Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis

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Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.


Statements (43)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic magisterial document
apostolic constitution
papal document
audience bishops of the Catholic Church
faithful of the Catholic Church
author Pope John XXIII
belongsToCorpus Vatican II preparatory documents
papal magisterium
category 20th-century papal documents
documents of the Second Vatican Council
church Catholic Church
concerns Second Vatican Council
councilConvoked Second Vatican Council
documentForm apostolic constitution
documentStatus in force as historical act
ecclesiasticalStatus binding papal act
genre official ecclesiastical legislation
geopoliticalScope universal Church
historicalContext 20th-century Catholic Church reforms
preparation for Vatican II
issuedBy Pope John XXIII
juridicalEffect formal convocation of an ecumenical council
language Latin
levelOfAuthority supreme papal authority
mentions signs of the times
papacy pontificate of Pope John XXIII
promulgatedBy Pope John XXIII
purpose to convoke the Second Vatican Council
to explain the reasons for calling the Second Vatican Council
to outline the aims of the Second Vatican Council
relatedConcept Church renewal in the modern world
aggiornamento
relatedEvent Second Vatican Council
relatedPope Pope John XXIII
religiousTradition Roman Catholic Church
subject needs of the modern world
pastoral orientation of the Second Vatican Council
relationship of the Church to contemporary society
renewal of the Church
theologicalFocus ecclesiology
pastoral theology
titleLanguage Latin
typeOfCouncilDocument document of convocation

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Second Vatican Council
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