Imprimi potest

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Imprimi potest or 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.

[1] Superiors make such declarations only after censors charged with examining the writings have granted the nihil obstat, a declaration of no objection.

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An imprimi potest , a nihil obstat and an 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 , S.J. of De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas by Matteo Ricci , S.J. and Nicolas Trigault , S.J.