Lumen Gentium

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Document of the Catholic Church Dogmatic constitution Second Vatican Council document

Lumen Gentium is a key dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates its self-understanding, especially the nature and mission of the Church, as defined by the Second Vatican Council.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Document of the Catholic Church → Dogmatic constitution → Second Vatican Council document →
affirms	The Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church →
approvedBy	Second Vatican Council →
belongsToCouncil	Second Vatican Council →
chapterTitle	Religious → The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church → The Church is Hierarchical → The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Its Union with the Heavenly Church → The Laity → The Mystery of the Church → The People of God → The Universal Call to Holiness in the Church →
definesConcept	People of God as a central image of the Church →
hasAbbreviation	LG →
hasAuthorityIn	Catholic Church →
hasEnglishTitle	Dogmatic Constitution on the Church →
hasLatinTitle	Lumen Gentium →
influenced	Catholic Marian theology → Catholic teaching on episcopal collegiality → Catholic teaching on the laity → Catholic understanding of religious life → Post–Vatican II ecclesiology →
languageOfPromulgation	Latin →
numberOfChapters	8 →
openingWords	Lumen gentium cum sit Christus →
partOf	Acta Apostolicae Sedis →
promulgatedBy	Pope Paul VI →
promulgationDate	1964-11-21 →
promulgationPlace	St. Peter’s Basilica →
relatedToDocument	Dei Verbum → Gaudium et Spes → Sacrosanctum Concilium →
subject	Ecclesiology → Eschatology → Hierarchy of the Church → Laity in the Church → Mission of the Church → Nature of the Church → People of God → Religious life → Universal call to holiness →
teachesDoctrine	Collegiality of bishops with the Pope → Marian doctrine in relation to the Church → Role and dignity of the laity → The Church as sacrament of salvation → Universal call to holiness for all the faithful →
typeOfMagisterium	Solemn magisterium →
usesFormula	subsists in →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ad Gentes → Apostolicam Actuositatem → Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests ("Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium") → Gaudete et exsultate ("Lumen gentium") → Gravissimum Educationis → Ineffabilis Deus → Orientalium Ecclesiarum → Perfectae Caritatis →	relatedTo
Dignitatis Humanae → Gaudium et Spes → Presbyterorum Ordinis → Sacrosanctum Concilium → Unitatis Redintegratio →	relatedDocument
Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus ("Second Vatican Council ecclesiology") →	basedOn
Redemptor Hominis →	citesDocument
Mother of the Church ("Lumen gentium") →	declaredInDocument
Magisterium of the Catholic Church ("Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium") →	describedIn
universal Church ("Lumen gentium") →	describedInDocument
Lumen Gentium ("Dogmatic Constitution on the Church") →	hasEnglishTitle
Lumen Gentium →	hasLatinTitle
Pastor aeternus ("Second Vatican Council constitution Lumen gentium") →	influenceOn
Inter Mirifica →	precedes
Second Vatican Council →	producedDocument