De republica ecclesiastica
prerogatives of the Catholic episcopate as against the encroachments of the papal monarchy. This work was directed not only against the Papal See and Church administration, but also against some of the Church's teachings. Its central message was that the Church should be reorganized on a federalist basis instead of being strictly controlled from the center. The book was acclaimed throughout Europe as an exceptionally important work of theology and it dealt a severe blow to the authority of the Catholic Church. De Dominis died in a Roman prison in 1624. All his works were placed on the Vatican’s Index of banned books and publicly burned. It is our understanding that within these books there is a list of lands
