Sources used for Catechism of Catholic Church

Certain editions of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) have at the end of the book what's called an Index of Citations.

This is a great resource, showing all of the amazing resources used to compile CCC.

I have compiled a list which may be of use when speaking to Eastern Orthodox Catholic, Oriental Orthodox Catholic, and Assyrian Catholic Christians, to show what great pre-Schism and Eastern writings are used in our beautiful CCC given to us a gift which keeps on giving by St. Pope John Paul the Great.

God bless and pray for me please!

Writings used as sources in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)

　

Ecclesiastical Writers - Individual Saints / Doctors / Church Fathers (pre-Schism and/or Eastern)

St. Theophilus of Antioch

Tertullian

St. Symeon of Thessalonica (15th c.)

St. Polycarp

Origen

St. Prosper of Aquitaine

St. Peter Chrysologus

St. Nicetas

St. Maximus the Confessor

St. Pope Leo the Great

St. Justin Martyr

St. John Damascene

St. John Chrysostom

St. John Cassian

St. Jerome

St. Isaac of Nineveh

St. Irenaeus of Lyons

St. Ignatius of Antioch

St. Hippolytus of Rome

St. Hilary of Poitiers

Hermas (Shepherd of Hermas)

St. Gregory of Nyssa

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

St. Pope Gregory the Great

St. Fulgentius of Ruspe

St. Faustus of Riez

Evagrius Ponticus

St. Epiphanius

Egeria

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

St. Cyril of Alexandria

St. Cyprian of Carthage

St. Clement of Rome

Clement of Alexandria

St. Caesarius of Arles

St. Caesaria the Younger

St. Benedict

St. Basil of Caesario in Cappadocia

St. Barnabas

St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Athanasius the Great

Aristides

St. Ambrose of Milan

Epistle to Diognetus

The Didache

Apostolic Constitutions

Apostles Creed

Nicene Creed

　

Individual Saints / Doctors (post-Schism - dates listed if lived 15th century or earlier)

St. Alphonsus de Liguori

St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033 - 1109)

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153)

St. Bonaventure (13th c.)

St. Catherine of Siena (14th c.)

St. Dominic (1170 - 1221)

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

St. Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)

St. Francis de Sales

Guigo the Carthusian (12th c.)

Hugh of Saint Victor (1096 - 1141)

St. Ignatius Loyola

St. Joan of Arc

St. John of the Cross

St. John Eudes

St. John Vianney

St. Julian of Norwich (1342 - 1416)

Blessed John Cardinal Newman

St. Nicholas of Flue (15th c.)

St. Rose of Lima

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274)

St. Thomas More

　

Liturgy

The Roman Missal

Roman Pontifical

Roman Ritual

Liturgy of the Hours

Liturgical Prayers

Hail Mary

Come Holy Spirit

Litany of the Saints

O Sacrum Convivium

Eastern Rites

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Byzantine Liturgy (Consecratory Prayers, Troparion, Kontakion, Euchologion)

Syriac Liturgy

Fanqith

　

Canon Law

Canon of the Apostles

Code of Canon Law

Body of Canons of the Eastern Churches

　

Ecclesiastical Documents

Roman Catechism

Writings of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Congregation of the Clergy

Congregation of Rites

Congregation of Studies

Final Report of Synod of Bishops of 12/7/1985

CELAM, Document of Puebla (1979)

　

Pontifical Documents

Pre-schism Popes

St. Damasus I

St. Innocent I

Pope St. Leo the Great

Pope Anastasius II

St. Hormisdas

Pope Vigilius

Pope Pelagius I

Pope St. Gregory the Great

Pope St. Nicholas the Great

Post-schism Popes

Pope Innocent III

Pope John XXII

Pope Benedict XII

Pope Clement VI

Pope Pius IV

Pope Pius VI

Pope Bl. Pius IX

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Pius XI

Pope Ven. Pius XII

Pope St. John XXIII

Pope St. Paul VI

Pope St. John Paul II (the Great)

　

Particular Councils and Synods

Rome (382)

Carthage (418)

Orange II (418)

Synod of Constantinople (543)

Braga I (561)

Toledo IV (633)

Toledo VI (638)

Lateran (649)

Toledo XI (675)

Toledo XVI (693)

Rome (745)

Friuli (797)

Quiercy (853)

　

Ecumenical Councils (pre-Schism, the Seven Great and Holy Orthodox Councils)

Nicaea I (325)

Constantinople I (381)

Ephesus (431)

Chalcedon (451)

Constantinople II (553)

Constantinople III (680-681)

Nicaea II (787)

　

Ecumenical Councils (Catholic - post-Schism)

Constantinople IV (869-870)

Lateran IV (1215)

Lyons II (1274)

Vienne (1311-1312)

Constance (1414-1418)

Florence (1439-1445)

Lateran V (1512-1517)

Trent (1545-1563)

Vatican I (1869-1870)

Vatican II (1962-1965)

　

Sacred Scripture

All 27 Books of the New Testament

All Books of the Old Testament except Ruth, 1 Maccabees, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Haggai (40 of 46 OT Books of Catholic OT Canon)