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Catholic Documents by Subject
This page is the start of an attempt to group various Church documents
by their subject. Other groupings are available on the
Top-Level Catholic Information Page
Current topics are: Abortion and Human Life Issues - America - Asia - Bible and Scriptural Studies - Bishops - The Church - Communication - Eastern Churches - Education and Evangelization - Errors and Heresy - The Eucharist - Europe - Lay People - Liturgy - Marriage and Family Issues - Mary - Moral Teachings - Other Religions and Traditions - Priests - Sexuality - Social Justice - Women - Not Yet Classified
This work is still under construction; please send suggestions to spok@cs.cmu.edu.
Abortion and Human Life Issues
- CDF Instruction on Respect for Human Life (1987)
- On Combatting Abortion and Euthanasia (1991)
- Evangelium Vitae (On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life; 1995)
America (and nations in the Americas)
- Sublimus Dei (On the treatment of Indians; 1537)
- Quam Aerumnosa (On Italian Immigrants; 1888)
- Lacrimabili Statu Gregis (On the Indians of South America; 1912)
- Sertum Laetitiae (150th Anniversary of US Hierarchy; 1939)
Asia (and Asian nations)
- Ad Sinarum Gentem (On the Supranationality of the Church; 1954)
- Ad Apostolorum Principis (On Communism and the Church in China; 1958)
Bible and Scriptural Studies
- Providentissimus Deus (On the Study of Holy Scripture; 1893)
- Spiritus Paraclitus (On St. Jerome; 1920)
- Divino Afflante Spiritu (Promotion of Biblical Studies; 1943)
- Dei Verbum (Vatican II Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation)
Bishops
The Church
- Unam Sanctam (On the primacy of the Pope; 1302)
- Mystici Corporis (The Mystical Body of Christ; 1943)
- Ad Sinarum Gentem (On the Supranationality of the Church; 1954)
- Lumen Gentium (Vatican II Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
Communication
- Inter Mirifica (Vatican II Social Communication statement)
- The Church and Computer Culture (1989)
- Television and the Family (1994)
Eastern Churches
See also Asia.- Christi Nomen (On the Propagation of Faith; 1894)
- Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Vatican II: Eastern Rite Catholic Churches)
Education and Evangelization
- Christi Nomen (On the Propagation of Faith; 1894)
- Humani Generis Redemptionem (On Preaching the Word of God; 1917)
- Evangelii Praecones (On Promotion of Catholic Missions; 1951)
- Gravissimum Educationis (Vatican II: Christian Education)
- Ad Gentes (Vatican II: The Church's Missionary Activity)
- Evangelii Nuntiandi (Evangelization in the Modern World; 1975)
- Sapienta Christiana (On Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties; 1979)
- Ex Corde Ecclesiae (Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities; 1990)
Errors and Heresy
See also more specific headings.- Quanta Cura (Condemning Current Errors; 1864)
- Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors (accompanies Quanta Cura; 1864)
- Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Doctrine of the Modernists; 1907)
- Lamentabili Sane (Pius X's Syllabus of Errors; 1907)
The Eucharist
Europe (and European nations)
- Gravissimo Officii Munere (On French Associations of Worship; 1906)
- Mit Brennender Sorge (The Church and the German Reich; 1937)
Lay People
The Liturgy
- Mediator Dei (On the Sacred Liturgy; 1947)
- Musicae Sacrae (On Sacred Music; 1955)
- Sacrosanctum Concilium (Vatican II Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)
Marriage and Family Issues
- Arcanum (On Christian Marriage and the Evils of Divorce; 1893)
- Casti Connubii (On Chastity in Marriage; 1930)
- Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Birth; 1968)
- Familiaris Consortio (On the Family; 1981)
- Charter of Rights of the Family (1983)
- Television and the Family (1994)
- Letter to Families (1994)
Mary
- Ineffabilis Deus (On the Immaculate Conception; 1854)
- Deiparae Virginis Mariae (Query on the Assumption; 1946)
- Signum Magnam (On Our Lady; 1967)
- Marianus Cultus (On Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary; 1974)
- Redemptoris Mater (On the Blessed Virgin Mary; 1987)
Moral Teachings
For specific issues, see also other headings, including Marriage and the Family; and Social Justice.Other Religions and Traditions
- Unitatis Redintegratio (Vatican II Decree on Ecumenism)
- Nostra Aetate (Vatican II on Non-Christian Religions)
- Dignitatis Humanae (Vatican II Declaration on Religious Freedom)
- Ut Unum Sint (On Christian Unity; 1995)
Priests
- Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (On the Catholic Priesthood; 1935)
- Presbyterorum Ordinis (On Priests: from Vatican II)
- Optatam Totius (Vatican II Decree on Priestly Training)
- Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (The Celibacy of the Priest; 1967)
- Inter Insignores (On Women in the Priesthood; 1976)
- Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests (1994)
- Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone; 1994)
Sexuality
- Casti Connubii (On Chastity in Marriage; 1930)
- Sacra Virginitas (On Consecrated Virginity; 1954)
- Humanae Vitae (On the Regulation of Birth; 1968)
- CDF on Questions of Sexual Ethics (1975)
- On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons (1987)
Social justice
- Sublimus Dei (On the treatment of Indians; 1537)
- Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of the Working Classes; 1891)
- Quadragesimo Anno (Reconstruction of the Social Order; 1931)
- Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress; 1961)
- Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth; 1963)
- Dignitatis Humanae (Vatican II Declaration on Religious Freedom)
- Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples; 1967)
- Centesimus Annus (On the 100th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum; 1991)
Women
- Inter Insignores (On Women in the Priesthood; 1976)
- Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women; 1988)
- Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone; 1994)
Not Classified Yet
Some of these have plausible classifications, but I'm not familiar enough with the contents to make a reliable call myself at this point. Tips (including new categories to use) would be appreciated.- Quod Apostolici Muneris (On Socialism; 1878)
- Aeterni Patris (Restoration of Christian Philosophy; 1879)
- Humanum Genus (On Freemasonry; 1884)
- Libertas (On the Nature of Human Liberty; 1888)
- Quas Primas (The Feast of Christ the King; 1925)
- Divini Redemptoris (On Atheistic Communism; 1937)
- Humani Generis (Concerning Some False Opinions; 1950)
- Anni Sacri (On Combating Atheistic Propaganda; 1950)
- Sempiternus Rex Christus (On the Council of Chalcedon; 1951)
- Haurietis Aquas (On Devotion to the Sacred Heart; 1956)
- Ecclesiam Suam (The Church's Contemporary Mission; 1964)
- Perfectae Caritatis (Renewal of Religious Life)
- Gaudium et Spes (The Church in the Modern World)
- Credo of the People of God (1968)
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