Ad Gentes
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Ad Gentes is the Second Vatican Council’s decree on the missionary activity of the Church, outlining Catholic theology and practice of evangelization in the modern world.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| new evangelization | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic magisterial document
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Second Vatican Council decree ⓘ missionary decree ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Second Vatican Council ⓘ |
| authorityScope | universal Church ⓘ |
| churchCouncilNumber |
Fifth Lateran Council
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surface form:
Twenty-first ecumenical council
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| concerns |
evangelization of non-Christian peoples
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missionary activity ad gentes ⓘ missionary cooperation ⓘ missionary spirituality ⓘ |
| council | Second Vatican Council ⓘ |
| dateOfPromulgation | 1965-12-07 ⓘ |
| documentType | decree ⓘ |
| ecclesialStatus | conciliar decree ⓘ |
| era | modern period of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
adaptation to cultures
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cooperation among missionary institutes ⓘ formation of missionaries ⓘ missionary mandate of the Church ⓘ role of local churches in mission ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | authoritative teaching document ⓘ |
| influenced |
Catholic missionary practice in the late 20th century
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post–Vatican II Catholic missiology ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| latinMeaningOfTitle | To the Nations ⓘ |
| openingWords | Ad Gentes self-link ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Ad Gentes self-link ⓘ |
| partOf | documents of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ |
| placeOfPromulgation | Vatican City ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Pope Paul VI ⓘ |
| promulgatedInPontificateOf | Pope Paul VI ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gaudium et Spes
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Lumen Gentium ⓘ Nostra Aetate ⓘ Unitatis Redintegratio ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| subject |
Catholic missions
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evangelization ⓘ missiology ⓘ missionary activity of the Church ⓘ practice of evangelization in the modern world ⓘ theology of mission ⓘ |
| teaches |
establishment of local hierarchies
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importance of witness and proclamation ⓘ inculturation of the Gospel ⓘ respect for peoples and cultures ⓘ universal call of the Church to mission ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
new evangelization