Why did the Roman Catholic Church begin to keep an Index of prohibited books from the mid 16th century ?
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Why were children prevented from reading novels ? Explain three valid reasons.
CBSE Class X Social Science SA ( 3 marks)
Answers
(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.
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Children were prevented from reading novels because:
(i) Children would get carried away from their real surroundings into an imaginary world.
(ii) It was feared that children would stay away from normal, disciplined life and would become rebels.
(iii)The novels would have immoral influences on children and they would become corrupt.
Answer:
Explanation:
The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century because its authority was being put in danger by the several individual and distinctive readings and questionings of faith prompted by the easily accessible popular religious literature