Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Censors Reports" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1947/July/21 

Series:  88  Miscellaneous Correspondence Concerning Censorship

Type:  TLS - Typed signed letter.

To/From:  by Fearns, John 

# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "For the writings of a cleric, there are two provisions in canon law. The first is, that to do any"

Contents:  Fr. John M. Fearns was Censor Librorum for the Archdiocese of New York and responds to a letter of Merton's (letter not extant), in which Merton seems to be asking about the censorship process for publication in secular magazines. Merton seems to have forwarded a letter of Clifton Fadiman (see related letter of Fadiman, 1947/July/10).

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Censors Reports:" Series 88:    1947/July/21