Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Preface
Reader's Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
The Dictionary
Appendixes
I. Popes
II: Ecumenical Councils
III: The Documents of Vatican Council II
IV: Papal Encyclicals
V: Prayers
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

The Historical Dictionary of Catholicism, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries.

William J. Collinge is Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Mount Saint Mary's College.