#NicolausCopernicus published his mathematical proofs for #heliocentrism in 1543. In the wake of #GalileoGalilei's trial for having to proven #Copernicus right, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1616 the book was placed on the #Vatican's #IndexOfForbiddenBooks, banning it for #Catholics.

DYK less than 100 years after #JohannesGutenberg’s press (1440), the #Vatican put out its #IndexofForbiddenBooks? It called for severe punishment for reading any of the “immoral, lascivious, or obscene” titles it listed until 1966. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #doctrine #HistSex

Followers of Paul at Ephesus burned books according to Acts, 19:19, from the 4thC. Popes began listing condemned books in 496, which they burned when they could. The #Vatican published its #IndexOfForbiddenBooks from 1559–1966.
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DYK the #Vatican immediately put #Gulliver’sTravels (1726), along w/all of #JoanthanSwift's work, onto its #IndexofForbiddenBooks? It called for severe punishment of anyone who read any of the “immoral, lascivious, or obscene” titles it listed until 1966. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

Less than 100 years after Gutenberg (1440), the #Vatican put out its #IndexofForbiddenBooks, calling for severe punishment for reading any of the “immoral, lascivious, or obscene” titles it listed until 1966. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #censorship #HistSex

Less than 100 years after #JohannesGutenberg’s press in 1440, the #Catholic church put out its #IndexofForbiddenBooks. It called for severe punishment of anyone who read any of the “immoral, lascivious, or obscene” titles it listed—until 1966. #PornStudies