Lumen Gentium

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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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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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Catholic Church hierarchy hasDoctrinalBasisIn Lumen Gentium
this entity surface form: Lumen gentium
Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity relatedTo Lumen Gentium
this entity surface form: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium
Third session of the Second Vatican Council promulgatedDocument Lumen Gentium
this entity surface form: Lumen gentium
College of Bishops theologicalBasis Lumen Gentium
this entity surface form: Lumen gentium
encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam precedes Lumen Gentium
subject surface form: Ad Caeli Reginam
this entity surface form: Lumen Gentium chapter VIII
Mystici Corporis Christi influenced Lumen Gentium
Mystical Body of Christ isAffirmedIn Lumen Gentium