Christianity Reference

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Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar
http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html

Calculates the dates and days-of-the-week for Western and Orthodox Christian holy days, feasts, etc. for any year after 325 AD, and also provides historical information about the calculation of holidays.

The Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

"The Catholic Encyclopedia is a fifteen-volume encyclopedia covering a broad range of topics, secular and religious, from a Catholic perspective. This web is a transcription of the 1913 edition of The Catholic Encyclopedia.

Early Church Fathers
http://www.ccel.org/fathers.html

A 38-volume online collection of writings from Fathers in the first 800 years of Christianity, divided into three series: Ante-Nicene Fathers, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series I, and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series II.

Patron Saints Index
http://saints.sqpn.com/

"Who's the patron saint of your state (political or spiritual)? Occupation? Vocation? Condition? Hobby? Topics are listed alphabetically, each with its patron saint(s)." Brief biographical entries contain links to other Websites and images about the saint. Alphabetical index is very large (>170K).

Saint of the Day Master Index--Saint Patrick Church
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/saint_a.shtml

Biographical entries for Catholic saints. Browse alphabetically or by feast day. Contains over 11,000 entries.

Westminster Shorter Catechism Project
http://www.shortercatechism.com/

Doctrinal questions of the historic Presbyterian Catechism (1642-1647), each linked to its answer. Biblical references and commentary from famous Puritan leaders and Reformed theologians accompany each answer.