2 VATICAN 1962 1965 Documents of Second Vatican

2 VATICAN 1962 - 1965 Documents of

Second Vatican Council (1962 – 1965)

Second Vatican Council Pope John XXIII, Opened the Council in October 11, 1962 -The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965.

Second Vatican Council The results of the Council The most visible results were changes in how; 1. Church sacraments were practiced. 2. The use of vernacular languages for the Mass. 3. A new attitude towards their relationship with non-Catholics.

Second Vatican Council A. 4, Constitution 1. Dei Verbum (Divine Revelation) Pope Paul VI and St. Peter’s Rome, below. 2. Gaudium et Spes (Church in the Modern World) 3. Lumen Gentium (The Church) 4. Sacrosanctum Concilium (Liturgy)

Second Vatican Council B. 9, Decrees 1. Ad Gentes (Mission Activity) 2. Apostolicam Actuositatem (Lay People) 3. Christus Dominus (Bishops in the Church) 4. Inter Mirifica (Social Communication) 5. Optatam Totius (Priestly Training) 6. Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Eastern Churches) 7. Perfectæ Caritatis (Renewal of Religious Life) 8. Presbyterorum Ordinis (Life of Priests) 9. Unitatis Redintegratio (Ecumenism) Pope John XIII, at the solemn opening on October 11, 1962

Second Vatican Council C. 3, Declaration 1. Dignitatis Humanæ (Religious Freedom) 2. Gravissimum Educationis (Christian Education) 3. Nostra Aetate (Relations with Non. Christians) Pope John XIII, warned the assembly against the temptation to be pessimistic and integrist.

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