Undusted Texts

My wife and I were praying the Hours recently, and the reading of Psalm 109 (110) was proscribed.  "The Lord says to my lord: 'Sit at my right hand...'"  The light of grace has made it abundantly clear to Christians of all times, beginning with the Apostles and Evangelists themselves, that this psalm relates to Christ's "Divine Begetting from the Father and His coming in the flesh" (St. Athanasius).  Thus its announcement of Jesus the Messiah is quoted frequently in the New Testament.  With the light of the Spirit, the key message of most of the verses of this psalm are clearly evident, yet the last line is still "deeply enigmatic," as Pope Benedict XVI admitted.  My wife encountered this enigma and asked me for clarification on this text. "He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head."  These words come following the description of Jesus' victorious kingship, how He executes judgment and shatters...

The following is merely a collection of links to English versions of Church documents from throughout the Church's history sorted by subject alphabetically and arranged by date within each heading. Documents that are exceptionally well-known or important are in bold. Since my main goal is to consolidate links to the most authentic and authoritative documents of the Church, I stick to documents of the Magisterium, that is, the Pope and the Congregations of the Roman Curia. I have added two appendices, however: one for Pontifical Councils and Commissions, including the International Theological Commission, (if a document was written by both a council and a congregation, it is placed in the main section) and one for the documents of the American Church (primarily the USCCB, formerly the NCCB). This is a work in progress, and I will hopefully be updating it frequently. If any of these links are dead or missing, or if you know of a document I did not include on this list that I sh...