AD 1962–1965
Second Vatican Council
A pastoral council intended to present the faith to the modern world.
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- Location
- Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome
- Leaders
- Pope John XXIII opened it; Pope Paul VI concluded it
- Issues discussed
- Liturgy and the vernacular
- The nature of the Church and the role of the laity
- Revelation, ecumenism, religious liberty
- Decisions made
- Sacrosanctum Concilium on the liturgy
- Lumen Gentium on the Church and Dei Verbum on revelation
- Unitatis Redintegratio on ecumenism and Dignitatis Humanae on religious freedom
- Historical impact
- Reshaped Catholic worship and ecumenical relations; debate over the interpretation of its texts continues.
- Original documents
Sources and References
- Lumen Gentium (1964)vatican.va