You should always make priests/pastors take it back to the catechism. That's awesome *grin*. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:11 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Catholic banned books and movies lists
Interesting stuff, E. smile. The Catholic church's "Index of Forbidden Books" (or in Latin, "Index Librorum Prohibitorum") was very political from what I've read, especially in regards to banning works that emphasized Protestant ideals, for example. The Index was abolished in 1967. Currently, Catholics are supposed to (paraphrasing here) "voluntarily avoid books that would weaken their own faith or moral integrity, but that is a decision they make according to conscience, not at the orders of the church."I've heard many times, too, (including from priests I know) about an "official" list of banned movies, but when I've looked for such a creature I haven't ever found anything that came from the Vatican through the Office of the Congregation for the Faith that prohibits Catholics from viewing any specific movies. As I'm a Catholic who drives many priests crazy by asking "can you point me to the official Church documents that back up what you're saying," (grin) I'd love to find out if an official movie banning list ever really existed. I'm suspecting that lists of banned movies really originated from unofficial groups like the Catholic League. smile.Judy s. E. wrote:The Catholic church has had a banned books list for centuries. They certainly had a banned movie list when I was growing up. I remember the priest giving sermons on not going to specific movies.All the James Bond movies of course were included. So was The Sandpipers starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.I am sure there were others.I have no idea if the lists of movies and books forbidden to Catholics still exist.To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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