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This is a collection of links to English translations of Church documents relating to the deposit of faith (that is, the teaching of the Catholic Church) and Christian thought found on-line. It is part of my Church Documents project. Catechisms ?/?/1566: Roman Catechism (Catechism of the Council of Trent/Catechism of Pope St. Pius V) ?/?/1908: Catechism of Pope St. Pius X 10/11/1992: Fidei Depositum by Pope Bl. John Paul II Apostolic Constitution: On the Publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church Prepared Following the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council   8/15/1997: Laetamur Magnopere by Pope Bl. John Paul II Apostolic Letter: In Which the Latin Typical Edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church Is Approved and Promulgated ?/?/1997: Catechism of the Catholic Church   6/28/2005: Motu Proprio for the Approval and Publication of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI   ?/?/2005: Compendium of the Catec...

This is a collection of links to English translations of Church documents relating to the Sacraments found on-line. It is part of my Church Documents project. General ?/?/1439: Exultate Domine by Pope Eugene IV Bull: Decree for the Armenians [on the seven Sacraments] 2/19/1987: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 4/30/2001: Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela by Pope Bl. John Paul II Motu Proprio: By Which Are Promulgated Norms Concerning the More Grave Delicts Reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Anointing of the Sick/Unction 11/30/1972: Sacram Unctione Infirmorum by Pope Paul VI Apostolic Constitution: On the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick Baptism 1/1/1973: Rite of Baptism for Children, Introduction (Second Edition) by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship 10/20/1980: Instruction on Infant Baptism by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the...

It does not take long reading Catholic blogs to encounter the Great War that is occurring: I mean, of course, the War between the supporters of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (the Traditional Latin Mass, the Tridentine Mass), and the supporters of the Ordinary Form of the Mass (the Novus Ordo Mass, the Mass of Pope Paul VI).  There is a wide range of views on the subject (though, I must admit, most of the bloggers I read are supporters of the Extraordinary Form): some say the Church is becoming Protestant for having the Ordinary Form, while some say it is backwards and controlling for allowing the Extraordinary Form (and for the new English translation of the Ordinary Form). In this post, I would just like to quickly lay out the goals of each side, and I would like to make some comments on what the proper goal would be, in my opinion. Those supporting the Extraordinary Form have goals along a varied spectrum.  Some want to increase the reverence and similarity to the Ex...

This is a collection of links to English translations of Church documents relating to Mary, Mother of God, found on-line. It is part of my Church Documents project. Dogmas Assumption 5/1/1946: Deiparae Virginis Mariae by Ven. Pope Pius XII Encyclical/Letter: On the Possibility of Defining the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a Dogma of Faith 11/1/1950: Munificentissimus Deus by Ven. Pope Pius XII Apostolic Constitution: Defining the Dogma of the Assumption Immaculate Conception 2/2/1849: Ubi Primum by Pope Bl. Pius IX Encyclical: On the Immaculate Conception 12/8/1854: Ineffabilis Deus by Pope Bl. Pius IX Apostolic Constitution: The Immaculate Conception 2/2/1904: Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum by Pope St. Pius X Encyclical: On the Immaculate Conception 12/12/1904: Dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope St. Pius X Anniversary Allocution: For the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception 9/8/1953: Fulgens Corona by Ven. Pope Pius ...

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...