Bunny
Thanks for the information on the web site for the Catholic 
Encyclopedia and the details on various editions.
Rick

At 09:52 AM 9/10/2006, you wrote:
>There have been more recent versions of the Catholic Encyclopedia 
>since these volumes published early in the 20th century.  Most 
>notably, there is the "New Catholic Encyclopedia" published in 1989 
>and prepared by the editorial staff at the Catholic University of 
>America.  There are also the 1976 and 1987 versions of "The Catholic 
>Encyclopedia" edited by Robert C. Broderick and "The Catholic 
>Encyclopedia" edited by Peter Stravinskas and published in 1991 by 
>Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division.
>    Much has changed in the Catholic Church since the early 20th 
> century, as witness the effects of Vatican II.  These earlier 
> volumes, now online thanks to the initial efforts of the Knights of 
> Columbus, are closer to a more "traditional" or "conservative" 
> aspect of Roman Catholicism and are therefore more likely to be 
> helpful to historical archaeologists and historians trying to 
> discern Catholic dogma and practices of the nineteenth century and earlier.
>Bunny Fontana
>
>From: "MORGAN A RIEDER" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>What do you mean by 'early edition"?  This is the current URL for 
>the Catholic Encyclopedia.  Please explain.
>Thanks,
>Morgan Rieder
>
>From: Bunny<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>To:  Rick and others:
>This early edition of the Catholic Enclyclopaedia is online at 
>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html>.
>Bunny Fontana
>
>From: "Roderick Sprague"
>To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>"Cousin" Whitney and all looking for attitudes of suicide burial
>Another good source even for Protestant data is:
>Thurston, Herbert
>       1908       Burial and Cemeteries.  In The Catholic 
> Encyclopedia, Vol.3,  Charles G. Hobermann, editor, pp. 73, 
> 507.  New York:  Robert Appelton.
>Later editions have less of value.  Those of you who can get to a library
>with less effort will have to look up "suicide" in the same source.
>Rick