Historical background of vatican ii vatican ii creighton. Norman tanner the impact of vatican i and ii on the catholic church 169 1. The council, through the holy see, was formally opened under the pontificate of pope john xxiii on 11 october 1962 and was closed under pope paul vi on the solemnity of. Oct 10, 2012 the council called between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops and thousands of observers, auditors, sisters, laymen and laywomen to four sessions at st.
It ordered an extensive revision of worship so that people. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Thanh cong dong vatican ii vietnamese missionaries in asia. Vietcatholic news agency, established since 1996, is a media outlet for the church in vietnam. The second ecumenical council of the vatican, commonly known as the second vatican. Dei verbum byelorussian, chinese, czech, english, french, german, hebrew, hungarian, italian, latin, portuguese, spanish. Therefore, following in the footsteps of the council of trent and of the first vatican council, this present council wishes to set forth authentic doctrine on divine revelation and how it is handed on, so that by hearing the message of salvation the whole world may believe, by believing it may hope, and by hoping it may love. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Preparatory commissions appointed by the pope prepared an agenda and produced drafts. Norman tanner the impact of vatican i and ii on the. The second vatican council was the first council of the church called whose purpose was. Constitutions, declarations and decrees council vatican sec. The pope was referring to the rising influence of rationalism, liberalism, and materialism. First vatican council, also called vatican i, 186970, 20th ecumenical council of the roman catholic church, convoked by pope pius ix to deal with contemporary problems.
Pastor aeternus first dogmatic constitution on the church of christ, was issued by the first vatican council, july 18, 1870. This is a common feature of many of the ecumenical councils which have preceded it, but there is one thing about vatican ii which made it unique. A total of 2,540 cardinals, patriarchs, archbishops and bishops from around the world attended the opening session. Dec 21, 2015 pope john xxiii leads the opening session of the second vatican council in st. At any given time during the four years 19625, there were some 2,400 full members sometimes called. Known as vatican ii, the council called thousands of bishops and other religious leaders to the. Byelorussian, chinese, czech, english, french, german, hungarian, italian, latin, portuguese, spanish, swahili. We distribute catholic news, commentary, spiritual resources i.
Pope john xxiii leads the opening session of the second vatican council in st. Vatican ii was an ecumenical council that took place in vatican city from october 11, 1962, until december 8, 1965. This council represents a major event in the life of the church of the 20th century, and for this reason it constitutes a fundamental era in universal history. Second vatican council description, history, documents. The second ecumenical council of the vatican, commonly known as the second vatican council or vatican ii, addressed relations between the catholic church and the modern world. Second vatican council, also called vatican ii, 196265, 21st ecumenical council of the roman catholic church, announced by pope john xxiii on january 25, 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. Fifty years ago, pope john xxiii shocked the world when he created the second vatican council. The first vatican council 1869 1870 this article is reprinted here, with some editorial modifications, from the1911 edition of the encyclopedia britannica the first vatican council was convened in 1869 and ended in 1870, an ecumenical council of the roman catholic church, and one of the most important events in her historical development since. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of vatican ii, in october 2011, pope benedict. The document defines four doctrines of the catholic faith. Preparations for the council were directed by a central commission and subcommissions, dominated by members of the curia papal. Compendio della dottrina sociale della chiesa vatican.
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