Church Documents

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On the Delict of Attempted Sacred Ordination of a Woman, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, decreed December 19, 2007, publication in L’Osservatore Romano May 30, 2008

Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, December 3, 2007
(via Charlotte was Both)

On Christian Hope (Spe Salvi), Encyclical Letter of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women Religious, and All the Lay Faithful, November 30, 2007

Of the Supreme Pontiffs (Summorum Pontificum) and accompanying Letter, July 7, 2007

Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, June 29, 2007

Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2005), The Vatican

Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders, Congregation for Catholic Education, November 4, 2005

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace (2004), The Vatican

Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, June 3, 2003

Code of Canon Law (1983; translation 1999), The Vatican

Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Vatican (Second Edition, September 8, 1997)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (Second Edition), St. Charles Borromeo Church, Picayune, Mississippi [searchable]
Test Your Knowledge of Church Teaching as found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

General Directory for Catechesis, Congregation for Clergy (August 11, 1997): The Vatican; IntraText

Concerning the Teaching Contained in 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis': Responsum ad Dubium, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, October 28, 1995, with cover letter to Bishops' Conference Presidents by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, November 8, 1995 [at EWTN]

On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis), Apostolic latter of John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church, May 22, 1994

On Catechesis in Our Time (Catechesi Tradendae): Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II (October 16, 1979), The Vatican

Declaration on the Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood (Inter Insigniores), Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (15 October 1976), at EWTN

On the Regulation of Birth (Humanae Vitae), Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI, July 25, 1968

On the Celibacy of the Priest (Sacerdotalis Caelibatus), Encyclical of Pope Paul VI, June 24, 1967

Doctrinal documents, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, The Vatican

Documents of the II Vatican Council, The Holy See

Instruction on the Manner of Proceeding in Cases of Solicitation, approved by Pope John XXIII March 16, 1962

The Council of Trent: The canons and decrees of the sacred and oecumenical Council of Trent, (1545-1563), edited and translated by J. Waterworth (London: Dolman, 1848), Hanover Historical Texts Project

The Bible:
New American Bible;
Douay Bible (New Testament, Reims 1582; with Old Testament 1609-1610);
Latin Vulgate Bible (St. Jerome, Ed., c. 382)