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Index librorum prohibitorum

List of books prohibited by the Catholic church

List of authors and works in the final edition, with later additions edit

This is a selected list of the authors and works appearing in the final published edition of the Index in 1948, with later additions until the Index was discontinued in 1966.

Banned Name Works Ref.
1600 Bruno, Giordano All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Bruno
1626, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1672 Grotius, Hugo All works of theology; De Imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra (pub. 1647); Annales et historiae de rebus belgicis (pub. 1657); +6 more Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Grotius
1645 Browne, Thomas Religio Medici; the religion of a physician Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Browne
1649 Hobbes, Thomas All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Hobbes
1657, 1789 Pascal, Blaise Lettres Provinciales (1657); Pensées (pub. 1670), with notes by Voltaire Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Pascal
1659 Calvin, John Judicial lexicon of imperial and canon law Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Calvin
1663 Descartes, René Meditations (1641); Les passions de l'âme (1649); Opera philosophica. Donec corrig.; +4 more Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Descartes
1667 Leti, Gregorio All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Leti
1668 Bacon, Francis (Baco, Franciscus) De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum libri IX. Donec corrig. Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Baco
1676 Montaigne, Michel de Essays Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Montaigne
1679, 1690 Spinoza, Baruch Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1677); Posthumous works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Spinoza
1684 Eriugena, Johannes Scotus (Erigena, Ioannes Scotus) De divisione naturae libri quinque diu desiderati Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Erigena
1689, 1707, 1712 Malebranche, Nicolas Traité de la nature et de la grace (1680); Traité de morale (1684); +4 more Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Malebranche
1694, 1758 Milton, John Literae pseudo-senatus anglicani, Cromwellii reliquorumque perduellium nomine ac iussu conscriptae (1676); Paradise Lost (1667) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Milton
1703 La Fontaine, Jean de The Original Fables of La Fontaine Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Fontaine
1717 Maimonides 'Tractate on Idolatry from the Mishneh Torah with notes by Dionysius Vossius' Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Maimonides
1729 Addison, Joseph Remarks on Several Parts of Italy (1705; revised 1718) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Addison
1734, 1737 Locke, John An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689); The Reasonableness of Christianity, as Delivered in the Scriptures (1695) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Locke
1738 Swedenborg, Emanuel Principia (1734) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Swedenborg
1742 Berkeley, George Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Berkeley
1743 Defoe, Daniel The Political History of the Devil (1726) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Defoe
1744 Richardson, Samuel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Richardson
1751, 1762 Montesquieu Lettres Persanes (1721); De l'esprit des lois (1748) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Montesquieu
1752, 1753, 1757, 1761, 1762, 1765, 1766, 1768, 1769, 1771, 1773, 1776, 1779 Voltaire Candide (1759); Traité sur la tolérance (1763); Lettres philosophiques (1733; revised 1778); +38 more Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Voltaire
1758, 1804 Diderot, Denis Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751–72); Jacques le fataliste et son maître (pub. 1796) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Diderot
1758 d'Alembert, Jean le Rond Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751–72) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Alembert
1759, 1774 Helvétius, Claude Adrien De l'Esprit (1758); De l'homme, de ses facultés intellectuelles et de son éducation Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Helvetius
1761 Hume, David All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Hume
1762, 1766, 1806, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Émile, ou de l'éducation (1762); Du contrat social (1762); Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse (1761) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Rousseau
1764 Kollár, Adam František (Kollarius, Adamus Franciscus) De originibus et usu perpetuo potestatis legislatoriae circa sacra apostolicorum regum Ungariae (1764) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Kollarius
1766 Beccaria, Cesare Dei Delitti e delle pene (1764) De Bujanda, Jesús Martínez; Richter, Marcella (2002). Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966. Médiaspaul. p. 116. ISBN 9782894205228. 
1783 Gibbon, Edward Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–1788) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Gibbon
1815, 1840, 1859, 1863, 1866, 1896 Michelet, Jules 6 titles Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Michelet
1817 Darwin, Erasmus Zoonomia; or The Laws of Organic Life (1794) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Darwin
1819 Sterne, Laurence A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Sterne
1827 Condorcet, Nicholas de Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (1794) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Condorcet
1827 Kant, Immanuel Critique of Pure Reason (1781; revised 1787) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Kant
1828 Stendhal All love stories Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Stendhal
1834, 1837, 1838, 1841, 1843, 1846, Lamennais, Hugues Felicité Robert de 7 works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Lamennais
1834 Casanova, Giacomo Mémoires Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Casanova
1835 Bentham, Jeremy Deontology, or The science of morality (1834); +3 more Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Bentham
1836 Heine, Heinrich Reisebilder; De l'Allemagne; De la France Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Heine
1840 Sand, George All love stories Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Sand
1841 Balzac, Honoré de All love stories Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Balzac
1849 Gioberti, Vincenzo All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Gioberti
1852 Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Proudhon
1856 Mill, John Stuart Principles of Political Economy (1848) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Mill, John Stuart
1859, 1860, 1863, 1866, 1869, 1877, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1891, 1892, Renan, Ernest 19 titles Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Renan
1863, 1880 Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870) All love stories; La question du divorce Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Dumas
1863 Dumas, Alexandre (1824-1895) All love stories Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Dumas
1864 Comte, Auguste Cours de philosophie positive Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Comte
1864 Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary (1856); Salammbô (1862) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Flaubert
1873 Larousse, Pierre (no work on English Wikisource) Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (1866–76) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Larousse
1876 Draper, John William History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1874) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Draper
1894 Zola, Émile All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Zola
1911, 1928, 1935, 1939 D'Annunzio, Gabriele All plays; All love stories; +3 more Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for D'Annunzio
1913 Various contributors Annales de philosophie chrétienne De Bujanda, Jesús Martínez; Richter, Marcella (2002). Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966. Médiaspaul. p. 73. ISBN 9782894205228. 
1914 Bergson, Henri Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience; Matière et mémoire; essai sur la relation du corps à l'esprit; L'évolution créatrice Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Bergson
1914 Maeterlinck, Maurice All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Materlinck
1922 France, Anatole All works Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for France
1931 van de Velde, Theodoor Hendrik Het volkomen huwelijk (1926) Beacon for Freedom of Expression search for Van de Velde
1948 Sartre, Jean-Paul (no work on English Wikisource) All works De Bujanda, Jesús Martínez; Richter, Marcella (2002). Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966. Médiaspaul. p. 808. ISBN 9782894205228. 
1952 Gide, André All works De Bujanda, Jesús Martínez; Richter, Marcella (2002). Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966. Médiaspaul. p. 384. ISBN 9782894205228. 
1952 Moravia, Alberto (no work on English Wikisource) All works De Bujanda, Jesús Martínez; Richter, Marcella (2002). Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966. Médiaspaul. p. 634. ISBN 9782894205228. 
1953 Kazantzakis, Nikos (no work on English Wikisource) The Last Temptation of Christ (1955, not public domain yet) De Bujanda, Jesús Martínez; Richter, Marcella (2002). Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966. Médiaspaul. p. 481. ISBN 9782894205228. 
1956 de Beauvoir, Simone (no work on English Wikisource) The Second Sex (1949, not public domain yet); The Mandarins (1954, not public domain yet) De Bujanda, Jesús Martínez; Richter, Marcella (2002). Index des livres interdits: Index librorum prohibitorum 1600-1966. Médiaspaul. p. 116. ISBN 9782894205228.