Catholic Reference Collection (6 vols.)

by Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine’s Abbey; William E. Addis

and

5 more

Publishers:

A & C Black; The Catholic Publication Society Co.; Extension Press

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3 more

, 1887–1921

Overview

Composed of dictionaries and encyclopedias that focus on the Catholic Church and its teachings, the Catholic Reference Collection (6 vols.) is perfect for anyone wanting to learn more about the doctrine, discipline, rites, ceremonies, councils, saints, government, and religious orders of the Catholic Church. These packed, user-friendly reference works, authored by trusted scholars of the Church, present concise and scholarly articles on ecclesiastical, biblical, archeological, and historical subjects pertaining to the Catholic Church.

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Key Features

• Thousands of articles about the Catholic Church's teachings and practices
• Treatment of ceremonies, festivals, sacramentals, devotions, and more
• Numerous indexes and bibliographies to guide further research and study

Product Details

• Title: Catholic Reference Collection
• Volumes: 6
• Pages: 2,913

A Dictionary of Canon Law

• Author: P. Trudel
• Publisher: B. Herder Book Co.
• Publication Date: 1920
• Pages: 242

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This pocket manual of canon law is a digest of the 1917 Code. On most subjects, the points of the law are scattered through the Code. By gathering these points under their respective heads and arranging them in alphabetical order, with reference to canon, paragraph, and number in the Code, this manual aims to be a clear, intelligent counselor in the ordinary affairs of Catholic life, and a ready index to the Code for questions that require knowledge of the niceties of ecclesiastical law.

Under the more than 600 titles, there is hardly any conceivable point or topic embraced by the Code that is not brought out and elucidated by the rays focused upon it from every related portion of the Law. And so by its aid the student can at once get a summary of the Church's enactments upon any required subject and with the help of the numbered references can verify and, if need be, supplement the epitomized information.

—The Ecclesiastical Review

The Book of Saints

• Authors: Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
• Publisher: A. & C. Black
• Publication Date: 1921
• Pages: 275

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The Book of Saints serves as a dictionary for servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church, extracted from the Roman and other Martyrologies.

A Catholic Dictionary

• Authors: William E. Addis, Thomas Arnold
• Publisher: The Catholic Publication Society
• Publication Date: 1887
• Pages: 958

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A Catholic Dictionary contains definitions and accounts of the doctrine, discipline, rites, ceremonies, councils, and religious orders of the Catholic Church.

We are disposed to think that, since Butler's Lives of the Saints, there has not appeared in the English language any Catholic work so important as this.

—Dublin Review

A most important and valuable work, for which we have long been waiting.

—Andover Review

It is the only book that we know of that can be called a trustworthy source of information on Catholic Doctrine.

—Christian Advocate

William E. Addis (1844–1917) was elected a fellow in mental and moral philosophy at Royal University of Ireland. He was the author of numerous works, including Anglicanism and the Fathers and Anglican Misrepresentation.

Thomas Arnold (1823–1900) was a lecturer in literature at Dublin University, and then was Professor of English Language and Literature at University College of St. Stephen's Green. He authored a widely used school textbook, A Manual of English Literature, and the autobiography, Passages of a Wandering Life.

Ecclesiastical Dictionary

• Author: John Thein
• Publisher: Benziger Brothers
• Publication Date: 1900
• Pages: 749

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The object of the Ecclesiastical Dictionary is to furnish, in concise form, information upon ecclesiastical, biblical, archeological, and historical subjects pertaining to the Catholic Church. The more than 3,000 articles contained in the dictionary have been culled from various works and the Scripture quotations are mostly made from the Latin Vulgate.

John Thein was Priest of the Diocese of Cleveland, and the author of numerous works, including Christian Anthropology, the four-volume Answers to Difficulties of the Bible, and The Catechism of Rodez.

The Externals of the Catholic Church

• Author: John F. Sullivan
• Publisher: P. J. Kennedy & Sons
• Publication Date: 1917
• Pages: 385

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The Externals of the Catholic Church covers the government, ceremonies, festivals, sacramentals, and devotions of the Catholic Church in great detail.

John Francis Sullivan was the author of several noted works, including The Visible Church, The Fundamentals of Catholic Belief, and Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Papal Monarchy.

Catholic Pocket Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• Author: James J. McGovern
• Publisher: Extension Press
• Publication Date: 1906
• Pages: 304

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Catholic Pocket Dictionary and Cyclopedia contains brief explanations of the doctrines, discipline, rites, ceremonies, and councils of the Catholic Church, including an abridged account of the religious orders. Added is McGovern's "150 Important Facts in Church History Explained."

James J. McGovern studied in Rome in the Propaganda College, where he received his Doctor of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Canon Law. He is also the author, editor, and compiler of The Manual of the Holy Catholic Church (1906).