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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Catholic Church abolishes index of prohibited books

On June 14, 1966, the Roman Catholic Church abolished the Index Librorum Prohibitum (index of prohibited books). The list was first published in 1559 to ban books that the Church considered immoral or contradictory to Church teachings.



Search a database of the Index Librorum Prohibitum.



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