Catholic Encyclopedia

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Catholic reference work encyclopedia reference work

The Catholic Encyclopedia is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work on Catholic doctrine, history, and institutions, widely used for scholarly and religious study.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic reference work ⓘ
encyclopedia ⓘ
reference work ⓘ
aim to explain Catholic doctrine to both clergy and laity ⓘ
to provide an authoritative reference on Catholic teaching ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
digitalAvailability available online in the public domain ⓘ
editor Charles G. Herbermann ⓘ
Condé B. Pallen ⓘ
Edward A. Pace NERFINISHED ⓘ
John J. Wynne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas J. Shahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationYear 1907 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation CE ⓘ
hasEdition Catholic Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Advent online edition
influenced Catholic scholarship in the 20th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
licenseStatus public domain ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive coverage of early 20th-century Catholic knowledge ⓘ
historical perspective on Catholic doctrine and practice ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 15 ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationPeriodEnd 1914 ⓘ
publicationPeriodStart 1907 ⓘ
publisher Robert Appleton Company ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholicism ⓘ
scope Catholic institutions ⓘ
biography ⓘ
Canon law ⓘ
surface form: canon law

history ⓘ
liturgy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religious orders ⓘ
theology ⓘ
universal Catholic Church ⓘ
subject Catholic doctrine ⓘ
Catholic history ⓘ
Catholic institutions ⓘ
targetAudience Laity in the Church ⓘ
surface form: Catholic laity

clergy ⓘ
general readers interested in Catholicism ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
theologicalPerspective pre–Vatican II Catholic theology ⓘ
timeContext early 20th century ⓘ
usedFor historical research on Catholic doctrine ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
scholarly study of Catholicism ⓘ
workType multi-volume reference work ⓘ

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Avignon Papacy → describedBySource → Catholic Encyclopedia ⓘ
Karl Rahner → describedBySource → Catholic Encyclopedia ⓘ
Catholic Encyclopedia → hasEdition → Catholic Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Advent online edition