 Included in the Indices, at one point, were some of the great works of Spanish literature, but most of the works were religious in nature and plays.A number of religious writers who are today considered saints by the Catholic Church saw their works appear in the Indexes.At first, this might seem counter-intuitive or even nonsensical—how were these Spanish authors published in the first place if their texts were then prohibited by the Inquisition and placed in the Index?