Council of Trent Quotes
it shall not be lawful for any one to print, or cause to be printed, any books whatever, on sacred matters, without the name of the author…
The clerics of the day were exasperated trying to control the new technology of printing. Almost anyone could produce books and many did. Some of these dealt with religion and some were anonymous. The Council required that members of religious orders have their books reviewed prior to publication by their religious superiors, but the thing that frustrated them most was the anonymous tract. They could not attack the character of the personage of the author and in there was slander or heresy, they had no one to attack or punish.
Council of Trent, Roman Catholic Church Conclave, 4th Session, April 8, 1546
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Since all of God’s Truth was in the Bible, any other book was at best unnecessary and at worst blasphemous. The German practice of book burning seems to have started here in Munster. The exact same logic was used by Islamic Caliph Omar I in deciding to burn the great Library of Alexandria. See {627584}
This was the third of her books that were banned in Bangladesh.
The editorial was defending the two published cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad which were offensive to Muslims throughout the world.
In September of 2005 a Danish Newspaper published some political cartoons showing the hypocrisy of some Muslims who use Islam to justify murder of innocents and terrorism. Months later, in January of 2006 many in the Middle East protested vehemently and Muslim riots broke out because the Prophet Muhammad's visage was depicted against Islamic tradition. Many Muslim nations started a boycott against Denmark. Many Muslim leaders claimed that insulting religion was an “abuse” of freedom of speech including those from nations which regularly publish material that is virulent against Christians and Jews.
It not until July 5, 1727 that another imperial decree was issued Ibrahim Muteferrika establishing the first Turkish printing press.
Rushdie was commenting on the Danish Cartoons that had been published the year before depicting the Islamic Prophet Muhammad to the great distress of some fundamentalist Muslims some of whom orchestrated riots in many countries involving much property destruction and some loss of life. See {590918} as an example of the concern.
After torturing 4,500 Indians, Landa obtained sufficient confessions of the sinful contents.
In addition to being a Roman Catholic priest, Father Coughlin was an outspoken radio commentator who was well known for his controversial political opinions, see {598783}, {598784}.
The Vatican Congregation of the Index had banned Greene’s Book, The Power and the Glory. See {598544}.
The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento, in northern Italy), was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation.
