The first pope to compile a list of these objects was Pope Gelasius, though the spurious Decretum Gelasianum may not have been issued by him.
The first pope to compile a list of these objects was Pope Gelasius, though the spurious Decretum Gelasianum may not have been issued by him. In 1571, a "Sacred Congregation" was formed to inspect these objects, which were often said to be "donec corrigatur." The Officiorum ac Munerum decree gave both the cardinal vicar and the Master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace the power to regulate the production of these things. Ten rules for examining these things were laid out in a decree issued in the wake of the Council of Trent by Pope Paul IV. The Latin phrase Nihil obstat, meaning "nothing stands in the way," is added to these objects when it is deemed that they are not harmful to morals. Subsequently, the word imprimatur may be added to them. The Roman Catholic Church once maintained an index of, for 10 points, the "banned" kind of what objects?
The first pope to compile a list of these objects was Pope Gelasius, though the spurious Decretum Gelasianum may not have been issued by him.
books [accept banned / forbidden / allowed  books, accept synonyms for books, such as treatises, writings, etc.]