Vatican II Documents

by Catholic Church

Publisher:

Libreria Editrice Vaticana

, 2011

Overview

Nearly a century after the First Vatican Council, the Second Vatican Council, commonly known as Vatican II, was held between 1962–1965. This assembly, invoked by Pope John XXIII, met to discuss matters of faith and Church discipline. Over 2,000 Patriarchs, Cardinals, residing Bishops, Abbots, male heads of religious orders, and other nominated persons participated each autumn in the four year event. From this assembly four Constitutions, three Declarations, and nine Decrees were produced, creating major changes for Catholic life and worship worldwide. The Vatican II Documents are essential for understanding the spirited, and sometimes contentious, conversations within Catholicism for the last fifty years.

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Contents

Constitutions

• Dei Verbum—Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
• Lumen Gentium—Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
• Sacrosanctum Concilium—Constitution on Sacred Liturgy
• Gaudium et Spes—Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

Declarations

• Gravissimum Educationis—Declaration on Christian Education
• Nostra Aetate—Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
• Dignitatis Humanae—Declaration on Religious Freedom

Decrees

• Ad Gentes—Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church
• Presbyterorum Ordinis—Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
• Apostolicam Actuositatem—Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity
• Optatam Totius—Decree on Priestly Training
• Perfectae Caritatis—Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life
• Christus Dominus—Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church
• Unitatis Redintegratio—Decree on Ecumenism
• Orientalium Ecclesiarum—Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite
• Inter Mirifica—Decree on the Media of Social Communications

Top Highlights

“This Church constituted and organized in the world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him,^13* although many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside of its visible structure. These elements, as gifts belonging to the Church of Christ, are forces impelling toward catholic unity.” (source)

“Therefore no other person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority.” (source)

“Sacred tradition and Sacred Scripture form one sacred deposit of the word of God, committed to the Church.” (source)

“Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience.^19* Nor does Divine Providence deny the helps necessary for salvation to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at an explicit knowledge of God and with His grace strive to live a good life. Whatever good or truth is found amongst them is looked upon by the Church as a preparation for the Gospel.” (source)

“But the laity, by their very vocation, seek the kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God.” (source)

Product Details

• Title: Vatican II Documents
• Publisher: Libreria Editrice Vaticana

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