iphon, afterwards followed
him into Spain. Among the companions of Ctesiphon in that country were
this brother Cecilius, and some other men, whose name were Intalecius,
Hesicius, and Euphrasius. Another Arab, called Sulima, was converted in
the very early days of the Church, and a fellow countryman of
Ctesiphon, with a name like Sulensis, became a Christian later, in the
time of the deacons.

THE END.

1 Anne Catherine's visions clearly fall in the category of private
revelation. Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition are infallible;
private revelation is fallible. However, her visions are neither mere
human meditations nor pious fiction. Her account of events in the lives
of Jesus and Mary were revealed to her by God. Although God cannot err
in anything He does, errors can be introduced into private revelation
by a misunderstanding on the part of the person who receives the
revelation, or by an error made by the person who writes down or
transmits the revelation. Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition are
immune from these types of error; private revelation is not. Anne
Catherine's visions come from God, but they are fallible because they
come to us through fallible human persons.

2 Her name in German, her native language, is Anna Katharina
Emmerick. With the decree of April 24, 2001, the servant of God Anna
Katharina Emmerick has been awarded the degree of heroic virtue
(Decretum super virtutibus), with which she has been awarded by Church
practice the title "Venerable."

3 In more modern times, holy persons who also had the stigmata
include: Audrey Marie Santo (Worcester, Massachusetts), Venerable Padre
Pio of Pietrelcina, Venerable Anna Maria Taigi, Theresa Neumann, and many
others.

4 In her book, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations,
Anne Catherine Emmerich details the events of the 31/2-year Ministry of
Jesus Christ. Although she explicitly states that Christ's Ministry
lasted 31/2 years (Vol. 1, p. 496), the astute reader of that work will
notice a gap of about one year.

5 She here again explained the manner in which the families
assembled together, and in what numbers. But the writer has forgotten
her words.

6 She was not certain that the Blessed Sacrament was administered
in that order, for on another occasion she had seen John the last to
receive.

7 It was not without surprise that the editor, some years after these
things had been related by Sister Emm