[armydoc]

New Advent/Catholic Encyclopedia is not an official organ and it’s accuracy has been questioned often on this forum.

From the Encyclopedia:

"The Encyclopedia bears the imprimatur of the Most Reverend Archbishop under whose jurisdiction it is published. In constituting the editors the ecclesiastical censors, he has given them a singular proof of his confidence and of his desire to facilitate the publication of the work which he has promoted most effectively by his influence and kindly cooperation."

That would seem to be an "official seal of approval" of sorts, wouldn't it?

[D-fendr]

The Encyclopedia bears the imprimatur

Thanks, that's more than I would have expected, I thought it was purely a New Advent creation. Honestly, I've never known anyone in the Church to use it, not something I've seen lying around the library.

Now if Mary Ann Collins had an imprimatur.. ;)

I also found this reference to the encyclopedia from in an article by "Mary":

According to the 1913 edition of the "Catholic Encyclopedia," when the Catholic Church anathematizes someone, the Pope ritually puts curses on them and sentences them to hell.

Which should peg anyone's BS meter. thanks for your reply..

[D-fendr]

Bad tagging, this was left out in previous post:

But, yes, it [imprimatur] is an approval of a publication, you're correct. I think it would still fall short of an "official organ" particularly on this question though. My understanding of imprimatur is that it doesn't mean the publication has been thoroughly fact checked - only that it is "without moral/faith error" which I don't think applies in this entry.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I've noticed that when RCs post from New Advent, everything is just fine. But when Protestants post from New Advent, as I did a few weeks ago, suddenly the site is "not Catholic dogma."

Whatever that is.

[Mad Dawg]

Check out what an “Imprimatur” actually means sometime. AS near as I can make out it means that whoever gave the imprimatur did not experience an urge to collect firewood while reading the book. I did look for a text explaining that but my books are in a jumble.