Canon 1399: By the law itself are forbidden:
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Editions of the original text or of ancient Catholic versions of the Sacred Scriptures (including those of the Oriental Church), published by any non-Catholics whatsoever; likewise translations made or published by non-Catholics
2.Books of any writers defending heresy or schism, or tending in any way to undermine the very foundations of religion
3.Books which avowedly attack religion or good morals
4.Books of any non-Catholics treating professedly of religion, unless it is certain that they contain nothing contrary to the Catholic faith
5.Books of Sacred Scripture, notes and commentaries thereon, and translations which have been published without the permission required by canon 1385 and canon 1391; books and pamphlets which give an account of new apparitions, revelations, visions, prophecies, or miracles, or which introduce new devotions (even if it is claimed that the devotions are private), unless the precepts of the canons regarding their publication have been observed
6.Books which attack or ridicule any of the Catholic dogmas, or which defend errors condemned by the Holy see, or which disparage divine worship, or strive to overthrow ecclesiastical discipline, or which have the avowed aim of defaming the ecclesiastical hierarchy or the clerical or religious states.
7.Books which teach or approve of any kind of superstition, fortune-telling, divination, magic, communication with spirits, and other things of that kind.
8.Books which declare duels, suicide, or divorce as licit; which treat of the Masonic or similar sects, and contend that these are not pernicious, but rather useful to the Church and civil society.
9.Books which professedly discuss, describe or teach impure or obscene topics.
10.Editions of liturgical books approved by the Holy See, which have been unlawfully changed in some particulars so that they no longer agree with the authentic and approved editions.
11.Books which publish indulgences which are apocryphal, or which have been condemned or recalled by the Holy See.
12.Any images, whatsoever or Our Lord, of the Blessed virgin, of the angels, or of the saints or other servants of God, which are not in harmony with the spirit and the Decrees of the Church.
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