Catholic Encyclopedia
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| Under [[United States copyright law]] all works published in the United States before 1923 are in the [[public domain]]. In 1993 Kevin Knight, then a 26-year-old resident of [[Denver, Colorado]], decided during the visit of [[Pope John Paul II]] to that city for [[World Youth Day]] to launch a project to publish the 1913 edition of the encyclopedia on the Internet. Knight founded the website [[New Advent]] to house the undertaking. Volunteers from the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[France]] and [[Brazil]] helped in the transcription of the original material. The site went online in 1995 and transcription work ended in 1997. | Under [[United States copyright law]] all works published in the United States before 1923 are in the [[public domain]]. In 1993 Kevin Knight, then a 26-year-old resident of [[Denver, Colorado]], decided during the visit of [[Pope John Paul II]] to that city for [[World Youth Day]] to launch a project to publish the 1913 edition of the encyclopedia on the Internet. Knight founded the website [[New Advent]] to house the undertaking. Volunteers from the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[France]] and [[Brazil]] helped in the transcription of the original material. The site went online in 1995 and transcription work ended in 1997. | ||
| - | In 2007 [[Catholic Answers]] published a version derived from page scans. | ||
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| - | The 1922 supplement to the Encyclopedia is also in the public domain, but {{As of|2007|lc=on}} had not been placed online. The ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' also is available online at some libraries. | ||
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| - | The scanned copies of the 1913 Encyclopedia are available on [[Google Books]], but are not accessible outside the United States. | ||
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The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and it was completed in April 1914. It was designed "to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine."
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Under United States copyright law all works published in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain. In 1993 Kevin Knight, then a 26-year-old resident of Denver, Colorado, decided during the visit of Pope John Paul II to that city for World Youth Day to launch a project to publish the 1913 edition of the encyclopedia on the Internet. Knight founded the website New Advent to house the undertaking. Volunteers from the United States, Canada, France and Brazil helped in the transcription of the original material. The site went online in 1995 and transcription work ended in 1997.
