1948: Catholic Church publishes final edition of “Index Librorum Prohibitorum”
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·August 13, 2025notorandit
As a Catholic I can say that was B.S.
Reading cannot be a sin. Thinking cannot be a sin. Speaking cannot be a sin.
It's a good thing that the index has been abolished in 1966.
hypertele-Xii
If you bothered to actually read the Bible, you would learn that speaking can indeed be a sin in certain contexts. For example, 1 Timothy 2:12
umanwizard
In case you care: that the index was abolished in 1966.
Using “has been” here makes it immediately clear that you’re a non-native English speaker, unless you’re speaking some dialect I’m not familiar with.
“Down with this sort of thing”
Makes me think that if this list was still published it would have a sort of Father Ted effect[1] and act as a list of books you’d definitely want to read.
1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Saint_Tibulus