Charles V.commissioned the University of Louvain in 1539 to furnish a similar catalogue, proclaiming at the same time the penalty of death for all who read or owned the works of Luther in his realms.[113] The University printed their catalogue with Papal approval in 1549.
[Footnote 111: Llorente, vol.i.p.

281.] [Footnote 112: Christie's _Etienne Dolet_, pp.

220-24.] [Footnote 113: Llorente, vol.i.p.

463.] These lists of the Sorbonne and Louvain formed the nucleus of the Apostolic Index, which, after the close of the Council of Trent, became binding upon Catholics.

When the Inquisition had been established in Rome, Caraffa, who was then at its head, obtained the sanction of Paul III.