Despite the repeated publication of the Indexes and a large bureaucracy of censors, the activities of the Inquisition did not impede the development of Spanish literature's "Siglo de Oro", although almost all of its major authors crossed paths with the Holy Office at one point or another.
Usprkos ponovljenim izdavanjima indeksa i velikoj birokraciji cenzora, aktivnosti inkvizicije nisu sprječavale cvjetanje španjolske literature “Siglo de Oro”, iako je većina autora tog perioda u jednom trenutku prešla preko puta svetom uredu.