When you cite a priest's work, do you put Fr.?

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When you cite a priest’s work, do you have to put Fr. so-and-so? If not, then how do render proper respect to a priest?

If one wants to show respect to a priest, is it okay to always begin addresses to him with Father? Or is respect still implied as long you call him Father once and call him nothing else?
 
When you cite a priest’s work, do you have to put Fr. so-and-so? If not, then how do render proper respect to a priest?

If one wants to show respect to a priest, is it okay to always begin addresses to him with Father? Or is respect still implied as long you call him Father once and call him nothing else?
 
If you’re talking about a citation in a scholarly paper, cite the priest (or religious) the way the article or book lists the person’s name. Generally an article wouldn’t list the author with a title like “Father” or “Sister” so neither would you.

In my experience, students have enough trouble following style manuals without adding to them or having to do research to determine the clerical or religious status of a particular author.

You show authors the proper respect by citing them in the proper way.
 
I checked this website and there do not seem to be any academic or professional initials after the names of authors, just the last name and first initials. If you are writing a paper for a course, I suppose you could always ask the professor. In the meantime, you could check out the link for both APA and MLA style.

owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/
 
I find it interesting that the OCP wordhip aid list the author of “Faith of Our Fathers” and “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” as Frederick W. Farber - No mention that he was a priest. Many think it is a Protestant Hymn
 
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