APPROVAL

SINCE several theologians of the same Society have reviewed the Second Volume of the works of SAINT EPHREM the Syrian—translated from Syriac into Latin and illustrated by Father Peter Benedict Peter Benedict (1676–1742), also known by his Arabic name Petro Mubarak, was a Maronite Jesuit and a key scholar in bringing Syriac literature to the West. of our Society—and have approved that it may be published, we grant permission for it to be printed, if it so pleases those to whom it pertains; in witness whereof we have given these letters, signed by our hand and secured with our seal.
Rome, August 22, 1740.

APPROVAL

SINCE I have carefully read, and with the greatest pleasure of mind, the second Syriac-Latin volume of Saint EPHREM—which the Reverend Father Peter Benedict of the Society of Jesus, a man well-versed in every branch of knowledge and especially skilled in Oriental languages, has adorned with a faithful and learned interpretation—at the request of the Most Reverend Father Ridolphi Luigi Nicola Ridolfi, the Master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace, who served as the Pope's primary theological censor., Master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace; so far is it from me that anything occurred therein which might be contrary to the Catholic Faith or good morals, that I rather rightly affirm it to be a storehouse original: "promptuarium" for proving the articles of our Orthodox religion against innovators A common 18th-century term for Protestant reformers or those proposing theological novelties.. For this reason, I testify that the Republic of Letters owes much to the Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinal Angelo Maria Quirini, Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, under whose auspices and authority such a great and long-desired work is being published; and I judge that the work itself, once printed, will be a source of honor and ornament to the Vatican Library from which it proceeds. Rome, February 9, 1740.

APPROVAL

AT the request of the Most Reverend Father Aloysius Nicholas Ridolphi, Master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace, I have accurately read the second Syriac-Latin volume of the works of SAINT EPHREM, from the version of the Reverend Father Peter Benedict of the Society of Jesus: I found nothing in it to delay me while reading, so perfectly do all things harmonize with Catholic doctrine and discipline. Many things, however, occurred which caused me to give and offer the greatest thanks to Divine Goodness—principally that He has given to the Vatican Library, from which this most beautiful work proceeds, the Most Eminent and Reverend Lord, Cardinal Angelo Maria Quirini, the Librarian...
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