of Antiquity'.
 
 
 
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