Dubia Varia
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Country
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IT
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Name of institution (English)
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Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
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Language of name of institution
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ita
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Contact information: postal address
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Piazza del Sant’Uffizio 11, 00193 Rome
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Contact information: phone number
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0039 0669895945
0039 0669895945
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Contact information: email
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archive@cfaith.va
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Reference number
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ACDF, S.O. Dubia Varia
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (English)
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Various questions
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Title (official language of the state)
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Dubia Varia
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Language of title
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lat
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Creator / accumulator
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Congregazione del Sant'Ufficio dell'Inquisizione
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Date(s)
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1570/1939
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Language(s)
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ita
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lat
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Extent
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99 storage units
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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This series is part of the Dubia section, which is part of the Res Doctrinales subfonds of the Archivum Sancti Officii Romani (Archive of the Roman Holy Office). This series aggregates records containing questions of doctrinal or moral nature, besides those concerning the sacraments and the censorship of books. Among these records, there are some questions concerning the Jewish communities in the Papal State and their relations with the Christian majority.
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Archival history
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The Dubia series is part of the Res Doctrinalia section, whose creation started in the second half of the 18th century. Initially, the series was mainly of procedural and judicial nature. However, it was later dismembered and reassembled according to more doctrinal than procedural criteria. Its documents are related to some records that are currently part of volumes of the Stanza Storica section.
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(source: SIUSA Archivi Inquisitoriali Italia)
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The history of the Roman Inquisition and its archive begins with the appointment of a commission of cardinals by Paul III (papacy: 1534-1549) with the bull "Licet ab initio", which took place on July 21, 1542. This congregation was intended to defend the Church from heresies, maintain the integrity of the faith, and identify and condemn errors and false teachings. In 1559, on the death of Paul IV (papacy: 1555-1559), the Roman people sacked and burnt the first seat of the Inquisition, located in via di Ripetta, thus causing the loss of much of the original documentation. In 1566, Pius V (papacy: 1566-1572) set up the seat of the congregation and its archive in the current palace. Initially, the archiving of the documentation was determined by the procedural activity carried out by the congregation. In the second half of the 18th century, a reorganisation by subject began, separating the criminal issues from the doctrinal ones and creating the series that still make it up today. During the 19th century, the Archivio della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede was subject to various movements and suffered considerable dispersions. With the union of Rome to the French Empire in 1809, it was transported to Paris by order of Napoleon. For the return of the archives to Rome in 1816, the Apostolic Delegate received the mandate to destroy the parts of the documentation not strictly essential to administrative activity. The criminal series was almost entirely burnt and only a few important trials were saved. During the Roman Republic of 1849, the complex of documents underwent further transfers and losses and, only in 1868, the part of the documentation necessary for the current administration was relocated to the palace of the Holy Office, while the oldest closed series remained kept in the Apostolic Palace until 1901. Then, this archival material was recovered and rearranged, forming the so-called Stanza Storica. This has remained the main structure of this archive until today. The Archivio della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede was open for consultation by scholars in 1998.
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(source: Archivio della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede official Website)
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Finding aids
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Dubia Varia - Index: 1. Dubia Varia 1570-1824; 2. Dubia Varia 1570-1934.
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Dubia circa Baptismum - Index: 1. De Baptismate 1618-1830 e 2. Dubbi di Battesimo 1831-1938.
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General Inventory Shades 6 Ecclesia (Software for Historical Archives Descripcion – Ecclesia) — only available in the study room.
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Author of the description
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Andrea Cicerchia, 2021
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Bibliography
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Arnold, Claus. 2004. “The Archive of the Roman Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (ACDF): An Initial Overview of Its Holdings and Scholarship to Date.” In The Roman Inquisition, the Index and the Jews. Contexts, Sources and Perspectives, edited by Stephan Wendehorst, Brill, 9:155–68. Studies in European Judaism. Leiden-Boston.
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Coneys Wainwright, Matthew, and Emily Michelson, eds. 2021. A Companion to Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome. Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition, volume 95. Leiden ; Boston: Brill.
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Wendehorst, Stephan, ed. 2004. The Roman Inquisition, the Index and the Jews. Context, Sources and Perspectives. 1°. Studies in European Judaism 9. Leiden-Boston: Brill.
