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The 1914 Catholic Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive resource on Catholic teaching, history, and information ever gathered. This easy-to-search version was originally printed in fifteen hardcopy volumes. Science, literature, history, doctrine, saints, government, art and more are contained within the 11,000+ entries.

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