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Books

•  By What Authority? - An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition. By Mark Shea.
•  The Office of Peter and the Structure of the Church - Hans Urs Von Balthasar
•  One Holy Catholic & Apostolic - The Early Church Was the Catholic Church

Church Documents

•  Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith Catechism of the Catholic Church
•  The Church: Mother and Teacher Catechism of the Catholic Church

•  Magisterium Exercises Authority in Christ's Name Address by Pope John Paul II to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (24 November 1994)

Multimedia

•  Development of Doctrine Catholic Answers Live interview with Karl Keating, founder of Catholic Answers (requires RealPlayer - save file to your hard drive)

Articles

•  Dogma  (Catholic Encyclopedia)

•  ...and Protects His Church from Teaching Error in Faith and Morals by Jeffrey Mirus
•  Ask Father: Doubt in Matters of Faith 
•  Ask Father: Teaching Authority of Encyclicals 
•  Authority: The Church's Biblical & Historical Claims by John Pacheco
•  Authority? Whose? by John Pacheco.
•  Church Isn"t a Democracy by George Jonas . If you are a Catholic, then you don"t have the burden of figuring out right and wrong for yourself.
•  Four Levels of the Church's Teaching by Fr William Most
•  He Who Hears You, Hears Me : Fr. William Most An examination of the Scriptural and Patristic texts that bear on the question of whether the statement 'He who hears you hears me' can be used to support the teaching authority of the Church.
•  Neo-orthodoxy, Authority & the Future of the Church by Fr Joseph Varacalli (from Faith & Reason, Fall 1989)
•  Straight Answers: The Magisterium's Imprimatur: Sept. 2, 1999