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versions of various works connected with the

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''New Advent'' was founded by Kevin Knight, a Catholic layman. In 1993, Knight, then a 26-year-old resident of

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, was inspired, during the visit of

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to that city for

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, to launch a project to publish the 1913 edition of the 1907–1912 ''

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'' on the Internet. Knight founded the non-profit website New Advent to house the undertaking. Volunteers from the

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and

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helped in the transcription of the original material. The site went online in 1995 and transcription efforts for ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' finished in 1997.

''New Advent'' contains several public domain documents relevant to Catholics, including the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', the ''

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'', translated writings of the Church Fathers, a variety of papal encyclicals, and aggregated news relating to the Catholic Church. The website provides navigation between related document through the frequent use of hyperlinks to other works hosted on its website.

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'', Georgia State University librarian Brian K. Koy labels the website as "highly recommended". Koy describes the website's content as straightforward and as being faithful to the text of the original works hosted on the website, but laments the relative lack of images and what he considers the overuse of hyperlinks.

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