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Understanding Citations for Church, Biblical, and Religious Sources: Works Cited: Bible & Church Documents

Guide to MLA-format citations for Master of Arts in Religious Education students

Bible & Church Documents

The Bible

Give the name of the specific edition you are using, any editor(s) associated with it, followed by the publication information.

The New Jerusalem Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print.

Vatican II Documents--example

Second Vatican Council.  Lumen Gentium.  21 Nov. 1964.  Vatican Web Site.  9 Jan. 2011.

Encyclicals--example

John Paul II.  On Social Concern (Solicitudo Rei Socialis).  30 Dec. 1987.  Catholic Social Teaching.  Office for Social Justice of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.  Web. 9 Jan. 2011.

Bishops' Statement--example

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity. Nov. 2000. Department of Migration and Refugees Services. Web. 9 Jan. 2011.

Catechetical Documents--example

"The Desire for God."  Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part One, Section One, Chapter One:  Man's Capacity for God.  n.d.  Vatican Web Site.  9 Jan. 2011.

Catholic liturgy and worship--cite as book

Catholic Church.  The Missal: Containing All the Masses for Sundays and for Holy Days of Obligation.  Ed. John P. O'Connell and Jex Martin.  Chicago:  Catholic Press, 1955.