Help Byz Cite The Catechism!

[Byzantine]

If I want to cite a passage of the Catechism which itself cites something else, do I need to include the CCC's citation as well? Or can I just give the CCC paragraph?

 

If it helps, this is a catechesis paper under Bolster.

[Anastasia13]

I used a site like this for an MLA paper and was OK

 

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Note: cite section or paragraph instead of page number.

Catholic Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church. 2nd ed. Vatican: Libreria Editrice

      Vaticana, 2000. Print.

In-text citation: (Catholic Church 2280)

Source http://campusguides.stthom.edu/content.php?pid=3080&sid=15923

 

If you are doing a different citation style, here is a multi-style source:

MLA/APA/Chicago

http://www.ehow.com/how_7852709_cite-catholic-catechism.html

Edited November 16, 2013 by Light and Truth

[CatholicCid]

My general rule of thumb is to simply cite the document you are actually using. Therefore, if you're citing the Catechism, even if it be a paragraph citation from LG, cite the CCC number. 

That being said, if you want to add another work to the bibliography, go to the source text of the citation from the CCC. e.g. If you want to use a quote of LG you found in the Catechism, go to an online copy of LG and cite that. It might actually have more useful information that the CCC didn't fully quote.

[Gabriela]

If you're a grad student, it's better to cite the original source. If you're an undergrad (or a lazy/stressed/challenged grad student), cite it:

 

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." (St. Thomas Aquinas, as cited in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, par. ###)

 

For APA, anyway. If you're using Chicago, put it in the foot-/endnote without the parentheses.

[AnneLine]

This kept me sane during grad school....

 

Son of a Citation Machine:

 

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php

 

"Citation machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to -- because...

 

SOMEDAY THE INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO USE...
WILL BE YOURS!"

 

 

Generating proper references for MLA 7th Ed., APA 6th Ed., Turabian and Chicago !