Sunday, February 25, 2007

TEACHING: Sources on Catholic Theology

Standard readers on the Reformation are not necessarily friendly to Rome. There are a few online resources, though, which can be used for courses. If you know of any others, feel free to add them -- in the meantime, this is a good starting point.

The site I have found myself coming back to again and again is New Advent, where you can find the complete run of the Ante- and Post-Nicene Fathers, Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, and that frequent source for idiosyncratic plagiarism, The Catholic Encyclopedia. The site has an obvious missionary zeal, but that's part of its charm.

One source collection I have used for teaching over the years is the online source run out of Fordham. Sadly, it doesn't appear that anyone has been updating it much lately, but it's a good starting point. Click here to access the Reformation sections of the Medieval and Modern Sourcebooks. Another potentially useful (if eclectic) teaching resource is the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

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