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Why did the Catholic Church try to censor books?

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Answer: to prevent the contamination of the faith or the corruption of morals through the reading of theologically erroneous or immoral books

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Compiled by official censors, the Index was an implementation of one part of the teaching function of the Roman Catholic Church: to prevent the contamination of the faith or the corruption of morals through the reading of theologically erroneous or immoral books

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