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| [[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' ("[[banned books|List of Prohibited Books]]") is a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.]] | [[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' ("[[banned books|List of Prohibited Books]]") is a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.]] | ||
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| - | A '''[[book]]''' is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side, and within protective covers. A single sheet within a book is called a [[leaf]], and each side of a sheet is called a [[page]]. Book may also refer to a [[literary]] work, or a main division of such a work. A lover of books is usually referred to as a [[bibliophile]], a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a [[bookworm]]. | + | A '''[[book]]''' is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank [[sheet]]s, made of [[paper]], parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side, and within protective covers. A single sheet within a book is called a [[leaf]], and each side of a sheet is called a [[page]]. Book may also refer to a [[literary]] work, or a main division of such a work. A lover of books is usually referred to as a [[bibliophile]], a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a [[bookworm]]. |
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A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side, and within protective covers. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a sheet is called a page. Book may also refer to a literary work, or a main division of such a work. A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.
Forbidden books
- List of banned books
- List of authors banned during the Third Reich
- The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France
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