Sacred Congregation of the Index

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censorship office congregation of the Catholic Church dicastery of the Roman Curia

The Sacred Congregation of the Index was a former department of the Roman Catholic Church responsible for examining and censoring publications deemed heretical or morally dangerous.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Congregation of the Holy Office	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	censorship office ⓘ congregation of the Catholic Church ⓘ dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ
aim	control of doctrinally suspect literature ⓘ defense of Catholic faith ⓘ protection of morals ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionReason	integration into the Holy Office ⓘ reorganization of Roman Curia ⓘ
dissolved	1917 ⓘ
dissolvedUnderPope	Pope Benedict XV NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	canon law ⓘ censorship ⓘ moral theology ⓘ publishing regulation ⓘ theology ⓘ
foundedBy	Pope Pius V NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedUnderPope	Pope Pius V NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Index of Prohibited Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Catholic authors ⓘ Catholic publishers ⓘ Catholic universities ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	canon law ⓘ
hasMainTask	censorship of books ⓘ condemnation of heretical writings ⓘ examination of publications ⓘ maintenance of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ⓘ moral oversight of printed works ⓘ protection of Catholic doctrine ⓘ
hasResponsibilityFor	granting permissions to read prohibited books ⓘ issuing decrees of condemnation ⓘ updating the Index of Prohibited Books ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Vatican City NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1571 ⓘ
location	Rome ⓘ
namedAfter	Index Librorum Prohibitorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Curia ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ Congregation of the Holy Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Counter-Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern period ⓘ modern period ⓘ
uses	Index Librorum Prohibitorum NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Index of Forbidden Books → regulatedBy → Sacred Congregation of the Index ⓘ

Roman Inquisition theologians → employer → Sacred Congregation of the Index ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congregation of the Holy Office