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English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. (Libreria Editrice Vaticana), as posted at vatican.vaquotation7
William Whiston (1737), public domain (Perseus digital edition, CC BY-SA 3.0 for the digitisation)public-domain5
Sefaria version 'The Sefaria Midrash Rabbah, 2022' (CC-BY)cc-by4
English translation from Norman P. Tanner (ed.), Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, as posted at papalencyclicals.netquotation3
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (Arthur Cushman McGiffert, 1890)public-domain3
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 6 (W. H. Fremantle, 1893)public-domain3
Sefaria version 'Mishnah Yomit by Dr. Joshua Kulp' (CC-BY; source: learn.conservativeyeshiva.org)cc-by3
R. H. Charles (1917), public domainpublic-domain2
as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero)quotation2
Carmel McCarthy, Saint Ephrem's Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron (Oxford, 1993), as quoted by Pitrequotation2
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 13 (J. B. Morris / A. Edward Johnston, ed. John Gwynn, 1898)public-domain2
Mary Hansbury, Jacob of Serug: On the Mother of God (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998), as quoted by Pitrequotation2
Brian E. Daley, On the Dormition of Mary (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998), as quoted by Pitrequotation2
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 12 (Charles Lett Feltoe, 1895)public-domain2
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9 (Allan Menzies, 1896)public-domain2
King James Version, Apocrypha (1611), public domainpublic-domain1
as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero); the Luke commentary is not in the NPNF selectionquotation1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 13 (John Gwynn, 1898)public-domain1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 4 (J. H. Newman, rev. Archibald Robertson, 1892)public-domain1
Coptic homily edited by L. Th. Lefort; English as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church)quotation1
Coptic text edited by L. Th. Lefort; English as quoted by Pitrequotation1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 3 (C. L. Cornish, 1887)public-domain1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 5 (Peter Holmes & Robert Ernest Wallis, rev. B. B. Warfield, 1887)public-domain1
as quoted by Pitre (endnote)quotation1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (R. G. MacMullen, 1888)public-domain1
as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church)quotation1
Vatican.va English textquotation1
as quoted by Pitre; Robert C. Hill's translation (Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998)quotation1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (George Prevost, rev. M. B. Riddle, 1888)public-domain1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (Edwin Hamilton Gifford, 1894)public-domain1
E. H. Gifford, Eusebius, Preparation for the Gospel (Oxford, 1903), public domainpublic-domain1
(unstated)quotation1
Frank Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis (Brill), as quoted by Pitrequotation1
as summarised by Pitre (endnote), from Frank Williams's translationquotation1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (Charles Gordon Browne & James Edward Swallow, 1894)public-domain1
as quoted by Pitre (Oration 24 is not in the NPNF selection)quotation1
as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero); a modern translation by Richard Norris (SBL, 2012) existsquotation1
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (S. D. F. Salmond, 1886)public-domain1
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (Alexander Roberts & William Rambaut, 1885)public-domain1
J. Armitage Robinson, St Irenaeus: The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching (SPCK, 1920)public-domain1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (S. D. F. Salmond, 1899)public-domain1
Vatican.va English text (L'Osservatore Romano English edition)quotation1
English translation from L'Osservatore Romano, weekly English edition (5 June 1996), as reproduced by EWTN; Italian original at vatican.vaquotation1
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (Marcus Dods & George Reith, 1885)public-domain1
L. S. A. Wells in R. H. Charles (ed.), Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. 2 (Oxford, 1913), public domainpublic-domain1
Brian E. Daley, On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies (St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1998), as quoted by Pitrequotation1
Original English (Difficulties of Anglicans, vol. 2, pp. 31–33)public-domain1
as summarised by Pitre (endnotes), from John N. Suggit's translation (Fathers of the Church 112, 2006)quotation1
as quoted by Pitre (via Gambero, Mary in the Middle Ages)quotation1
C. D. Yonge, The Works of Philo Judaeus (1854–55), public domainpublic-domain1
English translation as posted at papalencyclicals.netpublic-domain1
Vatican.va English translation of the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus (1 November 1950)quotation1
Vatican.va English translation of Munificentissimus Deus (1 November 1950)quotation1
M. R. James, The Biblical Antiquities of Philo (SPCK, 1917), public domainpublic-domain1
Joseph Ratzinger, Daughter Zion (Ignatius Press, 1983), as quoted by Pitrequotation1
Brenton's English Septuagint (1851) for the full text; Greek keywords as discussed by Pitrepublic-domain1
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 2 (Chester D. Hartranft, 1890)public-domain1
Traditional English rendering of the Latin (Roman) text; a literal rendering of the Greek papyrus text is addedpublic-domain1
Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb (1876), public domainpublic-domain1
Sefaria version 'William Davidson Edition - English' (The William Davidson Talmud, Koren Noé edition with Steinsaltz commentary), CC-BY-NCcc-by-nc1
Bruce Chilton, The Isaiah Targum (Aramaic Bible 11), as quoted by Pitrequotation1
Martin McNamara, Targum Neofiti 1: Genesis (Aramaic Bible 1A), as quoted by Pitrequotation1
Kevin Cathcart and Robert Gordon, The Targum of the Minor Prophets (Aramaic Bible 14), as quoted by Pitrequotation1
Sefaria version 'The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862' (Sefaria license: Public Domain)public-domain1
Vatican.va English translation of Lumen Gentium (21 November 1964)quotation1