06314

Title

Subject

Description

The first papal decree to list forbidden writings was the Decretum Gelasianum, attributed to Pope Gelasius (d. 496). While this list canonized the works of St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and other "orthodox fathers," it also enumerated which Christian writings were to be rejected as apocryphal and which were to be condemned as heretical. This papal decree served as the point of departure for all subsequent Christian censorship.

Creator

Gratian, active 12th century, Joanes, Teutonicus, –1245?, Bartolomeo da Brescia, 1258, and Eggestein, Heinrich, b. ca. 1415, printer.

Source

06314. Gratian (fl. 12th century). Decretum. [Strasbourg]: Heinrich Eggestein, 1472.

Relation

Ecclesiastical

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Papal decree

Collection

"Heresy and Error": The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400–1800

Citation

Gratian, active 12th century, Joanes, Teutonicus, –1245?, Bartolomeo da Brescia, 1258, and Eggestein, Heinrich, b. ca. 1415, printer., “06314,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 17, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1946.