A Topic of Moral Theology
The Office of Censors
How a censor is chosen, what he must weigh, and how the examination is conducted.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Censors of books · "Imprimatur" · Benedict XIV · Congregation of the Index · Faculty of publishing a book · Grave matter, light · Obligation of conscience · Previous censure · Sin
In the manuals
On the Prohibition and Censorship of Books (De prohibitione et censura librorum)
Tit. II, Chapter II: On the Office of Censors in the Previous Examination of Books, n. ¶1 — Argument of the chapter Once the person of the censors has been defined, we now suitably come to describing the manner in which they ought to exercise their office.Read in context →
Tit. II, Ch. II, Articles 38 and 39, nn. ¶1 & 115 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tit. II, Ch. II, Article 40, nn. ¶1 & 116 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Prior Censorship of Books — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)