Hungarian Catholic Lexicon
The Hungarian Catholic Lexicon () is a large-scale lexicon series in Hungarian, dealing mainly with religious topics. History and content. Regarding the history of the "Lexicon", the editors note the following in the preface to the first volumeː The editors intended to emphasize topics related to the Hungarian church in particular. Under the editorship of István Diós and János Viczián, the Hungarian "Lexicon" was thus prepared independently of the "Lexikon für Theologie and Kirche", and includes a range of items relating to local history, ethnography, botany, and music history. The "Lexicon", which was published in 15 volumes  between 1993 and 2010 and comprises around 15,000 printed pages, was carried out under the auspices of the Szent István Társulat (St. Stephen Society), which has traditionally published ecclesiastical literature. The two-column text is decorated with many black and white and some color photographs and illustrations. In 2013, an additional volume (A–Zs) was published as the 16th, and then in 2014 the series was closed by an index volume (volume 17). The most important of the topics covered by the encyclopedia are the followingː In addition to the printed edition, the "Hungarian Catholic Lexicon" has also been available  in electronic form. András Rácz, a student of the Faculty of Information Technology of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, took part in the creation of the Internet version, under the supervision of Miklós Pásztor.