03138cam a22003373u 4500 76550 UtSlPG 20260610134754.0 m cr n 260607r20251906utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 Z Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930 The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2) Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-07-22 deaurider, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and… by George Haven Putnam is a historical study written in the early 20th century. It examines how the Roman Catholic Church’s censorship—especially the Index of Prohibited and Expurgated Books and the work of the Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index—shaped what could be written, printed, and circulated. The study also compares Catholic, Protestant, and state censorship and evaluates their impact on the book trade, scholarship, and public opinion. The opening of the work lays out a detailed two-volume plan, then a preface that defines its scope: cataloging Indexes from the mid-16th century to 1900, noting earlier precedents, summarizing key decrees, describing the Roman Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index, and assessing effects on literary production, distribution, and commerce; it also names principal sources (notably Reusch) and explains the method. The introduction traces censorship from an early church ban on the Acta Pauli, shows how printing magnified the stakes, and explains the creation of the papal Index (1559), the more authoritative Tridentine Index (1564), and later practices (including expurgation). It argues the Index doubles as a historical record of literature, outlines how prohibitions affected the value and circulation of books, and notes inconsistencies among different national and ecclesiastical lists. The narrative sketches contrasting enforcement—Spain’s Inquisition as highly effective, France’s Gallican and royal controls more selective, and Italy’s mixed picture with places like Venice resisting Rome. It also touches on limits placed on vernacular Scripture and recurring condemnations of the Talmud, setting the stage for the detailed chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906 Prohibited books Freedom of the press Liberty of conscience https://archive.org/details/censorshipofchu01putn https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76550 117275 117275