Approbation -Catholic Church Approval
The Mystical City of God
Approving of the work and promoting its publication. Pope Innocent XI in a letter sent Nov. 9, 1681, to Charles II of Spain, and Pope Alexander VIII in 1690, orally (viva vocisoraculo) expressly declared, that CITY OF GOD may be read by all the faithful.
Pope Clement XI and Benedict XIV, the former in two decrees, of June 5, 1705, and of September 26, 1713, the latter in a decree of March 21, 1729, gave a like decision.
Moreover Pope Benedict XIV and Clement XIV, approving of a decree of the Congregation of Rites of May 8, 1757, and of May 11, 1771, officially declares that the CITY OF GOD was not only originally written but also composed exclusively by the Venerable Servant of God, Mary of Agreda.
As these two documents infallibly establish the authorship of that work, we insert them here verbally, so as to silence the misleading insinuations and cavils found in cyclopaedic and other superficial reviews of the CITY OF GOD. (Note: Please read the complete Approbation found in the book and on audio)
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