| The Positio for the Cause
of the Padre Pio The volumes that make up the Positio
were prepared by the Postulation (those promoting the Cause) with the help of
collaborators. This work is done under the supervision of a Relator, a curial official
appointed by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints:
Volume I: Informatio
1st tome - Presentation of the
"Positio"
- Presentation of the "Informatio"
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- History of the Cause
- Sources and criteria
- Chronological outline of the life of the Servant of God
- Fame of sanctity of the Servant of God
2nd tome - Heroicity of the virtues of
the Servant of God
- Theological: faith, hope, charity
- Cardinal: Prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance
- Religious: Obedience, poverty, chastity
Volume II: Summarium
- Testimonies concerned with the trial
- Additional declarations of the trial
- Evidence from the trial from the Members of the Historic Commission
- Documentation of the Vice Postulator
- Pre-trial testimonies
Volume III: Biographical Critique
Ist tome - Outline of the life of the Servant of God
2nd tome - The writings of the Servant of God
Volume IV: Quaestiones selectae
- Historical problems
- Different studies
Volume V: Index
- According to author
- According to argument
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