*** Vatican archives reveal Bible was once banned book

The Vatican permitted scrutiny of one of the most notorious periods
in Roman Catholic Church history Thursday, opening up the archives of
the department once known as the Inquisition and showing that even
the Bible was once blacklisted. Scholars now will be able to study
cases such as that of the astronomer Galileo, condemned by the
Inquisition for claiming the earth revolved round the sun, and
Giordano Bruno, a monk burnt for heresy in 1600. Vatican officials
say the secret files, dating between 1542 and 1902, will yield few
juicy secrets - the Church officially rehabilitated Galileo in 1992,
for example. See
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