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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (18043)	7/9/2004 9:10:51 PM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Well then inform me. Some say it is a Catholic myth. Some say that such a ban would not have had much meaning, because books were expensive and cumbersome. The sources for the existence of such bans all seem to be arguing with each other. I did find this bit about books in general, although it does not mention the Bible. What sources do you have? bede.org.uk Did the Inquisition ban books? Yes. During the Counter Reformation, a special office was set up by the Vatican which promulgated the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Enforcing this list was part of the duties of local inquisitors. The biggest centre of the publishing trade was Venice and censorship there was carried out in co-operation with the civil authorities. Spain, independent as usual, had its own Index. Censorship was largely effective in Counter Reformation countries where the government was helpful. Banned books were burned when found and their owners, or the booksellers, subject to fines. However, many books were simply amended or had sections crossed out rather than being banned altogether. Science was not of much interest to the inquisitors, with the exception of heliocentricism after the trial of Galileo 1636. It was also possible for scholars to get permission to read banned books.