The Censorshipofthe ChurchofRome and its Influence upon the Production and the DistributionofLiterature
A Study of the History of the Prohibitory and Expurgatory Indexes, together with some Consideration of the effects of Protestant Censorship and of Censorship by the State
By GEO. HAVEN PUTNAM, LITT.D.
Author of "Authors and Their Public in Ancient Times," "Books and Their Makers in the Middle Ages," "The Question of Copyright," etc.
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This treatise presents a schedule of the Indexes issued by the Church, together with a list of the more important of the decrees, edicts, prohibitions, and briefs having to do with the prohibition of specific books, from the time of Gelasius I., 567A.D., to the issue in 1900 of the latest Index of the Church under Leo XIII.
"The work impresses me as admirable. I wish to congratulate you upon the singular wisdom, breadth, and thoroughness with which you have accomplished a delicate and difficult task."—From Bishop Potter of New York."I have read this treatise with the deepest pleasure.... It is a work of remarkable erudition, and so far as I have perused its pages, I find it to have been written with rare large-mindedness and historic impartiality.... The difficult task has been accomplished in a most masterly manner."—From Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul."Dr. Putnam is one of the most wonderful men in America. He was a soldier in the Civil War. He has been a leading publisher for more than a generation. To him more than any other man is due the measure of American Copyright that we now enjoy. The marvel is that with all his business and public work, Dr. Putnam has found time to make himself a most thorough and accurate scholar. The present volume treats of a subject that is largely misunderstood, and that is of first importance in the history of literature and of the Church. The author writes in an entirely dispassionate spirit."—London Chronicle.
"The work impresses me as admirable. I wish to congratulate you upon the singular wisdom, breadth, and thoroughness with which you have accomplished a delicate and difficult task."—From Bishop Potter of New York.
"I have read this treatise with the deepest pleasure.... It is a work of remarkable erudition, and so far as I have perused its pages, I find it to have been written with rare large-mindedness and historic impartiality.... The difficult task has been accomplished in a most masterly manner."—From Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul.
"Dr. Putnam is one of the most wonderful men in America. He was a soldier in the Civil War. He has been a leading publisher for more than a generation. To him more than any other man is due the measure of American Copyright that we now enjoy. The marvel is that with all his business and public work, Dr. Putnam has found time to make himself a most thorough and accurate scholar. The present volume treats of a subject that is largely misunderstood, and that is of first importance in the history of literature and of the Church. The author writes in an entirely dispassionate spirit."—London Chronicle.
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A Candid History of the Jesuits
By Joseph McCabe
Author of "Twelve Years in a Monastery," "Modern Rationalism"
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It is curious that no writer addressing English-speaking readers, has ever attempted a systematic history of the Jesuits. Probably no religious body ever had so romantic a history, or inspired such deadly hatred. On the other hand, histories of the famous society are almost always too prejudiced, either for or against, to be reliable. Mr. McCabe has attempted in this book to give the facts impartially, and to enable the inquirer to form an intelligent idea of the history and character of the Jesuits from their foundation to the present day. Every phase of their remarkable story—including the activity of political Jesuits and their singular behavior on the foreign missions—is carefully studied, and the record of the Jesuits in England is very fully examined.
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