SZCZEPAŃSKI Wladyslaw Rev. - The new index of forbidden books and its justification, history and new law. A thing about the new index and a commentary on the constitution of Leo III [1903].

Krakow 1903, published by Apostolate of Prayer Publishers. 17x24.5 cm, pp (4), XX, 388, cloth binding. Good condition (rubbing of the binding, loss of linen in the corners of the binding, single minor dings).

In contents: The Church has the right and duty to ban dangerous writings. The Church has always used its authority to ban dangerous books and writings. General comments on the constitution "Officiorum ac munderum". General laws on the prohibition and censorship of books. About the banned books of apostates, heretics, dissenters and other writers. On editions of the Scriptures in the original text and in ancient translations. About editions of the Holy Scriptures in modern languages. About bawdy books. About some books of special content: pâtisseries and pamphlets, superstitious, about new revelations and devotions, defending suicide, divorce, dueling, Masonic sects and others related to them, and finally errors condemned by the Holy See. About holy images and indulgences. About liturgical and devotional books. About journals, periodicals and periodical publications. About permitting the reading and keeping of forbidden books. About revealing perverse books. About superiors authorized to censor books. About the task of censors in examining and evaluating books. About books subject to preventive censorship. About printers and publishers of books. About the penalties imposed on offenders of the General Laws. Appendices: what books and writings are banned, what books or writings need ecclesiastical approval, writings denounced by name by the Popes, which are still banned today under penalty of a curse.