Catholic teachings authorities

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I am looking for online resources that are authoritative, generally accepted
in the Catholic church to search for quotes to prove to others what Catholicism
actually teaches. For example, I told a friend that Catholics do not have the
freedom to pick and choose which doctrines they will believe and those they
reject. That this is in disobedience to their Church. But I could not find
authoritative place to substantiate this. Is there a searchable web site with the
Catechism or other documents that I can go to? Thanks for all suggestions.
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How about the Catechism of the Catholic Church? It is easy to google to this. (Though it is easier to use a printed copy.) I used to work in a library at a Catholic university, before I retired. If someone asked about what the Church teaches in some matter, I took them to a copy of the Catechism in the reference stacks.
 
christlifer said:
For example, I told a friend that Catholics do not have the
freedom to pick and choose which doctrines they will believe and those they
reject. That this is in disobedience to their Church. But I could not find
authoritative place to substantiate this.
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I frequently use the searchable online catechism provided by St. Charles Borromero Catholic Church.
2087 Our moral life has its source in faith in God who reveals his love to us. St. Paul speaks of the “obedience of faith” as our first obligation. He shows that “ignorance of God” is the principle and explanation of all moral deviations. Our duty toward God is to believe in him and to bear witness to him. **
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2088** The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance, and to reject everything that is opposed to it. There are various ways of sinning against faith:
Voluntary doubt about the faith disregards or refuses to hold as true what God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief. Involuntary doubt refers to hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith, or also anxiety aroused by its obscurity. If deliberately cultivated doubt can lead to spiritual blindness.
2089 *Incredulity *is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. “*Heresy *is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same; *apostasy *is the total repudiation of the Christian faith; *schism *is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.”
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How about the Catechism of the Catholic Church? It is easy to google to this. (Though it is easier to use a printed copy.) I used to work in a library at a Catholic university, before I retired. If someone asked about what the Church teaches in some matter, I took them to a copy of the Catechism in the reference stacks.
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Thanks. I will try Googling the Catechism.
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