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Index Librorum Prohibitorum


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The list of books (not authors, as sometimes thought) that Roman Catholics were forbidden to read. Rules for the formation of this list and of the related Index Expurgatorius (an ...

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Index librorum prohibitorum
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 71 words
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 414 words
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 52 words
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
in The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature Length: 354 words

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