Corpus statistics

Dataset	cross-refs	of which deuterocanonical
Treasury (OpenBible)	337,240	—
Synodale (bible-center.ru)	87,304	9,772

The form of the act: what the document is, in the Holy See's own taxonomy.

Second Vatican Councilconstitutions, decrees and declarations15

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
IM Inter Mirifica	Vatican II	1963	24	2	19	—
SC Sacrosanctum Concilium	Vatican II	1963	86	42	127	19
LG Lumen Gentium	Vatican II	1964	69	75	505	37
UR Unitatis Redintegratio	Vatican II	1964	24	42	59	6
AA Apostolicam Actuositatem	Vatican II	1965	33	10	58	12
ADG Ad Gentes	Vatican II	1965	42	25	59	99
CD Christus Dominus	Vatican II	1965	43	8	28	10
DH Dignitatis Humanae	Vatican II	1965	15	38	54	8
DV Dei Verbum	Vatican II	1965	26	11	106	10
GRE Gravissimum Educationis	Vatican II	1965	12	36	13	26
GS Gaudium et Spes	Vatican II	1965	93	25	524	39
NA Nostra Aetate	Vatican II	1965	5	15	17	3
OT Optatam Totius	Vatican II	1965	21	0	13	—
PC Perfectae Caritatis	Vatican II	1965	25	1	13	—
PO Presbyterorum Ordinis	Vatican II	1965	22	63	54	92

Encyclicalscircular letters from the pope to the whole Church45

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
LP Libertas Praestantissimum	Leo XIII	1888	47	12	15	1
RN Rerum Novarum	Leo XIII	1891	64	41	80	5
AS Annum Sacrum	Leo XIII	1899	15	0	4	—
REC Rerum Ecclesiae	Pius XI	1926	34	0	27	—
CC Casti Connubii	Pius XI	1930	130	101	24	22
QA Quadragesimo Anno	Pius XI	1931	148	82	85	9
DR Divini Redemptoris	Pius XI	1937	82	40	16	1
SPO Summi Pontificatus	Pius XII	1939	117	0	18	—
MYC Mystici Corporis Christi	Pius XII	1943	220	0	30	2
MD Mediator Dei	Pius XII	1947	209	188	17	41
EPR Evangelii Praecones	Pius XII	1951	73	53	24	8
HA Haurietis Aquas	Pius XII	1956	127	1	12	4
FD Fidei Donum	Pius XII	1957	77	31	14	3
PRP Princeps Pastorum	John XXIII	1959	59	84	11	15
MM Mater et Magistra	John XXIII	1961	264	65	98	18
PT Pacem in Terris	John XXIII	1963	172	73	99	30
ESU Ecclesiam Suam	Paul VI	1964	119	67	27	4
MF Mysterium Fidei	Paul VI	1965	76	82	11	30
MMAI Mense Maio	Paul VI	1965	15	2	—	—
CM Christi Matri	Paul VI	1966	14	12	1	4
PP Populorum Progressio	Paul VI	1967	87	69	125	27
SCA Sacerdotalis Caelibatus	Paul VI	1967	99	80	—	24
HV Humanae Vitae	Paul VI	1968	31	41	27	25
RH Redemptor Hominis	John Paul II	1979	22	205	47	47
DM Dives in Misericordia	John Paul II	1980	15	140	9	8
LE Laborem Exercens	John Paul II	1981	27	91	80	9
SLA Slavorum Apostoli	John Paul II	1985	32	47	—	30
DEV Dominum et Vivificantem	John Paul II	1986	67	297	9	36
RMAT Redemptoris Mater	John Paul II	1987	52	147	22	43
SRS Sollicitudo Rei Socialis	John Paul II	1987	49	92	119	21
RMIS Redemptoris Missio	John Paul II	1990	92	178	28	39
CA Centesimus Annus	John Paul II	1991	62	116	192	19
VS Veritatis Splendor	John Paul II	1993	120	184	23	47
EV Evangelium Vitae	John Paul II	1995	105	142	27	49
UUS Ut Unum Sint	John Paul II	1995	103	162	2	62
FR Fides et Ratio	John Paul II	1998	108	132	9	31
EE Ecclesia de Eucharistia	John Paul II	2003	62	2	1	2
DCE Deus Caritas Est	Benedict XVI	2005	42	36	18	11
SS Spe Salvi	Benedict XVI	2007	50	40	2	14
CV Caritas in Veritate	Benedict XVI	2009	79	159	42	36
LF Lumen Fidei	Francis	2013	60	50	2	20
LS Laudato si'	Francis	2015	246	172	37	62
FT Fratelli Tutti	Francis	2020	287	285	34	119
DN Dilexit Nos	Francis	2024	220	227	4	108
MH Magnifica Humanitas	Leo XIV	2026	245	224	—	50

Apostolic exhortationsusually issued after a synod10

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
EN Evangelii Nuntiandi	Paul VI	1975	82	31	54	8
CTR Catechesi Tradendae	John Paul II	1979	73	47	20	20
FLC Familiaris Consortio	John Paul II	1981	86	183	89	40
RP Reconciliatio et Paenitentia	John Paul II	1984	33	54	27	19
CHL Christifideles Laici	John Paul II	1988	64	223	31	24
EIA Ecclesia in Asia	John Paul II	1999	51	240	5	20
EG Evangelii Gaudium	Francis	2013	288	217	69	36
AL Amoris Laetitia	Francis	2016	325	390	9	80
GE Gaudete et Exsultate	Francis	2018	177	125	9	54
CHV Christus Vivit	Francis	2019	299	164	9	50

Apostolic letterspapal acts of narrower scope5

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
OA Octogesima Adveniens	Paul VI	1971	52	0	47	—
MUD Mulieris Dignitatem	John Paul II	1988	30	63	12	23
GSA Gratissimam Sane	John Paul II	1994	23	0	14	—
TMA Tertio Millennio Adveniente	John Paul II	1994	59	0	11	—
NMI Novo Millennio Ineunte	John Paul II	2001	59	44	13	10

Reference workscatechism, compendium, summa — syntheses, not acts3

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
STH Summa Theologiæ	Thomas Aquinas	1274	3,110	0	2,488	93
CEC Catechism of the Catholic Church	Catechism	1992	2,865	0	204	5
DSE Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church	C. Justice & Peace	2004	583	1,232	38	259

Othergenre undetermined9

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
CONF Confessions	Augustine	400	256	485	15	12
CIV The City of God	Augustine	426	652	886	22	23
DS Enchiridion of Creeds and Definitions (Denzinger)	Creeds	1854	1,685	0	92	13
MN Menti Nostrae	Pius XII	1950	146	97	13	23
SPF Solemni Hac Liturgia	Paul VI	1968	30	40	13	1
LN Libertatis Nuntius	Doctrine of the Faith	1984	129	35	19	6
LCO Libertatis Conscientia	Doctrine of the Faith	1986	100	146	25	20
DVIT Donum Vitae	Doctrine of the Faith	1987	79	60	14	31
DINF Dignitas Infinita	Doctrine of the Faith	2024	66	116	4	29

The corpus through time, by author — pontificates, council, dicastery — earliest first.

Augustine400 – 4262

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
CONF Confessions	400	256	485	15	12
CIV The City of God	426	652	886	22	23

Thomas Aquinas12741

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
STH Summa Theologiæ	1274	3,110	0	2,488	93

Creeds18541

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
DS Enchiridion of Creeds and Definitions (Denzinger)	1854	1,685	0	92	13

Leo XIII1888 – 18993

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
LP Libertas Praestantissimum	1888	47	12	15	1
RN Rerum Novarum	1891	64	41	80	5
AS Annum Sacrum	1899	15	0	4	—

Pius XI1926 – 19374

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
REC Rerum Ecclesiae	1926	34	0	27	—
CC Casti Connubii	1930	130	101	24	22
QA Quadragesimo Anno	1931	148	82	85	9
DR Divini Redemptoris	1937	82	40	16	1

Pius XII1939 – 19577

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
SPO Summi Pontificatus	1939	117	0	18	—
MYC Mystici Corporis Christi	1943	220	0	30	2
MD Mediator Dei	1947	209	188	17	41
MN Menti Nostrae	1950	146	97	13	23
EPR Evangelii Praecones	1951	73	53	24	8
HA Haurietis Aquas	1956	127	1	12	4
FD Fidei Donum	1957	77	31	14	3

John XXIII1959 – 19633

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
PRP Princeps Pastorum	1959	59	84	11	15
MM Mater et Magistra	1961	264	65	98	18
PT Pacem in Terris	1963	172	73	99	30

Vatican II1963 – 196515

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
IM Inter Mirifica	1963	24	2	19	—
SC Sacrosanctum Concilium	1963	86	42	127	19
LG Lumen Gentium	1964	69	75	505	37
UR Unitatis Redintegratio	1964	24	42	59	6
AA Apostolicam Actuositatem	1965	33	10	58	12
ADG Ad Gentes	1965	42	25	59	99
CD Christus Dominus	1965	43	8	28	10
DH Dignitatis Humanae	1965	15	38	54	8
DV Dei Verbum	1965	26	11	106	10
GRE Gravissimum Educationis	1965	12	36	13	26
GS Gaudium et Spes	1965	93	25	524	39
NA Nostra Aetate	1965	5	15	17	3
OT Optatam Totius	1965	21	0	13	—
PC Perfectae Caritatis	1965	25	1	13	—
PO Presbyterorum Ordinis	1965	22	63	54	92

Paul VI1964 – 197510

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
ESU Ecclesiam Suam	1964	119	67	27	4
MF Mysterium Fidei	1965	76	82	11	30
MMAI Mense Maio	1965	15	2	—	—
CM Christi Matri	1966	14	12	1	4
PP Populorum Progressio	1967	87	69	125	27
SCA Sacerdotalis Caelibatus	1967	99	80	—	24
HV Humanae Vitae	1968	31	41	27	25
SPF Solemni Hac Liturgia	1968	30	40	13	1
OA Octogesima Adveniens	1971	52	0	47	—
EN Evangelii Nuntiandi	1975	82	31	54	8

John Paul II1979 – 200323

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
CTR Catechesi Tradendae	1979	73	47	20	20
RH Redemptor Hominis	1979	22	205	47	47
DM Dives in Misericordia	1980	15	140	9	8
FLC Familiaris Consortio	1981	86	183	89	40
LE Laborem Exercens	1981	27	91	80	9
RP Reconciliatio et Paenitentia	1984	33	54	27	19
SLA Slavorum Apostoli	1985	32	47	—	30
DEV Dominum et Vivificantem	1986	67	297	9	36
RMAT Redemptoris Mater	1987	52	147	22	43
SRS Sollicitudo Rei Socialis	1987	49	92	119	21
CHL Christifideles Laici	1988	64	223	31	24
MUD Mulieris Dignitatem	1988	30	63	12	23
RMIS Redemptoris Missio	1990	92	178	28	39
CA Centesimus Annus	1991	62	116	192	19
VS Veritatis Splendor	1993	120	184	23	47
GSA Gratissimam Sane	1994	23	0	14	—
TMA Tertio Millennio Adveniente	1994	59	0	11	—
EV Evangelium Vitae	1995	105	142	27	49
UUS Ut Unum Sint	1995	103	162	2	62
FR Fides et Ratio	1998	108	132	9	31
EIA Ecclesia in Asia	1999	51	240	5	20
NMI Novo Millennio Ineunte	2001	59	44	13	10
EE Ecclesia de Eucharistia	2003	62	2	1	2

Doctrine of the Faith1984 – 20244

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
LN Libertatis Nuntius	1984	129	35	19	6
LCO Libertatis Conscientia	1986	100	146	25	20
DVIT Donum Vitae	1987	79	60	14	31
DINF Dignitas Infinita	2024	66	116	4	29

Catechism19921

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
CEC Catechism of the Catholic Church	1992	2,865	0	204	5

C. Justice & Peace20041

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
DSE Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church	2004	583	1,232	38	259

Benedict XVI2005 – 20093

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
DCE Deus Caritas Est	2005	42	36	18	11
SS Spe Salvi	2007	50	40	2	14
CV Caritas in Veritate	2009	79	159	42	36

Francis2013 – 20248

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
EG Evangelii Gaudium	2013	288	217	69	36
LF Lumen Fidei	2013	60	50	2	20
LS Laudato si'	2015	246	172	37	62
AL Amoris Laetitia	2016	325	390	9	80
GE Gaudete et Exsultate	2018	177	125	9	54
CHV Christus Vivit	2019	299	164	9	50
FT Fratelli Tutti	2020	287	285	34	119
DN Dilexit Nos	2024	220	227	4	108

Leo XIV20261

Document	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
MH Magnifica Humanitas	2026	245	224	—	50

What binds the magisterium, from ecumenical council to theological treatise. Deliberately coarse — a reading aid, not a canonical grading.

Dogmatic constitutionsthe most binding tier of the corpus2

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
LG Lumen Gentium	Vatican II	1964	69	75	505	37
DV Dei Verbum	Vatican II	1965	26	11	106	10

Other conciliar actsdecrees and declarations of Vatican II13

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
IM Inter Mirifica	Vatican II	1963	24	2	19	—
SC Sacrosanctum Concilium	Vatican II	1963	86	42	127	19
UR Unitatis Redintegratio	Vatican II	1964	24	42	59	6
AA Apostolicam Actuositatem	Vatican II	1965	33	10	58	12
ADG Ad Gentes	Vatican II	1965	42	25	59	99
CD Christus Dominus	Vatican II	1965	43	8	28	10
DH Dignitatis Humanae	Vatican II	1965	15	38	54	8
GRE Gravissimum Educationis	Vatican II	1965	12	36	13	26
GS Gaudium et Spes	Vatican II	1965	93	25	524	39
NA Nostra Aetate	Vatican II	1965	5	15	17	3
OT Optatam Totius	Vatican II	1965	21	0	13	—
PC Perfectae Caritatis	Vatican II	1965	25	1	13	—
PO Presbyterorum Ordinis	Vatican II	1965	22	63	54	92

Catechismofficial, organic exposition of the faith1

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
CEC Catechism of the Catholic Church	Catechism	1992	2,865	0	204	5

Ordinary papal magisteriumthe encyclicals45

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
LP Libertas Praestantissimum	Leo XIII	1888	47	12	15	1
RN Rerum Novarum	Leo XIII	1891	64	41	80	5
AS Annum Sacrum	Leo XIII	1899	15	0	4	—
REC Rerum Ecclesiae	Pius XI	1926	34	0	27	—
CC Casti Connubii	Pius XI	1930	130	101	24	22
QA Quadragesimo Anno	Pius XI	1931	148	82	85	9
DR Divini Redemptoris	Pius XI	1937	82	40	16	1
SPO Summi Pontificatus	Pius XII	1939	117	0	18	—
MYC Mystici Corporis Christi	Pius XII	1943	220	0	30	2
MD Mediator Dei	Pius XII	1947	209	188	17	41
EPR Evangelii Praecones	Pius XII	1951	73	53	24	8
HA Haurietis Aquas	Pius XII	1956	127	1	12	4
FD Fidei Donum	Pius XII	1957	77	31	14	3
PRP Princeps Pastorum	John XXIII	1959	59	84	11	15
MM Mater et Magistra	John XXIII	1961	264	65	98	18
PT Pacem in Terris	John XXIII	1963	172	73	99	30
ESU Ecclesiam Suam	Paul VI	1964	119	67	27	4
MF Mysterium Fidei	Paul VI	1965	76	82	11	30
MMAI Mense Maio	Paul VI	1965	15	2	—	—
CM Christi Matri	Paul VI	1966	14	12	1	4
PP Populorum Progressio	Paul VI	1967	87	69	125	27
SCA Sacerdotalis Caelibatus	Paul VI	1967	99	80	—	24
HV Humanae Vitae	Paul VI	1968	31	41	27	25
RH Redemptor Hominis	John Paul II	1979	22	205	47	47
DM Dives in Misericordia	John Paul II	1980	15	140	9	8
LE Laborem Exercens	John Paul II	1981	27	91	80	9
SLA Slavorum Apostoli	John Paul II	1985	32	47	—	30
DEV Dominum et Vivificantem	John Paul II	1986	67	297	9	36
RMAT Redemptoris Mater	John Paul II	1987	52	147	22	43
SRS Sollicitudo Rei Socialis	John Paul II	1987	49	92	119	21
RMIS Redemptoris Missio	John Paul II	1990	92	178	28	39
CA Centesimus Annus	John Paul II	1991	62	116	192	19
VS Veritatis Splendor	John Paul II	1993	120	184	23	47
EV Evangelium Vitae	John Paul II	1995	105	142	27	49
UUS Ut Unum Sint	John Paul II	1995	103	162	2	62
FR Fides et Ratio	John Paul II	1998	108	132	9	31
EE Ecclesia de Eucharistia	John Paul II	2003	62	2	1	2
DCE Deus Caritas Est	Benedict XVI	2005	42	36	18	11
SS Spe Salvi	Benedict XVI	2007	50	40	2	14
CV Caritas in Veritate	Benedict XVI	2009	79	159	42	36
LF Lumen Fidei	Francis	2013	60	50	2	20
LS Laudato si'	Francis	2015	246	172	37	62
FT Fratelli Tutti	Francis	2020	287	285	34	119
DN Dilexit Nos	Francis	2024	220	227	4	108
MH Magnifica Humanitas	Leo XIV	2026	245	224	—	50

Pastoral magisteriumexhortations and apostolic letters24

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
CONF Confessions	Augustine	400	256	485	15	12
CIV The City of God	Augustine	426	652	886	22	23
DS Enchiridion of Creeds and Definitions (Denzinger)	Creeds	1854	1,685	0	92	13
MN Menti Nostrae	Pius XII	1950	146	97	13	23
SPF Solemni Hac Liturgia	Paul VI	1968	30	40	13	1
OA Octogesima Adveniens	Paul VI	1971	52	0	47	—
EN Evangelii Nuntiandi	Paul VI	1975	82	31	54	8
CTR Catechesi Tradendae	John Paul II	1979	73	47	20	20
FLC Familiaris Consortio	John Paul II	1981	86	183	89	40
LN Libertatis Nuntius	Doctrine of the Faith	1984	129	35	19	6
RP Reconciliatio et Paenitentia	John Paul II	1984	33	54	27	19
LCO Libertatis Conscientia	Doctrine of the Faith	1986	100	146	25	20
DVIT Donum Vitae	Doctrine of the Faith	1987	79	60	14	31
CHL Christifideles Laici	John Paul II	1988	64	223	31	24
MUD Mulieris Dignitatem	John Paul II	1988	30	63	12	23
GSA Gratissimam Sane	John Paul II	1994	23	0	14	—
TMA Tertio Millennio Adveniente	John Paul II	1994	59	0	11	—
EIA Ecclesia in Asia	John Paul II	1999	51	240	5	20
NMI Novo Millennio Ineunte	John Paul II	2001	59	44	13	10
EG Evangelii Gaudium	Francis	2013	288	217	69	36
AL Amoris Laetitia	Francis	2016	325	390	9	80
GE Gaudete et Exsultate	Francis	2018	177	125	9	54
CHV Christus Vivit	Francis	2019	299	164	9	50
DINF Dignitas Infinita	Doctrine of the Faith	2024	66	116	4	29

Roman dicasteriescurial documents, delegated authority1

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
DSE Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church	C. Justice & Peace	2004	583	1,232	38	259

Theologydoctoral, not magisterial, authority1

Document	Pope	Year	§	Notes	Cited by	Outside
STH Summa Theologiæ	Thomas Aquinas	1274	3,110	0	2,488	93

Corpus statistics

The corpus's references

Scripture ↔ Scripture cross-references 424,544

Ingested documents 87

Second Vatican Councilconstitutions, decrees and declarations15

Encyclicalscircular letters from the pope to the whole Church45

Apostolic exhortationsusually issued after a synod10

Apostolic letterspapal acts of narrower scope5

Reference workscatechism, compendium, summa — syntheses, not acts3

Othergenre undetermined9

Augustine400 – 4262

Thomas Aquinas12741

Creeds18541

Leo XIII1888 – 18993

Pius XI1926 – 19374

Pius XII1939 – 19577

John XXIII1959 – 19633

Vatican II1963 – 196515

Paul VI1964 – 197510

John Paul II1979 – 200323

Doctrine of the Faith1984 – 20244

Catechism19921

C. Justice & Peace20041

Benedict XVI2005 – 20093

Francis2013 – 20248

Leo XIV20261

Dogmatic constitutionsthe most binding tier of the corpus2

Other conciliar actsdecrees and declarations of Vatican II13

Catechismofficial, organic exposition of the faith1

Ordinary papal magisteriumthe encyclicals45

Pastoral magisteriumexhortations and apostolic letters24

Roman dicasteriescurial documents, delegated authority1

Theologydoctoral, not magisterial, authority1

Most-cited Scripture

Corpus statistics

The corpus's references

Scripture ↔ Scripture cross-references 424,544

Ingested documents 87GenreChronologyAuthority

Second Vatican Councilconstitutions, decrees and declarations15

Encyclicalscircular letters from the pope to the whole Church45

Apostolic exhortationsusually issued after a synod10

Apostolic letterspapal acts of narrower scope5

Reference workscatechism, compendium, summa — syntheses, not acts3

Othergenre undetermined9

Augustine400 – 4262

Thomas Aquinas12741

Creeds18541

Leo XIII1888 – 18993

Pius XI1926 – 19374

Pius XII1939 – 19577

John XXIII1959 – 19633

Vatican II1963 – 196515

Paul VI1964 – 197510

John Paul II1979 – 200323

Doctrine of the Faith1984 – 20244

Catechism19921

C. Justice & Peace20041

Benedict XVI2005 – 20093

Francis2013 – 20248

Leo XIV20261

Dogmatic constitutionsthe most binding tier of the corpus2

Other conciliar actsdecrees and declarations of Vatican II13

Catechismofficial, organic exposition of the faith1

Ordinary papal magisteriumthe encyclicals45

Pastoral magisteriumexhortations and apostolic letters24

Roman dicasteriescurial documents, delegated authority1

Theologydoctoral, not magisterial, authority1

Most-cited Scripture

Ingested documents 87