Encyclopedia Apostolica

Encyclopedia Content

This is a brief and incomplete summary regarding the planned contents of Encyclopedia Apostolica.

Content goals of the Encyclopedia Apostolica:

  • Encyclopedia Articles on relevant subjects, e.g: Apostolic Christianity, Catholocism, Orthodoxy. Church figures, heretics, heresies, doctrine and dogma.
  • Writings of the Church Fathers and Doctors
  • Outline and Decress of all ecumenical Councils.
  • Catechisms (Both pre and post Reformation, Catholic, Orthodox, and others).
  • Music (Chant, Liturgical music and other appropriate content within the limits of size and license).
  • Images related to articles.
  • Timelines of Historical Events (Church history etc.)
  • Bible Viewing Software (although current plans for implementation are abstract to say the least). Planned format: To be determined. Probable Inclusions: DRB (Douay Rheims), RSV (Revised Standard Version), Orthodox and King James 1611. This feature's priority is at least secondary if not tertiary or later.
Encyclopedia Size:
The size of Encyclopedia Apostolica™ is projected to be at least one 80minute DVD Rom. However, no consideration will be made for size. No relevant information will be purposely excluded on the grounds of size. For the sake of reference, offline editions of the entire wikipedia database are slightly over 4GB. It would probably take a lot of work to approach that size, and I don't see it as likely. However it is already obvious to me in it's early development stages that the encyclopedia is likely to occupy several CD roms.

This is a small list but a seemingly insurmountable task if carried out by one person. For information on contributing, send e-mail to commodianus <at> gmail <dot> <com>

Development Languages:
Encyclopedia Apostolica is being developed with Embarcadero Delphi 2009.
Articles and content are being developed in XML, XHTML, HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Databases are a custom format, using XML.