Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Catholic Encyclopedia

Feeling nostalgic about afternoons spent in Catholic school catechism? Reading the letters of Flannery O'Conner and wondering about some of the finer points of church doctrine? Just have a question about the Catholic faith? The Catholic Encyclopedia is the reference for you:

Designed to present its readers with the full body of Catholic teaching, the Encyclopedia contains not only precise statements of what the Church has defined, but also an impartial record of different views of acknowledged authority on all disputed questions. In all things the object of the Encyclopedia is to give the whole truth without prejudice, national, political or factional. In the determination of the truth the most recent and acknowledged scientific methods are employed, and the results of the latest research in theology, philosophy, history, apologetics, archæology, and other sciences are given careful consideration.

The site is maintained by Kevin Knight at New Advent, a Catholic website.

The Catholic Encyclopedia is browsable by clicking on alphabetic letters of indexed topics, and by typing queries into the search box at the top left of the page.

1 comment:

  1. That's probably among my very favorite reference sites. If you want info on heretical sects like the Albigenses (and who wouldn't?!), they've got it.

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