CENSOR’S APPROVAL.

This dissertation ON THE MOST AUGUST SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S BODY AND BLOOD, by the author Reverend Father HENRICUS MARCELLIUS of the Society of Jesus The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, was a Catholic religious order central to education and the Counter-Reformation., Doctor and Ordinary Professor of Sacred Theology in the nourishing Ottonian Academy of Bamberg The Academia Ottoniana was the precursor to the University of Bamberg, named after Saint Otto of Bamberg., contains nothing contrary to the Orthodox faith or to good morals; rather, it excellently illustrates Catholic doctrine regarding so great a Sacrament through a new method, detects errors contrary to it, and solidly refutes them. Therefore, for the confirmation of Catholics in their faith and the conversion of heretics to it, it shall be usefully printed. Executed on October 29, in the year 1655.

SUMMARY OF THE ROYAL PRIVILEGE.

Philip, by the Grace of God Catholic King of the Spains, the Indies, etc., Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, etc., Most Serene Prince of the Belgians, has decreed by his diploma A "diploma" here refers to a formal legal charter or patent. that no one may print the book entitled ON THE MOST AUGUST SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S BODY AND BLOOD, by the author Reverend Father HENRICUS MARCELLIUS of the Society of Jesus, in any manner within Belgium for the next ten years without the consent of JACOB MEURS, printer of Antwerp; nor may anyone import or hold for sale copies printed elsewhere in these territories of Lower Germany original: Inferioris Germaniæ; referring to the Low Countries/Netherlands region then under Spanish control.. Whoever does otherwise shall be punished by the confiscation of the books and a fine of thirty florins The florin was a gold or silver coin used as currency in various European states. for every foreign copy brought here, as is more fully detailed in the letters given at Brussels on September 23, in the year 1655.