Understanding citations in answers

Every answer Magisterium AI gives is grounded in real documents, and it shows you exactly where each claim comes from.

Where the sources appear

Inline numbered markers (¹, ², ³…) appear next to the sentences they support.
Below the answer, a References button opens a panel listing every source used, in order.

A chat answer to the prompt 'What is the Eucharist?' with the References panel open on the right side of the screen. The main answer column describes the Eucharist as 'the Catholic Church's central sacrament — the source and summit of the Christian life' with bullet points on real presence, transubstantiation, and the sacrifice, marked with superscript citation numbers and a 'References' button. The right-hand References panel lists numbered sources with author, work, and an excerpt — for example 'Catechism of the Catholic Church, CCC 1323', 'The Encyclopedia Press — Catholic Encyclopedia, Eucharist', and two entries from 'United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' on Holy Communion norms and the real presence. A 'Copy' button sits at the bottom-right of the panel. — Answer with the References / sources panel open

Reading a citation

Click any number or any entry in the References panel to open the original document in our built-in document viewer. From there you can:

Read the full surrounding context.
Jump between citations in the source.
Listen to the page read aloud (Listen to this page).
Query the document directly with Query this document.
Bookmark the page to My Library for later.

Printing and PDFs

If you print or export a Canvas, the sources are rendered as footnotes at the bottom of the document so they stay attached to the claims they support.

Why citations matter

Because Catholic teaching is a living tradition, we think you should always be able to check the source of any claim an AI makes. A citation lets you:

Verify the answer is accurate to the document.
Read more around the cited paragraph.
Know which pope, council, or author is being referenced.

Something look wrong?

If an answer seems to misquote or misattribute a source, use the thumbs-down button under the answer and choose Inaccurate (and add a comment if you can). See Giving feedback on a response.