The Saint As Censor: Robert Bellarmine Between Inquisition and Index (Studies in Medieval & Reformation Thought)

542 Pages·2000·72.16 MB·English, Italian, Latin

by  Peter Godman

STUDIES
IN MEDIEVAL AND
REFORMATION THOUGHT
EDITED BY
HEIKO A. OBERMAN, Tucson, Arizona
IN COOPERATION WITH
THOMAS A. BRADY, Jr., Berkeley, California
ANDREW C. GOW, Edmonton, Alberta
SUSAN C. KARANT-NUNN, Tucson, Arizona
JURGEN MIETHKE, Heidelberg
M. E. H. NICOLETTE MOUT, Leiden
ANDREW PETTEGREE, St. Andrews
MANFRED SCHULZE, Wuppertal
VOLUME LXXX
PETER GODMAN
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Godman, Peter.
The saint as censor ; Robert Bellarmine between inquisition and index / by
Peter Godman.
p. em. — (Studies in medieval and Reformation thought, ISSN
0585-6914 ; v. 80)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: pt. 1. The censor and his world— pt. 2. Censura librorum et
propositionum Bellarminiana 1-31— pt. 3. Documenta 1-90.
ISBN 9004115706 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621. 2. Catholic
Church. Congregatio Sancti Officii —History—16th century. — 3. Catholic
Church. Congregatio Indicis—History— 16th century. — 4. Catholic
Church. Congregatio Sancti Officii —History— 17th century.
5. Catholic Church. Congregatio Indicis —History— 17th century.
6. Inquisition—Sources. — L Tie. Il. Series.
BX4700.B25 G63 — 2000
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The saint as censor : Robert Bellarmine between inquisition and index
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(Studies in medieval and reformation thought ; Vol. 80)
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PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS,
in memoriam
LreoNARp: BovrE
censorum censoris humanissimi

Nihil fuit conclusum, quamvis multa fuerint dicta.
Registrum. Actorum et. Decretorum. S.C. Indicis ab anno
1607 usque ad annum. 1620 (17 July, 1615
...Un language codé qui donne un texte inintelligible éveille
forcément les soupgons .. .
Il est done indispensable que tu choisisses toi — méme le code.
Jutes CarpivaL Mazarin, Bréviaire des politiciens
Torquere testes pro veritate habenda est contra stilum Sancti Officii.
Collectio. Decretorum. Sancti. Officii ab. anno. 1560 usque ad annum. 1635 (an. 1616)
INQUIsrTORS
Are our methods legal or illegal?
Cuorus
Legal.
INQUISITORS
Are we judges of the law, or laymen?
Cxorus
Amen.
INQUISITORS
Shall we hang them or forget them?
Cuorus
Get them!
What a perfect day, what a jolly day,
What a day for a holiday!
When foreigners like this come
To criticize and spy,
We chant a pax vobiscum,
And hang the bastards high!
Inguisrrors, CHorus
Oh, pray for us, pray for us!
Fons pietatis, pray for us!
Davidis turris, pray for us!
Rex maiestatis, pray for us!
PANGLOss
Ladies and gentlemen, one final word. God in
his wisdom made it possible to invent the rope...
aaargh!
LEONARD BERNSTEIN, Candide

CONTENTS
xi
Preface — 2.
xv
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations xvii
list of ABDESVIWUODS aasnssorsore speetate sieer eirneente xix
Editorial Notes |... nnne eene nnne xxi
PARTI TheGnsor and hu World e l
l. The Dialectics of Censorship 3
2. The Roles of the Censor .. 49
3. 'The Censor Censored .. 100
4. A King Proscribed |... eee 155
5. The Mind of the Censor |....e..e. ....... 207
PART II. Censura. Librorum et. Propositionum Bellarminiana 1-31 ... 235
PART II Documenta TG! avs censsssscsnssevervavsrsnsravensssnonetannnsnessnenenenn 311
Appendix Congregations for the Index of Prohibited Books
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Index. Codicum
Index Nominum
Index Locorum
Index Rerum