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May 2, 2024 · Second Vatican Council (1962–65), 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, announced by Pope John XXIII in 1959 as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in a search for Christian unity.
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.
- Up to 2,625
- Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI
- 11 October 1962 – 8 December 1965
- First Vatican Council (1869–1870)
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- What Is An Ecumenical Council?
- The Church in The Modern World
- The Clergy and The Laity
- Liturgical Changes
- Considerations in Soteriology
- Conclusion
Historically, the way that the Catholic Church decides doctrinal debates and moral teaching is through dialogue among church authorities and officials--this is what is traditionally called a council or synod. The Catholic Church distinguishes between two types of councils, ecumenical councils and synods or provincial councils. Ecumenical councils a...
In Gaudium et Spes(Joy and Hope in Latin), authored in and through the proceedings of Vatican II, the Church spoke explicitly about the current state of modern world, the growth of the secular sphere and the withdrawal from religion. It specified and clarified that the Church as a collective institution is not opposed to science, philosophy, techno...
Perhaps one of the greatest revivals of Vatican II was restoring what the council designated as “baptismal dignity.” The Church re-articulated that by virtue of the sacrament of baptism each member of the faithful incurred a priestly, prophetic, and kingly dignity. The priestly dignity is in reference to a call to holiness, the prophetic to a call ...
Perhaps some of the most startling changes in the life of the church were those pertaining to the celebration of the Mass. Even if Catholics were not following the progress and discussions of the council or reading the declarations it produced, they would be immediately faced with the changes to the liturgy every Sunday in the pews. Prior to the cl...
One other main theological evolution of the council was its consideration of salvation outside of the Catholic Church. Prior to Vatican II it had long been the position of the Church that participation in the sacrament and belonging to the Catholic communion were essential for salvation. Though the Church still claims it is the medium through which...
Again, these points discussed above are merely scratching the surface of the changes implemented by Vatican II. Many of its promulgations are still in the process of being realized in parishes and dioceses around the globe. However, Vatican II stands as the largest, and perhaps most surprising, ecumenical councils convened in the Church’s history.
Oct 10, 2012 · It was the first day of the Second Vatican Council, more popularly known as Vatican II, which was designed to assess the church’s role in a rapidly changing world.
Oct 11, 2022 · Vatican II was the 21st ecumenical council to be convened in the Church's bimillennial history, and gathered nearly a century after Pope Pius IX convoked Vatican I (1869-70) which defined the dogmas of papal infallibility and the primacy of papal jurisdiction.
Jan 9, 2024 · Pope Paul VI. Paul VI decided to continue Vatican II (canon law dictates that a council is suspended at the death of a pope), and brought it to completion in 1965.
Oct 11, 2022 · The story of Vatican II begins in the middle of the century with a man commonly known as Il Papa Buono. On Jan. 25, Pope John XXIII calls for an ecumenical council. Over the next few...
