http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Imprimi_potestImprimi potest - Revision history2026-05-10T17:09:45ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Imprimi_potest&diff=1828347&oldid=previmported>Grutness at 15:26, 19 April 20252025-04-19T15:26:57Z<p></p>
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[[File:Gallagher-1953-imprimatur.jpg|thumb|An '''{{lang|la|imprimi potest}}''', a {{lang|la|[[nihil obstat]]}} and an {{lang|la|[[imprimatur]]}} (by [[Richard Cushing]]) on a book published by [[Random House]] in 1953. The book in question is the English translation by [[Louis J. Gallagher]], [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]] of {{lang|la|[[De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas]]}} by [[Matteo Ricci]], S.J. and [[Nicolas Trigault]], S.J.]]<br />
'''{{Lang|la|Imprimi potest}}''' or '''{{Lang|la|imprimi permittitur}}''' ([[Latin]] for 'it can be printed') is a declaration by a [[major superior]] of a [[religious institute]] of the [[Catholic Church]] that writings on questions of religion or morals by a member of the institute may be printed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P2P.HTM |title=Code of Canon Law, canon 832 |publisher=Intratext.com |date=2007-05-04 |access-date=2013-01-22 |archive-date=2019-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227172038/http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P2P.HTM |url-status=live }}</ref> Superiors make such declarations only after censors charged with examining the writings have granted the {{lang|la|[[nihil obstat]]}}, a declaration of no objection. Final approval can then be given through the {{lang|la|[[imprimatur]]}} ('let it be printed') of the author's bishop or of the bishop of the place of publication.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P2P.HTM |title=Code of Canon Law, canon 824 |publisher=Intratext.com |date=2007-05-04 |access-date=2013-01-22 |archive-date=2019-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227172038/http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P2P.HTM |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{lang|la|[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P2P.HTM Code of Canon Law, The Means of Social Communication and Books in Particular (canons 822-832)]<br />
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