INDEX LIBRORVM PROHIBITORVM -- 1948

Index of Forbidden Books Introduction Opus Dei controls the information that members of the organization have
access to. For example, members must ask permission of their spiritual
directors before reading any book, even if it is required reading for a
university course. The director checks the title against a list which is
usually kept under lock and key in the Director's office. This list is based on one that was used by the Roman Catholic Church until
1948 (see the 276-page list below). Though the Catholic Church no longer
uses the list, Opus Dei still does and has added even more books to it. Some of the authors on the original list include Victor Hugo, Immanuel
Kant, Honoré de Balzac, John Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire and Emile Zola. ODAN has heard many stories from former members about the Index of
Forbidden Books, including the addition of new authors to this list; for
example: . In "Fact, Fiction And Opus Dei," by Paul Moses, Newsday, August 26,
2003, Fr. Alvaro de Silva said "that despite his advanced degree in
theology, he had to ask permission to read leading Catholic scholars
whose works were on Opus Dei's list of forbidden books...he was
forbidden to read the work of the Rev. Raymond Brown, who served on a
papal commission and was widely considered the leading Catholic Bible
scholar in the United States until his death in 1998." . In "The Vocation Trap" on the ODAN website, former numerary Joseph
Gonzales says, "During my stint as a numerary, I witnessed the
numeraries, including the directors, intermittently burning books in
the garden at the back of the center. Usually, Protestant Bibles and
books on the theory of evolution." . In "Princeton Catholics divided," by Deborah Kovach, The Trenton
Times, October 22, 1989, history professor Michael Jimenez, a Catholic
who has opposed Opus Dei because of its ideology and tactics, is among
those who contend that McCloskey [Opus Dei priest] told students not
to take courses with certain professors because they were "dangerous,"
and told professors he would advise students not to read philosophers
such as Nietzsche and Hume because they were also "dangerous" to young
minds.
. In "Catholic Sects: Opus Dei", Alberto Moncada says, "Members are
practically forbidden to read anything but specialized professional
literature without the superiors' permission, and even professional
matters are ideologically tinted. Recently a numerary who had to read
the Communist Manifesto because of his studies, was provided with an
expurgated version. The organization's Index of Forbidden Books is
longer than the Church's abolished version." INDEX LIBRORVM PROHIBITORVM -- 1948
Autor Titulo Ano Vide Historia de vita Henrici IIII imp et Hiltebrandi pont max cognomento
Gregorii VII 0 Helmoldus. Chronica Slavorum Arringa filosofica 0 Ordine (Tutto è) Système social ou principes naturels de la morale et de la politique avec
un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. 18 aug. 1775 0
D'Holbach, Paul Thyry Theologia mystica a pio quodam ordinis dominorum teutonicorum sacerdote,
ducentis circiter abhinc annis germanice conscripta et a Ioanne Theophilo
in latinum translata 0 Theologia germanica Manuel biblique ou Cours d'Écriture Sainte à l'usage des Séminaires [et]
"Ancien Testament", quatorzième édition revue par A. Brassac, etc., avec la
collaboration de J. Ducher. Tome premier, etc., Paris 191 0
Système 0 Sistème Catechismus 0 Katechismus Manuel biblique ou Cours d'Écriture Sainte à l'usage des Séminaires [et]
Tome deuxième, etc., Paris 192 0
Paraleipomena rerum memorabilium a Friderico II usque ad Carolum V 0
Conradus a Liechtenaw. Chronicon Manuel biblique ou Cours d'Écriture Sainte à l'usage des Séminaires [et]
Tome troisième: "Nouveau Testament", par A. Brassac, etc., treizième
édition, etc., Paris 1910. Tome quatrième: "Nouveau Testament", par A.
Brassac, etc., treizième édition, Paris 191 0
Manuel biblique ou Cours d'Écriture Sainte à l'usage des Séminaires [et]
Tome troisième: "Nouveau Testament", par A. Brassac, etc., douzième édition
totalement refondue, Paris 1907. Tome quatrième: "Nouveau Testament", par
A. Brassac, etc., douzième édition, Paris 190 0
Manuel biblique ou Cours d'Écriture Sainte à l'usage des Séminaires 0
Vigouroux, Bacuez et Brassac Corriere (Il) europeo 0 Spione (Lo) italiano Ricerche religiose 0 Buonaiuti, Ernesto Défense 0 Déffense Divorzio (Il) celeste 0 Pallavicino, Ferrante Instruzione 0 Istruzione Uomo (L'), trattato fisico-morale 0 Gorini, Giuseppe Corio État 0 Estat Traduzione dal francese dell'Analisi e confutazione succinta della bolla
del s.p. Pio VI 0 Analisi e confutazione Scelta 0 Scielta Institution et instruction chrétienne; imprimé en italien à Naples en 1776
0 Educazione ed istruzione, cristiana, ossia catechismo universale Lettre escrite à monsieur de *** sur l'excommunication du procureur
général du roy à Malines 0 Copie d'une lettre escrite Istruzione 0 Istruttione Homme (L') aux quarante écus. 29 nov 1771 0 Voltaire Reponse 0 Response Manuel biblique ou Cours d'Écriture Sainte à l'usage des Séminaires [et]
Tome quatrième, Paris 191 0
Lettre écrite à monseigneur l'archevêque de Rouen 0 Copie d'une lettre
écrite Manuel biblique ou Cours d'Écriture Sainte à l'usage des Séminaires [et]
"Nouveau Testament", par A. Brassac, quatorzième édition entièrement revue.
Tome troisième, Paris 191 0
Storia 0 Istoria Salmista (il) secondo la Bibbia, il quale fece il propheta David, con le
vertu dei detti salmi appropriate alla salute di l'anima e dil corpo et per
lo accrescimento dilla sostanza di questo mondo. 1580
Acta legationis ducis Niverniae ad Clementem VIII pontificem romanum, ubi
de regis christianissimi et Galliae negotiis agitur. 1600
Sylva sermonum iucundissimorum, in qua novae historiae et exempla varia
facetiis undique referta, continentur. 1601
Responsorum iuris illustrium et celeberrimorum iuris consultorum et
diversarum academiarum hoc tempore florentium, sive, ut recentiores vocant,
consiliorum in Hispania, tomus primus. 1602
Epitome historiae gallicae, hoc est regum et rerum Galliae usque ad annum
MDCIII brevis notatio. 1605
Anglica, normannica, hibernica, cambrica a veteribus scripta; ex quibus
Asser menevensis anonymus de vita Gulielmi conquestoris, Thomas Walsingham,
Thomas de la More, Gulielmus Gemiticensis, Giraldus Cambrensis, plerique
nunc primum in lucem editi ex bibliotheca Guilielmi Camdeni. Donec corrig.
1605
Antechrist (L') romain opposé à l'antechrist juif du card. Bellarmin, du
sieur Remond et autres. 1606
Guntherus, Ligurinus seu opus de rebus gestis imp. Caesaris Friderici I
aug. lib. X absolutum. Richardi Bartholini perusini Austriados lib. XII;
cum scholiis Iacobi Spiegellii. 1606
Apologie ou défense pour les chrestiens de France, qui sont de la religion
évangélique ou réformée: satisfaisant à ceux qui ne veulent vivre en paix
et concorde avec eux. 1607
Relation of the proceedings against Henry Garnet, a jesuite, and his
confederates, the traitors in the gunpowder plot. 1608
Antithèse des faicts de Jésus-Christ et du pape: mise en vers françois. Le
tout augmenté et reveu de nouveau imprimé à Rome [Genevae] l'an du grand
jubilé MDC. 1608
Aphorismi doctrinae iesuitarum et aliorum aliquot pontificiorum doctorum,
quibus verus christianismus corrumpitur, pax publica turbatur et vincula
societatis humanae dissolvuntur, sumpti ex pontificum, iesuitarum et
aliorum pontificiorum scriptis, dictis et ex actis publicis. 1608
Thesaurus iuris executivi ecclesiastici, criminalis et civilis. [Propter
librum insertum, cui titulus: "Tractatus Rutgeri Rulandt de invocatione
utriusque brachii causae praesenti venetae accomodatus"]. 1608
Tables (Trois) espagnol-françoises: la 1 de l'ancienne doctrine de Dieu et
de la nouvelle des hommes; la 2. de la cène et de la messe; la 3. de
l'antechrist et de ses marques. 1609
Blackwell (Mr George), (made by Pope Clement VIII archpriest of England),
his answers upon sundry his examinations, together with a large examination
taken at Lambeth of mr. George Blackwell, together with the cardinal's
letter and mr. Blackwell's answer unto it. 1610
Theologia germanica; libellus aureus quomodo sit exuendus vetus homo,
induendusque novus, ex germanico translatus studio Ioannis Theophili [i.e.
Sebastiani Castellionis]. 1612
Droit (Du) des magistrats sur leurs subiets; Traitté très-nécessaire en ce
temps, pour advertir de leur devoir tant les magistrats que les subiets,
publié par ceux de Magdebourg l'an MDL et maintenant reveu et augmenté de
plusieurs raisons et exemples. 1613
Speculi aulicarum atque politicarum observationum libelli octo. 1616
Deus et rex, sive dialogus, quo demonstratur serenissimum Iacobum regem in
regnis suis iustissime sibi vindicare quidquid in iuramento fidelitatis
requiritur. 1617
Epistola (Theologorum quorumdam in electoratu Saxoniae) invitatoria ad
universos theologos et ecclesiarum evangelicarum ministros de iubilaeo
lutherano circa finem octobris et initium novembris solemniter celebrando.
1617
Informatione reale delle false apparitioni e miracoli della madonna di
Trano, di S. Carlo Borromeo e del b. Alviggi. 1617
Instruttione à prencipi della maniera con la quale si governano li padri
giesuiti fatta da persona religiosa e totalmente spassionata. 1618
Epimetron sive auctarium thesauri aphorismorum politicorum, hoc est,
quaestionum politicarum, seu de administrandae reipublicae ratione, libri
tres. 1618
Iudicium synodi nationalis reformatarum ecclesiarum belgicarum habitae
Dordrechti anno 1618 et 16191 de quinque doctrinae capitibus in ecclesiis
belgicis controversis, promulgatum VI may.... 1619
Repetitione delli principali capi della dottrina christiana cavati dal