Vatican Council II. The council that renewed the Church. This page contains the documents that were produced from the council. There used to be a time where people discussed being a “Church of Vatican II”, or attributing what was said at Vatican II to what they wanted to be true, not to what was true. These documents are what Vatican II said.
Constitutions
DEI VERBUM. The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.
How does God choose to speak to us? How does God reveal himself?
LUMEN GENTIUM. The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church.
Just what is the Church? What does it mean to be the Bride of Christ?
SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM. Constitution on Sacred Liturgy.
One key element of the spiritual life is worship. How do we worship God? What does the Church believe that worship is?
GAUDIUM ET SPES. Pastoral Constituion on the Church in the Modern World.
What does it mean to be a disciple in the world? How is it the Church is called to engage the world?
Declarations
GRAVISSIMUM EDUCATIONIS. Declaration on Christian Education.
How is it the Church forms people to live in a happy and fulfilling way in all aspects of life?
NOSTRA AETATE. Declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions.
The universal human quest is the quest for meaning. What does it mean? How should Catholics respect the quest in those who are not Christian?
DIGNITATIS HUMANAE. Declaration on Religious Freedom.
What human rights do those who want to practice their religious faith have? How should they be respected and protected?
Decrees
AD GENTES. Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church.
Just what is it that Jesus calls the Church to be? How is it the Holy Spirit reveals what the Church should do?
PRESBYTERORUM ORDINIS. Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests.
What does God call a priest to do and become? What is the role of a Catholic priest?
APOSTOLICAM ACTUOSITATEM. (Decree on the apostolate of the laity)
What is the role of the baptized? How is it the integrate their faith into their everyday lives? How do the baptized draw others to Jesus and the Church?
OPTATUM TOTIUS. Decree on Priestly Training.
What are the basic principles of formation? What type of formation makes for a good and holy priest?
PERFECTAE CARITATIS. Decree on the Adaption and Renewal of Religious Life.
From the beginning of the Church, men and women sought a way of life around a charism, or gift to the entire Church. What does it mean to be an effective consecrated religious today?
CHRISTUM DOMINUS. Decree concerning the pastoral office of the bishops in the Church.
What is the role of a bishop? What are the primary tasks of a bishop?
UNITATIS REDINTEGRATIO. Decree on Ecumenism.
What is the relationship between the Catholic Church and those churches of other religions?
ORIENTALIUM ECCLESIARUM. Decree on Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite.
What are the other rites in the Catholic Church?
INTER MIRIFICA. ((Decree on the Media of Social Communications)
The world has so many means of communication today. What is its moral use?
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