Decree Placing Works of Luisa Piccarreta on the Index

On Wednesday, July 13, 1938, in the General Session of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, the Most Eminent and Reverend Cardinals concerned with the defense of the faith and good morals, following the previous recommendation of the Reverend Consultors, have condemned and ordered inserted into the Index of forbidden books the following works written by Luisa Piccarreta and published by others at different times in several places:

1. The Watch of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, with a Treatise on the Divine Will

    

2. In the Kingdom of the Divine Will

    

3. The Queen of Heaven in the Kingdom of the Divine Will

The following Thursday, July 14 of the same month and year, Our Most Holy Father, Pius XI, Pope by Divine Providence, in the usual audience accorded the Most Excellent and Reverend Assessors of the Holy Office, approved the decision of the Most Eminent Cardinals that had been submitted to him, confirmed it, and ordered it published.

Given in Rome at the Palace of the Holy Office, August 31, 1938. Romulus Pantanetti, Notary of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

Note: In its edition of September 11, 1938, L'Osservatore Romano noted that "the three books covered by this decree would not have ordinarily merited particular consideration, in view of their small size and limited weight. But they were condemned because they represent a false and dangerous mysticism which is frequent in our days. The principal subject of the writings of Luisa Piccarreta is the Divine Will, conceived in an exaggerated and erroneous manner and presented in language and terminology superabounding with inexactitudes and extravagances. The small volumes in question have already appeared in numerous editions and have been translated into other languages.... For this reason it was opportune to put the faithful on their guard."

Original Latin:

Decretum Proscriptio librorum
Feria IV, die 13 Iulii 1938.

In generali consessu Supremae Sacrae Congregationis Sancti Officii E.mi ad Rev.mi Domini cardinales rebus fidei ac morum tutandis praepositi, praehabito RR. DD. Consultorum voto, damnarunt atque in Indicem librorum prohibitorum inserendos mandarunt libros, qui sequuntur, ab Aloysia Piccareta conscriptos et aliorum cura variis in locis pluries editos:

1. L'Orologio della Passione di Nostro Signor Gesł Cristo, on un Trattato dulla Divina Volontą;

2. Nel Regno della Divina Volontą;

3. La Regina del Cielo nel Regno della Divina Volontą.

Et sequenti Feria V, die 14 eiusdem mensis et anni, Ss.mus O. N. Pius Divina Providentia Pp. XI, in solita audientia Exc.mo ac Rev.mo D. Adsessori Sancti Officii impertita, relatam Sibi E.morum Patrum resolutionem adprobavit, confirmavit et publicari iussit.

Datum Romae, ex Aedibus Sancti Officii, die 31 Augusti 1938. Romulus Pantanetti, Supr. S. Congr. S. Officii Notarius.

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