Catholic Counter-Reformation print strategies and censorship (1545–1600)

1. Roman Inquisition established to police heresy

   Jul 21, 1542Labels: Roman Inquisition, Pope Paul

   • DDF History
   • Inquisition Romaine

2. Trent affirms Vulgate and mandates print approval

   Apr 8, 1546Labels: Council of, Vulgate

   • St Andrews
   • Sixtine Vulgate

3. Paul IV issues first major Roman Index

   Jan 1, 1559Labels: Pope Paul, Index of

   • Cornell RMC
   • Catholic Answers

4. Tridentine Index promulgated with censorship rules

   Mar 24, 1564Labels: Tridentine Index, Pope Pius

   • Index History
   • Catholic Answers

5. Roman Catechism published for parish clergy

   Jan 1, 1566Labels: Roman Catechism, Council of

   • Roman Catechism
   • Quo Primum

6. Pius V standardizes the Roman Breviary

   Jul 9, 1568Labels: Pius V, Roman Breviary

   • Cath Encyc
   • Quo Primum

7. Pius V promulgates the Roman Missal (Tridentine Mass)

   Jul 14, 1570Labels: Pius V, Roman Missal

   • Quo Primum
   • Quo Primum

8. Congregation of the Index created to manage censorship

   Mar 1, 1571Labels: Congregation of, Pius V

   • Britannica
   • Catholic Answers

9. Sixtus V’s Curia reforms formalize censorship administration

   Jan 22, 1588Labels: Sixtus V, Roman Curia

   • Immensa
   • Catholic Answers

10. Official Sixtine Vulgate printed, then rapidly contested

    May 1, 1590Labels: Sixtine Vulgate, Sixtus V

    • Sixtine Vulgate
    • Vulgate

11. Clement VIII promulgates the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate

    Nov 9, 1592Labels: Sixto Clementine, Clement VIII

    • Clementine
    • Vulgate

12. Clement VIII issues interpretations tightening pre-publication control

    Jan 1, 1596Labels: Clement VIII, Index interpretations

    • Gutenberg
    • Index FR