Thalia

A lost theological tract associated with Arius and the early Christian controversy over the Trinity.

Thalia is organized less as a story than as an argument. As a theological tract, it tries to persuade readers through selection, emphasis, and direct claims about theology, heresy, and doctrinal conflict.

Its significance lies in the way it compresses large claims into memorable formulas and positions. Even readers who reject the work usually have to reckon with how sharply it frames questions about theology, heresy, and doctrinal conflict.

Thalia entered censorship debates as a theological tract associated with theology, heresy, and doctrinal conflict. In the current dossier, the main state objections cluster around heresy and doctrinal control.

The earliest event currently captured here is 333 CE in Roman Empire, where Emperor Constantine and imperial authorities ordered burned. Arius's writings were condemned as destabilizing and contradictory to imperial orthodoxy. This is one of the oldest entries in the dataset and a reminder that book burning has a very long state history.

This entry is still incomplete: more jurisdictions, court orders, and translated justifications should be added over time.

This page is intentionally incomplete. The ban history is a starter dataset, not a final census of every jurisdiction or decree.

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• 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova

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• Banned Books: 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. Anne Lyon Haight

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• Wikipedia: List of books banned by governments reference partial
• Wikipedia REST summary API database partial
• Edict Against Arius (333 CE translation) official partial
• Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds book partial
• 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature book partial
• Christopher Hitchens: Assassins of the Mind article partial
• From Fatwa to Jihad book not started
• Banned Books: 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. book partial