Vatican/HP To Put Library Online

darkuncle writes "I first read it in the LA Times print edition this morning, but the story is also available on several websites via news.google.com. Apparently the Vatican has enlisted Hewlett-Packard in an effort to put the contents of the Vatican Library online, including many rare Bible texts and previously unavailable manuscripts, including handwritten notes by the likes of Martin Luther and Michelangelo."

Comments

Re:Open Source, Omitted Works and Theological Uphe

[Angst Badger]

So what I'm getting at is whether the Vatican plans on opening up all works for perusal or do they plan on omitting certain works based, possibly, on how well the information fits in with the desired line of thinking.

All the articles I saw seemed to suggest that only a selection of the 2m+ items in the library will be put online. I wouldn't hold my breath on getting to see anything listed on the index of forbidden works. The Catholic Church didn't spend the better part of two millennia dragging all social, scientific, and political progress to a standstill just so they could indict themselves for unparalleled crimes against humanity on their own website.

It's not that the Church has any problem with admitting that they were wrong, it's that they still think they were right.

Re:Ah, the Religious Double Standard

[DNS-and-BIND]

An anti-Catholic poster, who's also pro-wiccan and pro-Buddhist. Let me guess, you wear Birkenstocks and spend a lot of time down at Starbuck's, right?