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Current Church teaching
- Catechism of the Catholic Church — use paragraph numbers cited in an article to check the original.
- Holy See archive — councils, Church documents and related primary sources.
- Second Vatican Council documents — read conciliar teaching in context.
The existing article collection
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Complete historical book editions
- Baltimore Catechism No. 1 — Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. Source edition catalogued by Project Gutenberg as public domain in the USA. Historical language and teaching context are retained. The downloadable source edition retains the original notices.
- Baltimore Catechism No. 2 — Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. Source edition catalogued by Project Gutenberg as public domain in the USA. Historical language and teaching context are retained. The downloadable source edition retains the original notices.
- The Faith of Our Fathers — James Cardinal Gibbons. Source edition catalogued by Project Gutenberg as public domain in the USA. Historical language and teaching context are retained. The downloadable source edition retains the original notices.
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