Censorship

[fons_vitae]

I know that the Church has historically been fertile ground for all sorts of intellectual growth… so how do we square this with things like the Index Librorum Prohibitorum?

 

[Spirithound]

I know that the Church has historically been fertile ground for all sorts of intellectual growth… so how do we square this with things like the Index Librorum Prohibitorum?

Some theological ideas are simply wrong. Once the Church has discerned a dogma, there is no fruitful use discussing it further.

 

[Corki]

I know that the Church has historically been fertile ground for all sorts of intellectual growth… so how do we square this with things like the Index Librorum Prohibitorum?

The index was no more censorship than giving a movie an “R” rating. Censorship would be to keep the material from being printed. The index just identified some works as spiritually dangerous. Even though the books were “forbidden” Catholics could get permission to read them for research or other good reason.

I often wish there was a modern equivalent.

 

[fons_vitae]

The index was no more censorship than giving a movie an “R” rating. Censorship would be to keep the material from being printed. The index just identified some works as spiritually dangerous.

Oh okay, that actually makes good sense. I had an inkling that the connection of such measures to blunt censorship was an exaggeration.