Canons 1385 and 1399 - On the Prohibition of Books
Kurgan must have missed Canons 1385 and 1399. They are the canons that deal with the publishing of books. They describe the topics that cannot be written about, and who must approve them ( bold added): Canon 1385 § 1. Unless ecclesiastical censorship has preceded, there shall not be published, even by laity: 1. ° Books of sacred Scripture or annotations on them or commentaries; 2. ° Books that look to divine Scriptures, sacred theology, ecclesiastical history, canon law, natural theology, and ethics and other religious and moral disciplines of this sort; books and booklets of prayers, devotions, and teaching or religious instruction on morals, ascetics, mysticism and other [topics] of this sort, even though they seem conducive to fostering piety; and generally those writings in which there is something of special import to religion and right living; 3. ° Sacred images no matter how printed, whether they are published with prayers added or without them. § 2. Permission for publishing...