The Catholic Encyclopedia An International Work Of Reference On The Constitution Doctrine Discipline And History Of The Catholic Church Herbermann by Herbermann, Charles G. [herbermann, Charles G.] instant download after payment.

— The Greatest and Largest Catholic Encyclopedia in existence!
— Complete Edition; Includes all 16 Volumes, now updated according to Alphabet
— 11,490 Articles, over 14 Million Words, equivalent to 175 Full-length Books!
— Includes an Active Index to each Alphabet and all Articles, with NCX Navigation
— Includes Illustrations by Gustave Dore
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The
Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give its
readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of
Catholic interests, action and doctrine. What the Church teaches and has
taught; what she has done and is still doing for the highest welfare of
mankind; her methods, past and present; her struggles, her triumphs,
and the achievements of her members, not only for her own immediate
benefit, but for the broadening and deepening of all true science,
literature and art—all come within the scope of the Catholic
Encyclopedia. It differs from the general encyclopedia in omitting facts
and information which have no relation to the Church. On the other
hand, it is not exclusively a church encyclopedia, nor is it limited to
the ecclesiastical sciences and the doings of churchmen. It records all
that Catholics have done, not only in behalf of charity and morals, but
also for the intellectual and artistic development of mankind. It
chronicles what Catholic artists, educators, poets, scientists and men
of action have achieved in their several provinces. In this respect it
differs from most other Catholic encyclopedias. The Editors are fully
aware that there is no specifically Catholic science, that mathematics,
physiology and other branches of human knowledge are neither Catholic,
Jewish, nor Protestant; but when it is commonly asserted that Catholic
principles are an obstacle to scientific research, it seems not only
proper but needful to register what and how much Catholics have
contributed to every department of knowledge.
Designed to present
its readers with the full body of Catholic teaching, the Encyclopedia
contains not only precise statements of what the Church has defined, but
also an impartial record of different views of acknowledged authority
on all disputed questions. In all things the object of the Encyclopedia
is to give the whole truth without prejudice, national, political or
factional. In the determination of the truth the most recent and
acknowledged scientific methods are employed, and the results of the
latest research in theology, philosophy, history, apologetics,
archæology, and other sciences are given careful consideration.
The
work is entirely new, and not merely a translation or a compilation
from other encyclopedia sources. The Editors have insisted that the
articles should contain the latest and most accurate information to be
obtained from the standard works on each subject. Contributors have been
chosen for their special knowledge and skill in presenting the subject,
and they assume the responsibility for what they have written.
Representing as they do Catholic scholarship in every part of the world,