Wiki Maria Valtorta valtortaen https://valtortaen.mywikis.eu/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.39.10 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wiki Maria Valtorta Wiki Maria Valtorta talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Widget Widget talk GeoJson GeoJson talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk 0 8 11019 10989 2025-09-10T07:09:01Z Emmanuel 8 11019 wikitext text/x-wiki {{DISPLAYTITLE:Wiki Maria Valtorta, <span style="font-size: large;">the Valtortian Encyclopedia</span>}} [[File:Maria_Valtorta2_colorisé.jpg|alt=Maria Valtorta in 1912, colorized|thumbnail|Maria Valtorta in 1912, colorized]] '''[[Maria Valtorta]]''' (14 March 1897 – 12 October 1961) was an Italian Catholic mystic. Born in [[Wikipedia:Caserta|Caserta]], she is the author of [[The Gospel as Revealed to Me]], which recounts the life of [[Jesus]], as well as [[The Work Given to Maria Valtorta|other writings]] presenting in the form of [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|dictation]] the teachings of Jesus, [[Virgin Mary|Mary]], the [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|Holy Spirit]], her guardian angel, and various [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saints]]. For 2000 years, several Catholic mystics have had glimpses of the Gospels. But only three people have had the complete vision: [[Mary of Agreda and Maria Valtorta|Mary of Agreda]] in the 17th century, [[Anne Catherine Emmerich and Maria Valtorta|Anne Catherine Emmerich]] in the 19th century, and Maria Valtorta in the 20th century. Maria Valtorta was the only one among them to transcribe [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|hundreds of visions]] of Jesus' life firsthand and in real-time. Confined to her bed, she covered some 13,000 handwritten pages in just three and a half years, sometimes writing for up to 18 hours straight, leaving us with the most voluminous biography of Jesus in history. Although Pope [[Pius XII and Maria Valtorta|Pius XII]], after reading her work, gave his approval for publication as early as 1948, officials of the Holy Office—thinking it was a personal and novelized production passed off as [[The Private Revelation of Maria Valtorta|revelation]]—opposed Maria Valtorta's work and placed it on the [[The Work of Maria Valtorta and the Church#The Placement on the Index|Index of Forbidden Books]], without formally condemning it for any dogmatic, moral, or historical errors. For 70 years, [[The Work of Maria Valtorta and the Church#Gradual Acceptance (since 1963)|saints, cardinals, leading theologians, and biblical scholars]], along with a multitude of laypeople from all walks of life, have been enthusiastic about [[The Work Given to Maria Valtorta|the work]] of this woman who left behind an "invaluable treasure of universal literature," according to [[Blessed Gabriele M. Allegra and Maria Valtorta|Blessed Gabriele Maria Allegra]], the first translator of the entire Bible into Chinese. Her main work, [[The Gospel as Revealed to Me]], continuously published, is now translated into 30 languages<ref>Including the original language, Italian.</ref>. A decade after Maria Valtorta's death, researchers began to examine her writings, which contained [[:Category:Analysis of the Work's Data|a vast number of biological, geological, astronomical, topographical, and cultural details]]. As of today, 19,930 of these details have been identified as plausible and relevant. Many sites described by Maria Valtorta ([[Gerasa]], [[Bethsaida]], the aqueduct of [[Tiberias]], the synagogue of Biram, the tomb of [[Hillel]], the enclosure of Jezreel, the dam of Ptolemais, the palace of [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] in [[Jerusalem]], etc.) were excavated or confirmed during archaeological digs long after her death. If deemed authentic, Maria Valtorta's writings provide, for the first time, a historical and geographical reconstruction of Jesus Christ's public life, week by week, village by village, in coherence with the 373 narrative units [[The Private Revelation of Maria Valtorta#1 - Degree of Conformity with the Canonical Gospel.|of the four canonical Gospels]], which her visions entirely encompass without omissions, contradictions, or inconsistencies. [[The Private Revelation of Maria Valtorta#For: The Endorsement of Authoritative Theologians.|Ten authoritative theologians]] thoroughly examined this work without finding opinions contrary to [[Faith, Conviction|faith]] or morals, even when some passages expressed innovative opinions or presented new facts. Within this framework, they counted explicit or implicit references to [[The Private Revelation of Maria Valtorta#2 – Degree of Biblical Comprehension.|1,166 chapters of the Bible]] out of its total of 1,334. Among these, they identified at least 3,133 references to the Septuagint, which was in use during Jesus' time—even though Maria Valtorta knew nothing of this subject, having left school at age 16 and only receiving her first Bible at age 46, at the time of her first visions. No commercially available life of Jesus presents such proximity and conformity to the canonical Scriptures. Maria Valtorta drew her vocation from her mystical soul and the struggles and trials she endured to become this "God’s pen," humble and docile, as she was nicknamed<ref>Per obbedienza scrive la sua autobiografia, la prima opera valtortiana, e da qui inizia la sua attività di scrittrice, diventando per diversi anni ''la penna di Dio''. (By obedience, she wrote her autobiography, the first Valtortian work, and from there, she began her activity as a writer, becoming ''God's pen'' for several years)." - ''[https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91766 Santi e Beati, Maria Valtorta]'' {it} - P. Massimo Cuofano, Servites of Mary (+28/04/2017).</ref>. She discreetly mentions in some personal notes the sufferings that this mission caused her. But Jesus, in a dictation, is more explicit and of broader significance:<blockquote>“If you knew what slavery it is to be God's instrument [...] It takes away sleep, hunger, comforts, the desire to think of anything else, to read writings that are not of supernatural origin, to speak and hear ordinary things, the desire to be and live like everyone else, even for a single day: all of this, the inexorable fire of God's will prevents from happening. On top of this, the spite of men adds salt and acid, as if the master of the galley sprinkled salt and vinegar on the wounds of his slaves.”<ref>The Notebooks of 1944, September 24.</ref></blockquote> ==Browse the Site’s Category Tree== <categorytree mode="all" hideroot="true" depth="5">General Index - Wiki Maria Valtorta</categorytree> ==Navigate to== *[[Maria Valtorta]] *[[Spiritual Life of Maria Valtorta]] *[[The Private Revelation of Maria Valtorta|Discovery of Her Writings]] *[[Private Revelations and the Church]] *[[Personalities and Experts]] *[[The Gospel as Revealed to Me]] *[[:Category:Themes|Themes of the Work]] *[[:Category:Characters|Characters in the Work]] *[[:Category:Places|Places Covered in the Work]] *[[:Category:Analysis of the Work's Data|Technical and Historical Data of the Work]] *[[The Private Revelation of Maria Valtorta#Seven Characteristics to Judge Its Authenticity.|Doctrinal Conformity of the Work]] ==Writing on Wiki Maria Valtorta== This wiki is a collaborative encyclopedia. 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