This authoritative encyclopedia combines a wealth of information with an attractive, easy-to-read format into a reference of value for professionals, parishes, and families alike. A generation has passed since Vatican Council II, and the enthusiasm and euphoria which exhilarated Catholic life in the years that followed the council are misted memories now. The council handed down to us new hopes, new dreams, new challenges; but, above al, it gifted us with a fresh Vision of the Church as a pilgrim people. This second edition of The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia gives a succinct and contemporary view to the beliefs, practices, and history of this people.

The council invited us to a fresh appreciation of the gifts passed on to us over the centuries, and this new edition of The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia will help in this task. It is edited for readers in English-speaking countries, drawn together by a common language and by shared pastoral concerns and challenges. Consequently, men and women from America, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and Britain have written this work for a multinational readership. It is a work of and for our time, and its topics and themes have been chosen to meet the inquiries and religious curiosity of people today. It is important to note that for the first time in history the vital center for scriptural and theological studies has shifted from continental Europe to America and the English-speaking world, and it has moved from seminary to the college campus. Furthermore, the sacred sciences are no longer exclusive clerical territory, today many of the most respected scholars are lay men and women. And never before has the study of Scripture become such an accepted and vital part of everyday Catholic life.

This new edition contains many revisions and over 150 new entries. It is edited for quick and easy consultation. Over 1,300 cross-referenced entries cover topics from Abel to Armageddon, from feminism to The Zealots. The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia includes black-and-white maps, drawings, and photographs. Over 200 such illustrations provide valuable visual information and add to the attractiveness of this handsome volume. World, English

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Abel
Abraham
Action Francaise
Acton, John Emerich
Adam and Eve
Adenauer, Konrad
Alexander VI, Pope
Anticlericalism
Antonelli, Giacomo
Armageddon
Audo-Da-Fe
Baker, David Augustine
Barat, Madeleine Sophie
Barth, Karl
BC-BCE
Bernanos, Georges
Bernardin, Joseph Louis
Bethune, Ade
Birgitta of Sweden, St.
Brown, Raymond Edward
Bruno, Giordano
Bultmann, Rudolf
Butler, Alban
Cardijn, Joseph
Cardinal
Cardinals, Sacred College of
Carroll, Daniel
Catholic Charities
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Celibacy (Clerical)
Cervantes, Miguel de
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Clare of Assisi, St.
Congar, Yves
Consulting the Faithful
Covenant House
Crucifixion (as Punishment)
D'Arcy, Martin Cyril
De Foucald, Charles
De Gasperi, Alcide
De Galle, Charles
De Mello, Anthony
Deposit of Faith
Diaspora
Diekmann, Godfrey Leo
Discernment of Spirits
Dominicans, Third Order
Enlightenment, The
Ex CordeEcclesiae
Feminism
First Things
Focolare Movement
Franco, Francisco
Freemantle, Ann
Galgani, Gemma
Garces, Francisco
Girls and Boys Town
Girotti, Guiseppe
Glynn, Tony
Gorres, Johann
Griffiths, Bede
Guinness, Alec
Han Mac Tu
Haring, Bernard
Hildebrand, Dietrich von
Hildegard of Bingen
Hispanic Catholics (U.S.A.)
Hitchcock, Alfred Joseph
Howell, Clifford
Hoyt, Robert G.
Hume, Basil, Cardinal
Illich, Ivan
Inquisition(s), The
Japan, Church in
Joan of Arc
John Paul II, Pope
John Paul II, Pope, Social Teaching of
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Kim Dinh
King James Bible
Kitahara, Satoko
Knights of Labor
La Pira, Georgio
Labre, Benedict Joseph, St.
Lacugna, Catherine Mowry
Levertov, Denise
MacEoin, Gary
Machiavelli, Niccolo
McCormick, Richard A.
Martindale, Cyril
Marx, Michael Joseph
Mauriac, Francois Charles
Maurin, Peter
Mexico, Catholic Church in
Moses
Mother Angelica
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
Muggeridge, Malcolm
Mysticism
Nagai, Takashi
Nantes, Edict of
National Catholic Reporter
Nguyen, Truong To
Nguyen, Van Thuan
Nouwen, Henri
O'Connor, John
Oxford Movement
Pacem in Terris
Pakenham, Peter
Percy, Walker
Polycarp
Poor Clares
Pope, Election of
Prayer of St. Francis
Publican
Quadragesima
Qu'ran, The
Rabbi
Reception
Reinhold, Hans Anscar
Renan, Joseph Ernest
Rerum Novarum
Rice School of Pastoral Ministry
Roman Curia
Sensus Fidelium
Serenity Prayer, The
Serra, Junipero
Shepherd of Hermas
Shroud of Turin
Spiritual Direction
Stewart, George Craig
Stuhlmueller, Carroll
Suenens, Leon Joseph
Tegels, Aelred Hilary
Tertullian, Quintas Septimus
Thurston, Herb?ert
Tillard, Jean-Marie Roger
Trusteeism
Undset, Singrid
Valignano, Alessandro
Vietnam, The Catholic Church in
Voice of the Faithful
Vonier, Anschaire
Waling Wall
Wolff, Madaleva
Women's Ordination
Zealots, The
Zebrowski, Zeno
Zechariah, Father of John the Baptist