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`!`*Imprimi potest`*`! or `!`*imprimi permittitur`*`! (`F33f`_`[Latin`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Latin]`_`f for 'it can be printed') is a declaration by a `F33f`_`[major superior`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Major_superior]`_`f of a `F33f`_`[religious institute`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Religious_institute]`_`f of the `F33f`_`[Catholic Church`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Catholic_Church]`_`f that writings on questions of religion or morals by a member of the institute may be printed.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] Superiors make such declarations only after censors charged with examining the writings have granted the `*`F33f`_`[nihil obstat`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Nihil_obstat]`_`f`*, a declaration of no objection. Final approval can then be given through the `*`F33f`_`[imprimatur`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Imprimatur]`_`f`* ('let it be printed') of the author's bishop or of the bishop of the place of publication.`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>See also

• `*`F33f`_`[Index Librorum Prohibitorum`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum]`_`f`*

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Code of Canon Law, canon 832". Intratext.com. 2007-05-04. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2013-01-22.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f "Code of Canon Law, canon 824". Intratext.com. 2007-05-04. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2013-01-22.

>>External links

• Code of Canon Law, The Means of Social Communication and Books in Particular (canons 822-832)

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