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General
Virtual Religion Index
http://virtualreligion.net/vri/
Developed by the Religion department at Rutgers University, this site indexes a wide variety of religious material. Its purpose is to assist students in research by quickly directing them to some of the best religion-related content available on the Internet.

http://purl.org/ECanon

A new browser is now available from Reltech: the Online Search Engine for Canonical Texts or "ECanon". It was produced with funding from the Society of Biblical Literature and the National Council of Churches. They provide five versions of the Bible: King James, Revised Standard Version and New Revised Standard Version, Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament. More versions will be forthcoming, as will sacred texts from other religious traditions. It is free for general use.

http://bible.gospelcom.net

This is also free for general use.

This version seems to offer more versions than just the three offered by ECanon, and also seems to offer translations into quite a few languages.

The Orion Center for the Study of Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature
http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/
From Hebrew University, research and educational projects regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Catholic

Metasites

Links for the Five Ancient Patriarchates

http://cte.rockhurst.edu/s/945/facultydetail.aspx?sid=945&gid=1&pgid=1298

List of links for information on the Five Ancient Patriarchates and subsequent ecclesiastic communities compiled by Dr. Daniel Stramara, Rockhurst University- Theology Department.

Catholic Net
http://www.catholic.net/
Catholic Information Center, with links to church documents and other websites.

New Advent Catholic
http://www.newadvent.org/
Links to many Catholic websites and to the text of Catholic publications, including the Catholic Encyclopedia which covers until the 1960s, before Vatican II. (Not the New Catholic Encyclopedia which is post-1960s)

Publications
List of Catholic Publications
http://www.cathcom.com/publications.html
Links to newspapers, newsletters and some of the major Catholic periodicals.

Catholic Key
http://catholickey.org
Newspaper of the diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph, Missouri.

Leaven
http://www.theleaven.com
The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas.

National Catholic Reporter
http://ncronline.org
The independent Catholic newspaper with a focus on the Catholic Church in the United States.

Catholic Internet Directory

http://www.catholic-church.org/cid/

Updated monthly, this site has addresses, email, phone numbers to Catholic diocesan and ministries in the U.S.

L-Osservatore Romano
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/home_eng.html
The newspaper of the Vatican.

Papal Documents
Encyclicals, Pronouncements
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Indices/subs/documents.html
Text of some of some church documents, including Council of Trent and Vatican II documents.

Ecumenical Councils
Ecumenical Council Decrees
http://www.piar.hu/councils/
Links to Ecumenical Council Decrees, in chronological order.

Bishops
Bishops Statements
http://www.nccbuscc.org/
Statements issued by the United States Catholic Bishops' Conference (National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference).

Saints
Saints, Martyrs and Other Holy Persons
http://www.cin.org/saints.html
List of saints, modern martyrs, a description of the canonization process via the Catholic Information Network.

Saints and Angels
http://saints.catholic.org/index.shtml
Promoted as the "exhaustive list of Saints" on the web, via Catholic Online.

Christian Iconography

Ikonography/Iconography

http://www.mliles.com/melkite/ikons.shtml

Melkite Greek Catholic Iconography basic information and links to more information and pictures.