• Nihil obstat (Latin for 'nothing hinders' or 'nothing stands in the way') is a phrase traditionally used by Catholic Church authorities to formally declare...
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  • imprimatur is normally preceded by a favourable declaration (known as a nihil obstat) by a person who has the knowledge, orthodoxy, and prudence necessary...
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  • refer to: Nihil, concept of Nothingness Nihil obstat Nihil novi "Nihil", poem by Jean Passerat in 1588 Nihil, an invisible planet whose inhabitants invade...
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    a candidate for canonisation. On 15 July 2019, the Holy See gave the nihil obstat for the start of the cause of canonisation by giving Bradburne the title...
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  • 13 May 2013, when the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a nihil obstat stating there was nothing preventing the cause from moving forward. He...
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    occasions, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith refused to give its nihil obstat to the pursuit of the beatification process. The canonical process for...
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    Illinois: Tan Books and Publishers, 1995. (Originally published 1878.) Nihil obstat and Imprimatur 1955. Englebert, Omer. The Lives of the Saints. Christopher...
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    blessing of Pope Francis, granted Medjugorje the status of 'Nulla Osta' (Nihil Obstat). This means that they encourage the departure of believers and church...
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    creative throughout his youth, contributing comics and artwork in 1983 to Nihil Obstat, a Richmond, Virginia-based fanzine. Brockie portrayed Oderus Urungus...
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  • only after censors charged with examining the writings have granted the nihil obstat, a declaration of no objection. Final approval can then be given through...
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    it conferred upon her the title Servant of God. The declaration of "nihil obstat" (nothing against) to the cause was granted on 26 January 1999, and a...
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    that these phenomena are of supernatural origin, but indicate by a "nihil obstat" (meaning "no objection") that they find no problematic elements with...
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    conclusion of that phase the Congregation for the Causes of Saints declared "nihil obstat" (nothing against) to the cause on October 21, 1996; this granted him...
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    The Messenger, on West 16th Street, New York City. The text received a nihil obstat from an official censor, Remy Lafort, on November 1, 1908, and an imprimatur...
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  • Decline of Cuba's Communist Dictator - [page needed] Ramet 1998, p. 125, Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia...
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    constituted corporation dependent on the state only after having received the nihil obstat of his diocesan ordinary [bishop], as well as that of the ordinary competent...
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  • scriptural scholarship." Much of Brown's work was given a nihil obstat and an imprimatur. The nihil obstat is a statement by an official reviewer, appointed by...
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  • 2022 after the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" (no objections to the cause) edict and titled him as a servant of God...
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    Encyclopedia, Volume V. Published 1909. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat, 1 May 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. John M. Farley, Archbishop...
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    Christopher and Anne Fremantle, trans. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1994. Nihil obstat, Imprimatur 1951. Hartel, Wilhelm, ed. Luciferi Calaritani opuscula....
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    Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam (1901, France) (on Saint Lydwine de Schiedam) (Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur) Saint Lydwine of Schiedam, translated from the French...
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  • 552nd Artillery Group - Mission and Teamwork 557th Artillery Group - Nihil Obstat (Nothing Stands in Our Way) 558th Artillery Group - Honor Guides Our...
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    Causes of Saints permitted the opening of Abad's cause. The grant of the nihil obstat is among stages in the preliminary phase of a cause, the Catholic Bishops...
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  • Saints (CCS) titled him as a Servant of God and issued the official nihil obstat (no objections) decree which would allow for the Brindisi-Ostuni archdiocese...
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    Rev. Joseph Mayer, C.SS.R Catholic Book Publishing Co. New York, N.Y. Nihil Obstat: John M. Fearns, S.T.D. Censor Librorum Imprimatur: Francis Cardinal...
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    bastard title Frontispiece Title page Edition notice Imprimi potest Nihil obstat Imprimatur Dedication Epigraph Table of contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments...
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    Such an imprimatur would have been issued following the issuance of a nihil obstat ("nothing obstructs") by a censor who reviewed the material to determine...
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    Orange Revolution, Yale University Press, p. x Ramet, Sabrina P. (1998), Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia...
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    There is also The Catholic Living Bible, which holds an imprimatur and nihil obstat from the Catholic Church and contains the deuterocanonical books as well...
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  • Archbishop of New York from 1919 to 1938. It was issued after a finding of "nihil obstat" (nothing obstructs) by an archdiocesan censor who reviewed the material...
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