https://doi.org/10.31261/SSHT.2024.57.1.08
The article deals with a nearly 900-page Latin work by Fr Eusebius Amort from 1744, entitled – as could be translated to English – All the rules about revelations, visions and private apparitions explained in examples. It presents information about the edition and content of the book. In the first part, Amort formulates 231 rules regarding apparitions – only a few are derived from Scripture, most of them from Christian authors from antiquity to the 18th century. He shortens them to 120 rules in the following categories: true, doubtful, probably false and definitely not from God. They are theoretical and practical in nature. However, they lack a biblical basis. The second part of the book contains examples of visions and revelations, both illusory and certain. It ends with a criticism of the revelations of the venerable Maria of Agreda, discussed at that time, which the author considers doubtful. Amort's work is a creative combination of texts, sometimes subjectively chosen and selective, rather than an expression of the author's systemic theological thought.
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Vol. 57 No. 1 (2024)
Published: 2025-01-25
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