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I am writing a research paper and need technical help on a couple of points. Can anyone tell me when citing papal documents, are they alphabetized within the bibliography? For example, "Decree on Ecumenism", does it go at the beginning, end or in the midst of the list? Also, the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches doesn't have an author or editor. What is the format for citing this? Does anyone know of a website that specifically tells you how to cite Catholic/Orthodox references such as these?
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Anna,
What is the stylistic standard in which the paper is framed? (MLA, APA, UChicago, Turabian, etc?) Most dictate the basic rules of bibliographic entry. UNC at Charlotte has an excellent in-house developed stylesheet ("Writing Guidelines for Religious Studies") that contains biblio form specific to religious writings. As a general rule, the style is no different than any other document that has the same features - no listed author, etc.
Many years,
Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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When I was a grad students, I had 2 sections to my bibliography
according to the cited instructions from the department.
1. Primary Souces:
Which would include the documents you mention alphabetically. No author because they are church documents. But if they are in a printed book, you have to cite the whole title, Ed. ....name.
Notice, the editor's name does not go first as if he were the author.
2. Secondary Sources: all the books, articles etc you consulted.
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Orest: Thank you for the info. You say it is not necessary to cite the author on Church documents. Is that so even if the document is an "Apostolic Exhortation of John Paul II", for example?
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Many Church documents - and this applies particularly to documents of 2nd millennium Church Councils - are properly cited by referring to the LATIN title, which usually consists of the first two or three words of the text of the document (Unitatis Redintegratio, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Lumen Gentium, Pastor Aeternus, etc.). Translating those titles is not customary, and doesn't make much sense.
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"Orest: Thank you for the info. You say it is not necessary to cite the author on Church documents. Is that so even if the document is an "Apostolic Exhortation of John Paul II", for example?"
No it is a primary source Church Document so cite the name of the document which mentions John Paul 2 in the title and the date issued.
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