In accordance with the decrees of Pope Urban VIII, published in the years 1625, 1631, and 1634, I hereby declare that I do not intend for the events recounted in this work to be given any authority beyond that which is based solely on human testimony. I submit everything to the judgment of the Holy Apostolic Roman See, of which I am proud to be an entirely obedient son.
Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti