Section — Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books

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Of set purpose, clause, 43. - A book doing something of set purpose, 43, 76.

General Decrees concerning the censure and prohibition of books. Notion, 14. - of Benedict XIV, 18, 19. - of Leo XIII. How they are to be interpreted, 17, 20, 22, 25-27. Their summary, 128-133 bis. Their universal force, 23. Force and efficacy for the past, 28.

Defensa de la autoridad de los gobernios, etc., work of Vigil, p. 154.

Defense of a prohibited book, what it is, and insofar as forbidden, 47, 48. Gravity of guilt, 55. Excommunication, p. 155.

Delegation of the Holy See for permitting readings, 97; for proscribing, 63, 102.

Apostolic Delegate, who he is, 100, 3. - referring books to the Holy See, 100, 3.

Denunciation of bad books, 100, 101, 103.

De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis, work of Gennadius, 7.

Destruction of a prohibited book, whether commanded, 102, 7.

Detraction, what, 74, 3. How it differs from heresy, 74, 3. Books detracting from God, etc., 74.

God. Books detracting from Him, 74. Examples, p. 76*.

New devotions. What they are, 80, 2. Books or writings which introduce them, 80. - disapproved by the Holy Office, p. 84*. Books or pamphlets of devotions, 91.

Newspapers, whether they constitute a book, 33. What if reduced into one volume, 33*, 34*. - whether subject to previous censure, 118. - whose moderator is a cleric, 120. - which contain pious announcements, 91; - narrate supernatural things, 78, 3. - which are prohibited, 92. Purchase of prohibited newspapers, 61; reading, 57, d; with faculty, 98, 2; renting, lending, 60; subscription, 61; retention, 58. Parts of the Confessor, 57. Whether it is lawful or expedient to increase bad newspapers with good articles, 94.

Day, which is indicated in the catalogue of the Index, 17.

Divina Psalmodia, Constitution of Urban VIII, January 25, 1631, concerning Breviaries to be published, p. 99*.

Divination, what. Books teaching or commending it, 77.

Division of the Commentaries, 1.

Divorce. What. Books which establish divorce as licit, 81.

Learned man, whether he is exempted from the laws of the Index, 95.

Until corrected, clause, 17, 29, d.

Duel. Notion. Books which patronize duel, 81.

Dumas (each). By what reason their works are proscribed, 45*.