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The Index of Forbidden Books was created by the Catholic Church, specifically by the Congregation of the Index under the authority of the Pope. It was a list of publications deemed to be heretical, immoral, or otherwise unfit for Catholics to read. The Index was discontinued and eventually abolished in the 20th century.

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