Reaction of the church

REASON BEHIND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TO MAINTAIN AN INDEX OF PROHIBITED BOOKS FROM 1558

1)print and populAr religious literature stimulated many distinctive individual interpretation of faith even among little educated working people.
2)in the 16th centurymanocchyi,a miller in italy,reinterprated the messages of bible that angered the roman catholic church.
3)tThe Roman church was troubled by such effects of popular reading and questioning of faith.
4)Hence,it imposed several contols over publishers and booksellers and began to maintain an index of prohibited books from 1558.

ERASMUS'S IDEA OF PRINTED BOOKS

1)Erasmus was a Latin scholar and a catholic reformer.
2)He critisized the excesses of catholicism.
3)He expressed deep concern about increasing influence of printing in 'ADAGES ' (1508).
4)He critisized the printing scandal ,irreligious,seditious books in large numbers .