STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION THOUGHT EDITED BY HEIKO A. OBERMAN, Tucson, Arizona IN COOPERATION WITH THOMAS A. BRADY, Jr., Berkeley, California ANDREW C. GOW, Edmonton, Alberta SUSAN C. KARANT-NUNN, Tucson, Arizona JURGEN MIETHKE, Heidelberg M. E. H. NICOLETTE MOUT, Leiden ANDREW PETTEGREE, St. Andrews MANFRED SCHULZE, Wuppertal VOLUME LXXX PETER GODMAN THE SAINT AS CENSOR NEG] s % Y ^ > S c A - T S S 2 K "gg" Altar, with the embalmed body and portrait of St. Robert Bellarmine, Chiesa di San Ignazio, Rome. (The halo in the painting is a later addition.) THE SAINT AS CENSOR ROBERT BELLARMINE BETWEEN Z INOUISITION AND INDEX 250 . 90 . BY — PETER GODMAN BRILL LEIDEN : BOSTON: KÓLN 200 0 nm————— This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Godman, Peter. The saint as censor ; Robert Bellarmine between inquisition and index / by Peter Godman. p. em. — (Studies in medieval and Reformation thought, ISSN 0585-6914 ; v. 80) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: pt. 1. The censor and his world— pt. 2. Censura librorum et propositionum Bellarminiana 1-31— pt. 3. Documenta 1-90. ISBN 9004115706 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621. 2. Catholic Church. Congregatio Sancti Officii —History—16th century. — 3. Catholic Church. Congregatio Indicis—History— 16th century. — 4. Catholic Church. Congregatio Sancti Officii —History— 17th century. 5. Catholic Church. Congregatio Indicis —History— 17th century. 6. Inquisition—Sources. — L Tie. Il. Series. BX4700.B25 G63 — 2000 282'.092—4dc21 00-039825 CIP Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Godman, Peter: The saint as censor : Robert Bellarmine between inquisition and index / by Peter Godman. - Leiden ; Boston ; Kóln : Brill, 2000 (Studies in medieval and reformation thought ; Vol. 80) ISBN 90-04-11570-6 eo € * : ?. Mer 1 oW :: ISSN 0585-6914 A * ISBN 90.04 115706 *- 4Q- * ^w x eT © Copyright 2000 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in 2 Ó 0 0 2 49 a retrieval system, or lransmilled in any form or by any means, electronic, ' mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS, in memoriam LreoNARp: BovrE censorum censoris humanissimi Nihil fuit conclusum, quamvis multa fuerint dicta. Registrum. Actorum et. Decretorum. S.C. Indicis ab anno 1607 usque ad annum. 1620 (17 July, 1615 ...Un language codé qui donne un texte inintelligible éveille forcément les soupgons .. . Il est done indispensable que tu choisisses toi — méme le code. Jutes CarpivaL Mazarin, Bréviaire des politiciens Torquere testes pro veritate habenda est contra stilum Sancti Officii. Collectio. Decretorum. Sancti. Officii ab. anno. 1560 usque ad annum. 1635 (an. 1616) INQUIsrTORS Are our methods legal or illegal? Cuorus Legal. INQUISITORS Are we judges of the law, or laymen? Cxorus Amen. INQUISITORS Shall we hang them or forget them? Cuorus Get them! What a perfect day, what a jolly day, What a day for a holiday! When foreigners like this come To criticize and spy, We chant a pax vobiscum, And hang the bastards high! Inguisrrors, CHorus Oh, pray for us, pray for us! Fons pietatis, pray for us! Davidis turris, pray for us! Rex maiestatis, pray for us! PANGLOss Ladies and gentlemen, one final word. God in his wisdom made it possible to invent the rope... aaargh! LEONARD BERNSTEIN, Candide CONTENTS xi Preface — 2. xv Acknowledgments List of Illustrations xvii list of ABDESVIWUODS aasnssorsore speetate sieer eirneente xix Editorial Notes |... nnne eene nnne xxi PARTI TheGnsor and hu World e l l. The Dialectics of Censorship 3 2. The Roles of the Censor .. 49 3. 'The Censor Censored .. 100 4. A King Proscribed |... eee 155 5. The Mind of the Censor |....e..e. ....... 207 PART II. Censura. Librorum et. Propositionum Bellarminiana 1-31 ... 235 PART II Documenta TG! avs censsssscsnssevervavsrsnsravensssnonetannnsnessnenenenn 311 Appendix Congregations for the Index of Prohibited Books LEZ 11621 sscsesiasssnxsiscciesn ncpnectaaonmsnninandnuenesiauencauasnssaacanneenns e 485 Pg ————— 487 Index. Codicum Index Nominum Index Locorum Index Rerum