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Redmond A. Burke, C.S.V., (Clerici Sancti Viatoris)(Cleric of St Viateur) PH.D. Director of Libraries.
Nihil obstat: John P. Lynch, C.S.V. (Clerici Sancti Viatoris).
Imprimi potest: John F. Brown, C.S.V. Provincial.
Nihil obstat: Patrick M. J. Clancy, O.P., J.C.D., Censor deputatus. (Ordo Praedicatorum(Dominicans) (Juris Canoici Doctor (Doctor of Both Laws - Cival and Canon).
Imprimatur: ?Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archiepiscopus Chicagiensis. March 17th 1952.
�, 1952, Bruce Publishing Company. Made in the USA (second print)
"To Richard J. French, C.S.V. & Sister M. Reparata, O.P. for every good reason."
Preface
There is a considerable body of literature in Latin on the Catholic Church regulations of reading and on the censorship of books in advance of publication. But in the English Language, we have little except learned canonical treatises, which without exception are written only for the scholar or which verge on the polemic.
As a student in the Graduate Library School for the University of Chicago, the writer presented a dissertation on the literary policy of the Catholic Church, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctorate. This theme was chosen because, as a lay student in the University of Illinois before beginning study for the priesthood, the author had searched in vain for concise, reliable guidance in applying the principles of the Church to his own study. The present work attempts to supply this by co-ordinating a factual descriptrion of the modern system of the Church's book legislation with an exposition of its rationale, as expounded by authoritative canon lawyers.
The chief shortcoming of most books treating of moral problems is that they are intended primarily to meet the needs of professional theologians. This present work is written from the point of view of culture at large and in language that should be understood by the average layman, Catholic and non-Catholic.
When the manuscript was first submitted to the graduate Library School, the author was extremely grateful that his academic director was Professor Pierce Butler, who gave unstintingly of his time in numerous conferences and offerd many suggestions. Acknowledgment is also due to other teachers, Professors Leon Carnovsky, Bernard Berelson, and Joachim Wach, who took time to read the first draft of the manuscript in its entirety and to suggest improvements.
Since then the dissertation has been revised for presentation in book form. Although space limitations prevent a listing of all who have co-operated in this transformation, the writer must express his special gratitude for the aid given by Joseph Donovan, C.M., Sister M, Jeremy, O.P., Jeanette M. Lynn, M. Lillian Ryan, and more particularly by Pierce Butler, who has been acutely perceptive of the Catholic viewpoint and keenly interested in its exposition.
Redmond A Burke C.S.V.
Apendix A is in the .jpg format >
2 Censorship of Books in Advance of Publication 12 14 16 18
3 Condemnation of Published Books 20 22 24
4 General Classes of Forbidden Literatrue 26 28 30 32 34 36 38
5 Methods of Examining Books by the Congregation of the Holy Office 42 44
6 The Index of Forbidden Books 46 48 50 52 54 56 58
7 Penalties for Violation 62 64
8 Permission to Read Forbidden Books 68 70 72 74
Appendix A: Censorship of Special Classes 80 82 84 86
Appendix B, Law and Censorship of Special Classes of Books.
Appendix B - INDEX - Forbidden Authors and Titles - Complete Works Forbidden List > Table I
Appendix B - INDEX - Forbidden Authors and Titles - Specific Works Forbidden List > Table II
Appendix B - INDEX - Forbidden Authors and Titles - Novelists Table III.
Appendix B - INDEX - Specific by Abbe Bethleem - READABLE BOOKS Table IV.
Appendix B - INDEX - Forbidden Titles Authors English Language - Table V.
Appendix C, (The Great Books Program)
Appendix C, (Great Books Program) Specific Books Permmited AND Encouraged
The Great Books Foundation INDEX
Sources of GOOD Law Listing. INDEX
Always it is true Catholics Responsibility to monitor the list. Using proper prudence. List is in append state.
