[Sca-cooks] Sundays in Lent

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Ah! I was fooled by the careful balance of doctrine and research in the  
text itself, but also by the Church-related headlines now to be found on the  
main page.

It remains true that the text itself appears to be written  with careful 
attention to the Church's dogma and includes Ecclesiastical  approbation for 
each article. Still, to the degree that any dogma has changed  since 1913, 
Catholics probably want to look further for the current position.  (And in 
fact the editors appear to have sometimes added links to help with  that.)
 
I have to say as a thoroughly secular person, I find it impressive.  The 
writers have to deal with some issues - like "Defender of the Faith"  
Charlemagne's ruttings - which could not have been comfortable for the devout  while 
adhering closely to the Church's positions. For a work constrained by  
dogma, it is remarkably accurate and a richly useful research tool.
 
It's interesting that Appleton - a rather important publishing company in  
itself - was apparently originally formed to create the Encyclopedia:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia
 
Apparently the more authoritative - and more wide-ranging - reference work  
is this one:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Catholic_Encyclopedia

Jim  Chevallier

Comparing early and late medieval food in  France
http://www.chezjim.com/food/pre-v/comparisons.html

In a message  dated 7/28/2013 8:55:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, joh
nnae at mac.com  writes:
As a librarian, I have to mention that The New Advent website is  not
"from the Catholic Church's official site". It is the result of a  
volunteer headed endeavor to place the 1913
Catholic Encyclopedia  online.