Hontheim’s work was condemned and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (“List of Forbidden Books”) in 1764. The French Revolution and lack of support from the majority of the German bishops led to the collapse of Febronianism by the end of the 18th century....
of St.Francis de Sales, whom he made bishop of Geneva in 1602, and was responsible for printing a corrected edition of theVulgate(the standard version of the Latin Bible) and other key liturgical books. He also expanded theIndex of Forbidden Booksand intensified the activity and scope of ...