LG

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LG is the standard abbreviation for *Lumen Gentium*, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, which outlines Catholic teaching on the nature and mission of the Church.

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Label Occurrences
LG canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic magisterial document
Dogmatic constitution
Second Vatican Council document
approvedBy Council Fathers of Vatican II
belongsToCouncil Second Vatican Council
chapterTitle Religious
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church
The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Its Union with the Heavenly Church
Catholic Church hierarchy
surface form: The Hierarchical Structure of the Church and in Particular the Episcopate

The Laity
The Mystery of the Church
People of God
surface form: The People of God

The Universal Call to Holiness in the Church
concerns Roman Catholic Church ecclesiology
council Second Vatican Council
councilSession Third session of the Second Vatican Council
hasAbbreviation LG self-linksurface differs
hasEnglishTitle Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
hasGenre theological-ecclesiological document
hasLatinTitle Lumen Gentium
hasNumberOfChapters 8
hasType dogmatic constitution
issuedBy Pope Paul VI
keyTheme Church as sacrament of salvation
Mary as type and model of the Church
collegiality of bishops
communion ecclesiology
relationship between laity and hierarchy
languageOfPromulgation Latin
partOf Documents of the Second Vatican Council
surface form: documents of the Second Vatican Council
promulgatedBy Pope Paul VI
promulgatedDuringCouncil Second Vatican Council
promulgationDate 21 November 1964
refersTo Lumen Gentium
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
subjectMatter Catholic doctrine on the Church
People of God
hierarchical structure of the Church
mission of the Church
nature of the Church
role of bishops
role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church
role of the laity
universal call to holiness
teaches all the faithful are called to holiness
bishops in communion with the Pope govern the Church
the Church is in Christ like a sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God and of the unity of all mankind
the Church is the People of God

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LG hasAbbreviation LG self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Lumen Gentium