Citations of Common Catholic Sources

From
Guidelines for Papers, Comprehensive Exams, and Theses
By Kenrick-Glennon Seminary

(Footnote entry [FN] followed by bibliographic entry [Bib.])

Biblical Citations
In general, biblical references are not footnoted, but placed in parentheses after the quote.
The edition of the Bible must be indicated by its italicized abbreviation following the reference to the biblical
book, chapter number, and verse number (e.g., 1 Tim 3:12 NAB). This is only necessary the first time the
Bible is cited if the same edition is used throughout the text.

FN:
1
The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version (New York: Collins, 1973).
Abbreviated subsequent references appear in parentheses after the biblical book, chapter, and verse numbers, as follows
(In 1: 12 RSV).

Bib.:
The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version. New York: Collins, 1973.

Papal documents

FN:
2
John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation on the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day
Pastores dabo vobis (25 March 1992), §43 (Boston: Saint Paul Books and Media, 1992), 30.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
3
Pastores dabo vobis, §43.

Bib.:
John Paul II. Apostolic Exhortation on the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day Pastores dabo
vobis (25 March 1992). Boston: Saint Paul Books and Media, 1992.

Documents from the USCCB

Before 2001, the bishops of the U.S. acting jointly were known as the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops and their documents were published by the United States Catholic Conference.
Thus these titles should be used respectively for author and publisher of the bishops' documents
before 2001, as the documents themselves should make clear.

FN:
3
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Program of Priestly Formation, 5th ed., §74 (Washington, DC:
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2006), 29.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
4
Program of Priestly Formation, §74.

Bib.:
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Program of Priestly Formation. 5th ed. Washington, DC: United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2006.

Documents published in the Acta Apostolica Sedis or other journals

The section or paragraph number follows the promulgation date of the document, while the page
number follows the monograph's publication date in the first reference only:
Acta Apostolica Sedis
FN:
5
Pope Pius XII, Encyclical on Promoting Biblical Studies Divino afflante Spiritu (30 September 1943), §26,
Acta Apostolicae Sedis 35 (1943), 311.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
6
Divino afflante Spiritu, §26.

Bib.:
Pope Pius XII. Encyclical on Promoting Biblical Studies Divino qfflante Spiritu (30 September 1943). Acta Apostolicae
Sedis 35 (1943): 290-345

Origins and other journals

FN:
7
Pope John Paul II, Encyclical on the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church Ecclesia de
Eucharistia (17 April 2003), §26, Origins 32, no. 46 (2003), 760.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
8
Ecclesia de Eucharistia, §26.

Bib.:
Pope John Paul II. Encyclical on the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church Ecclesia de Eucharistia (17 April 2003).
Origins 32, no. 46 (2003): 753, 755-768.

Latin sources

FN:

9
Council of Trent, Session 7, Canones de sacramento confirmationis, 1-3 (3 March 1547), in
Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, vol. 2, Trent to Vatican II, ed. and trans. Norman P. Tanner (Washington, DC:
Georgetown University Press, 1990), 686.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
10
Council of Trent, Canones de sacramento confirmationis, 1-3, ed. Tanner, 686.

Bib.:
Council of Trent. Session 7 (3 March 1547). In Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, vol. 2, Trent to
Vatican II, ed. and trans. Norman P. Tanner, 684-689. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1990.

Sources in translation

FN:

11
Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium (4 December 1963),
§21, in The Sixteen Documents of Vatican II, ed. Marianne L. Trouve (Boston: Pauline Books, 1999), 55.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
12
Sacrosanctum concilium, §21.

Bib.:
Second Vatican Council. Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium (4 December 1963). In The Sixteen
Documents of Vatican II, ed. Marianne L. Trouve, 47-83. Boston: Pauline Books, 1999.

Papal addresses accessed online

FN:
13
Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience on St Augustine of Hippo, part 2 (16 January 2008), at The Holy See,
www.vatican.va.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
14
Benedict XVI, General Audience on St Augustine of Hippo, part 2.

Bib.:
Pope Benedict XVI. General Audience on St Augustine of Hippo, part 2 (16 January 2008). At The Holy See,
www.vatican.va.

Documents accessed online

FN:
15
Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical on Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth Caritas in veritate (29
June 2009), § 16, at The Holy See, www.vatican.va.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
16
Caritas in veritate, §16.

Bib.:
Pope Benedict XVI. Encyclical on Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth Caritas in veritate (29 June 2009).
At The Holy See, www.vatican.va.

Code of Canon Law

When citing the Code of Canon Law, the abbreviation c. indicates one canon, cc. indicates two or
more canons. The section symbol § indicates two or more sections within a single canon.

The 1983 Code

FN:
17
Code of Canon Law, c. 312, § 1, in Code of Canon Law: Latin-English Edition (Washington, DC: Canon Law
Society of America, 1999), 99.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
18
CIC, c. 312, § 1.

Bib.:
Code of Canon Law: Latin-English Edition. Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1999.

The 1917 Code

FN:
19
Code of Canon Law/1917, cc. 2186-2187, in Codex iuris canonici Pii X Pontificis Maximi iussu digestus,
Benedicti Papae XV auctoritate promulgatus, ed. Petro Gasparri (Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1963), 678-679.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
20
CIC/1917, cc. 2186-2187.

Bib.:
Codex iuris canonici Pii X Pontificis Maximi iussu digestus, Benedicti Papae XV auctoritate promulgatus. Ed. Petro
Gasparri. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1963.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

References to the Catechism of the Catholic Church always indicate section numbers, and never page
numbers. If consulting the Catechism in English, be sure to use the most recent edition.

FN:
21
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 2000), 863.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
22
CCC, 863.

Bib.:
Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 2000.

Liturgical Books
Citations of liturgical texts should proceed from the specific to the general (for example, "opening prayer" is
more specific than Sacramentary), followed by the publication information of the source from which the text
is cited. In all citations of liturgical books, paragraph or section numbers must be specified with the section
symbol § (or §§ where more than one section is referenced), and pages must be marked by "p." or "pp." This
is to avoid confusion in light of the variety of formats in which liturgical books are published.

Missale Romanum

FN:
23
. Post communionem, Dominica VII per annum, Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia (Vatican City: Vatican
Press, 2002), p. 457.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
24
Post communionem, Dominica VII per annum, Missale Romanum (2002), p. 457.

Bib.:
Missale Romanum. Editio typica tertia. Vatican City: Vatican Press, 2002.

Liturgical books published as monographs

FN:
25
Rite of Baptism for Children Approved for Use in the Diocese of the United States of America (Totowa, NJ:
Catholic Book Publishing, 2001), §91, pp. 65-66.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
26
Rite of Baptism for Children, §91.

Bib.:
Rite of Baptism for Children Approved for Use in the Diocese of the United States of America. Totowa, NJ: Catholic
Book Publishing, 2001.

Liturgical books published in collected volumes

FN:
27
Blessing of Rings, Rite of Marriage, in The Rites of the Catholic Church, vol. 1 (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 2001), §27, p. 728.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
28
Blessing of Rings, Rite of Marriage, §27.

Bib.:
Rite of Marriage. In The Rites of the Catholic Church, vol. 1, pp. 715-758. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2001.
Ancient Primary Sources (patristic, medieval, etc.)

St Thomas Aquinas' Summa theologiae

The Summa theologiae of St Thomas Aquinas is cited by part (I, I-II, II-II, III), question, and article. For
example, ST II-II, q. 23, a. 3, ad 1 means, the second part (half) of the second part, question twenty-three,
article three, reply to the first objection. "Obj." refers to an objection within an article. To cite more than one
article at a time, use the abbreviation "arts" for articles, as in the following example: ST, I, q. 13, arts 5-6.

FN:
29
Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae, III, q. 72, a. II, in Summa theologica: Complete English Edition in Five
Volumes, vol. 4, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (Notre Dame, IN: Christian Classics, 1981), 2426-
2427.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
30
ST, III, q. 72, a. II, trans. English Dominican Province, 2426-2427.

Bib.:
Thomas Aquinas. Summa theologica: Complete English Edition in Five Volumes. Vol. 4. Trans. Fathers of the English
Dominican Province. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics, 1981.

Aristotle

FN:
31
Aristotle, Physics, IV, 2, 209b14-15, in The Complete Works of Aristotle, trans. and ed. Jonathan Barnes
(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984), 446.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
32
Aristotle, Physics, IV, 2, 209b14-15, trans. Barnes, 446.

Bib:
Aristotle. Physics. In The Complete Works of Aristotle, trans. and ed. Jonathan Barnes, 315-446. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 1984.

Plato

FN:
33
Plato, Timaeus, 28b, in Plato: Complete Works, trans. Donald J. Zeyl, ed. John M. Cooper (Indianapolis, IN:
Hackett, 1997), 1235.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
34
Plato, Timaeus, 28b, trans. Zeyl, 1235.

Bib:
Plato. Timaeus. In Plato: Complete Works, trans. Donald J. Zeyl, ed. John M. Cooper, 1224-1291. Indianapolis, IN:
Hackett, 1997.

Biblical commentaries in a series (multi-volume commentaries)

FN:
35
Jerome H. Neyrey, The Gospel of John, New Cambridge Bible Commentary (New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2007), 53.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
36
Neyrey, Gospel of John, 53.
Bib.:
Neyrey, Jerome H. The Gospel of John. New Cambridge Bible Commentary. New York: Cambridge University Press,
2007.

Biblical dictionaries or single-volume commentaries by various authors

Article from single-volume commentary

FN:

37
Donald S. Deer, "How the Bible Came to Us," in The International Bible Commentary: A Catholic and
Ecumenical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, ed. William Farmer et al. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press,
1998), 173.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
38
Deer, "How the Bible Came," 173.

Bib.:
Deer, Donald S. "How the Bible Came to Us." In The International Bible Commentary: A Catholic and Ecumenical
Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, ed. William R. Farmer et al., 169-178. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 1998.

Article from the New Jerome Biblical Commentary

FN:
39
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, "Pauline Theology," in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, ed. Raymond E. Brown
et al. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990), 82:61, p. 1383.
Abbreviated subsequent reference:
40
Fitzmyer, "Pauline Theology," 82:61, p. 1383.

Bib.:
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. "Pauline Theology." In The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, ed. Raymond E. Brown et al., 82:1-
152, pp. 1382-1416. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990.