Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat

 

 

 

The Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur are official declarations that a book, pamphlet or web site are free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the Nihil Obstat and the Imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.

 

We have formally requested the Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat via e-mail and ordinary paper mail on January 20th, 2004.

 

Once the diocesan authorities will have given their answer to our request, it will be found here, on the official web site of the Diocese of Quebec.

 

While waiting for this approval, you can choose to trust my Profession of Faith, and the fact that if there is a disagreement between this web site and the Pope, the Pope is right!

 

Technical Detail

 

The Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat cannot be given for a web site in the same way as they are for an ordinary paper book. Once a book is printed and purchased by somebody, the author cannot change the contents of the book. But a web site can be changed anytime by the author (so in theory the author could insert errors after having received the approval of the local Bishop).

 

In order for the Bishop to approve a web site, the author must "zip" all the web pages into an archive, which is then e-mailed to the Bishop, who if he decides to give his approval to the site, does so but on HIS web site, which he controls. So he can say: "We give the Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat to this archived version of such and such a web site". The author then adds a link on his web site that points to the approval on the Bishop's web site.

 

 

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