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Placement on the Index

Name: Placement on the Index
Start: 1899-02-24
Location: Roman Curia

When: 24 February 1899
Where: Roman Curia
Part of: Works of Herman Schell placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum

The Roman Curia placed Schell's works Der Katholicismus als Princip des Fortschritts and Die neue Zeit und der alte Glaube on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum on 24 February 1899.

Schell's monographies, published in 1897 and 1898, had given him an international reputation. The Roman Curia indexed these specific titles on 24 February 1899, as part of the Index's function to forbid Catholics to print or read texts deemed heretical or contrary to morality, subject to the local bishop.

Sources

Herman Schell Wikipedia, revision of 2024-05-10
Index Librorum Prohibitorum Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19

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