Catholic Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work on Catholic doctrine, history, and institutions, widely used for scholarly and religious study.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catholic Encyclopedia canonical | 4 |
| The Catholic Encyclopedia | 3 |
| Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement 1922 | 1 |
| New Advent online edition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T578988 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catholic Encyclopedia Context triple: [Avignon Papacy, describedBySource, Catholic Encyclopedia]
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A.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is the official, comprehensive summary of Catholic doctrine on faith and morals, intended as a reference for teaching and understanding the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
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B.
Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is a Catholic organization best known for promoting religious education and overseeing widely used English translations of the Bible in the United States.
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D.
magisterium of the Catholic Church
The magisterium of the Catholic Church is its official teaching authority, exercised by the pope and bishops to authentically interpret and safeguard doctrine on faith and morals.
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E.
Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Orientalium Ecclesiarum is the Second Vatican Council’s decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, affirming their distinct liturgical, spiritual, and disciplinary traditions within the universal Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catholic Encyclopedia Target entity description: The Catholic Encyclopedia is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work on Catholic doctrine, history, and institutions, widely used for scholarly and religious study.
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A.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is the official, comprehensive summary of Catholic doctrine on faith and morals, intended as a reference for teaching and understanding the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
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B.
Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is a Catholic organization best known for promoting religious education and overseeing widely used English translations of the Bible in the United States.
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D.
magisterium of the Catholic Church
The magisterium of the Catholic Church is its official teaching authority, exercised by the pope and bishops to authentically interpret and safeguard doctrine on faith and morals.
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E.
Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Orientalium Ecclesiarum is the Second Vatican Council’s decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, affirming their distinct liturgical, spiritual, and disciplinary traditions within the universal Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic reference work
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encyclopedia ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| aim |
to explain Catholic doctrine to both clergy and laity
ⓘ
to provide an authoritative reference on Catholic teaching ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| digitalAvailability | available online in the public domain ⓘ |
| editor |
Charles G. Herbermann
ⓘ
Condé B. Pallen ⓘ Edward A. Pace ⓘ John J. Wynne ⓘ Thomas J. Shahan ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1907 ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CE ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Catholic Encyclopedia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
New Advent online edition
|
| influenced | Catholic scholarship in the 20th century ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licenseStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive coverage of early 20th-century Catholic knowledge
ⓘ
historical perspective on Catholic doctrine and practice ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 15 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodEnd | 1914 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodStart | 1907 ⓘ |
| publisher | Robert Appleton Company ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Catholicism ⓘ |
| scope |
Catholic institutions
ⓘ
biography ⓘ Canon law ⓘ
surface form:
canon law
history ⓘ liturgy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious orders ⓘ theology ⓘ universal Catholic Church ⓘ |
| subject |
Catholic doctrine
ⓘ
Catholic history ⓘ Catholic institutions ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Laity in the Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic laity
clergy ⓘ general readers interested in Catholicism ⓘ scholars ⓘ |
| theologicalPerspective | pre–Vatican II Catholic theology ⓘ |
| timeContext | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
historical research on Catholic doctrine
ⓘ
religious education ⓘ scholarly study of Catholicism ⓘ |
| workType | multi-volume reference work ⓘ |
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Subject: Catholic Encyclopedia Description of subject: The Catholic Encyclopedia is a comprehensive early 20th-century reference work on Catholic doctrine, history, and institutions, widely used for scholarly and religious study.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Advent online edition
this entity surface form:
The Catholic Encyclopedia
this entity surface form:
The Catholic Encyclopedia
this entity surface form:
The Catholic Encyclopedia
subject surface form:
Catholic Encyclopedia
this entity surface form:
Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement 1922