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1962 - 1965

Second Vatican Council (1962 – 1965)

Second Vatican Council

-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.

Pope John XXIII, Opened the Council in October 11, 1962

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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.

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A. 4, Constitution

1. Dei Verbum (Divine Revelation)

2. Gaudium et Spes (Church in the Modern World) 3. Lumen Gentium (The Church)

4. Sacrosanctum Concilium (Liturgy)

Pope Paul VI and St. Peter’s Rome, below.

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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

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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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