Question

Why did roman catholic church began keeping an index of prohibited books from mid 16th centuary

Answer 1

(i) Printed religious literature stimulated a variety of

interpretations of faith, even among the little educated working class in the

early 16th century.

(ii) Manocchio, an Italian miller, reinterpreted the Bible

in a way that enraged the Roman Catholic Church.

(iii) Such instances worried the Church about people reading

the various interpretations of the religion and questioning the Church.

(iv) Hence, it imposed severe controls over publishers and

booksellers and began maintaining an index of prohibited books.