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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Lumen Gentium canonical	34
Lumen gentium	12
Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium	3
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium	3
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church	1
Lumen Gentium chapter 5	1
Lumen Gentium chapter VIII	1
Second Vatican Council constitution Lumen gentium	1
Second Vatican Council document Lumen Gentium	1
Second Vatican Council ecclesiology	1

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 ⓘ People of God ⓘ surface form: 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	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
hasEnglishTitle	Lumen Gentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
hasLatinTitle	Lumen Gentium self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Unitatis Redintegratio → relatedDocument → Lumen Gentium ⓘ

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Constitutio pastoralis de Ecclesia in mundo huius temporis → relatedDocument → Lumen Gentium ⓘ

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Part I: The Church and Man’s Calling → relatedDocument → Lumen Gentium ⓘ

Decree on Ecumenism → relatedTo → Lumen Gentium ⓘ

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