> 錬金術師らの間でも 神への冒涜 **と** 暗黙のうちに禁じられていると聞きますし

The first part is easy. Even among alchemists, blasphemy to God... と is
tacitly forbidden, I hear.

What I am thinking is that it might be a quotation. As in 「神への冒涜」と is being
forbidden. と in this case would specify what is tacitly forbidden.

Is it just that or does it have another meaning that I am missing.

暗黙 means tacit and the のうちに makes it tacitly. But usually (の)うちに means while;
during; as when coupled with a noun. So is 暗黙のうちに just a common expression or
is there more to うちに that meets the eye.
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grammar particle-と
What does と do in this sentence? Is it just quoting?
> 「錬金術師{れんきんじゅつし}らの間{あいだ}でも 神{かみ}への冒涜{ぼうとく} **と** (#1) 暗黙{あんもく}のうちに禁{きん}じられている
> **と** (#2)聞{き}きますし」

The first 「と」 is **_not_** quotative. The second 「と」 is.

In the phrase 「冒涜と禁じられている」, the 「と」means 「として」 (" ** _as_** "). It describes
in what specific way the action/state of 「禁じられている」 is performed (and
maintained). In this context, that specific way is " ** _as a blasphemy_** ".

「禁じる」 is just **not** an action that can take the quotative 「と」. The ones that
can are 「言う」、「聞く」、「呼ぶ」、「思う」、「考える」、「感じる」, etc.

Perhaps the most common phrase that uses this type of non-quotative 「と」 would
be 「~~ を師{し} **と** 仰{あお}ぐ」, which means " ** _to look up to ~~ as one's
preceptor_** ".

Finally, regarding 「~~ のうちに」, @Chocolate has posted good links above, so I
will not discuss it here.
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