This book contains more than 200 documents, beginning from the Apostles' Creed, and ending with the definition of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger (1819-1883) was a German priest, theologian, and professor of theology He died on 19 June 1883 at Würzburg. Note, too, this edition comes with a one page Corrigenda which is a list of sixteen corrections that must be applied to errors (usually omissions) that escaped the eyes of editors in previous editions.
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In addition to a general index there is a scriptural index plus an invaluable systematic or topical index making for very easy reference. ex cathedra) it still should be considered the " locutus est" for every wayfaring Catholic whose patria, this side of heaven, is Roma.
Although not every entry in this 653 page compendium of Church teaching is definitional (i.e. The collection includes all articles and creeds of the Catholic Faith beginning with that of the twelve apostles, all dogmatic definitions stamped with the Petrine authority of the apostolic See ( ex cathedra), decrees of the solemn magisterium, papal bulls, encyclicals and letters, as well as some of the more weighty decisions of the Holy Office prior to 1957. The Enchiridion has been updated periodically the edition being offered here by Loreto is that issued in 1957.
Since it was first published a century and a half ago, this handbook or collection ( enchiridion) of articles (symbols) of faith and morals has enjoyed universal appeal and approbation since the pontificate of Blessed Pope Pius IX. You have such a book in this English translation of Father Heinrich Denzinger’s Enchiridion Symbolorum et Definitionum. In this age of doctrinal latitude and speculative innovation there is a pressing need for a comprehensive source book on authentic Catholic dogma that is magisterially anchored while at the same time both practical and non-voluminous.