Unitatis Redintegratio

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Unitatis Redintegratio is the Second Vatican Council’s landmark decree on ecumenism, outlining the Catholic Church’s principles and approach to promoting Christian unity.

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instanceOf Catholic magisterial document
Second Vatican Council decree
ecumenical decree
addresses Anglican communities
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Protestant ecclesial communities
affirms one Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church
aimsTo promote restoration of full visible unity among Christians
approvedAtCouncilSession Third session of the Second Vatican Council
approvedBy Second Vatican Council
surface form: Second Vatican Council bishops
belongsToCorpus Documents of the Second Vatican Council
surface form: Vatican II documents
callsFor accurate presentation of Catholic doctrine in ecumenical dialogue
cooperation with other Christians in social and charitable works
chapterCount 3
citedBy Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism
Ut Unum Sint
citedIn Catechism of the Catholic Church
defines principles of Catholic ecumenism
ecclesialAuthority universal Church
surface form: universal Catholic Church
encourages dialogue with other Christian communities
prayer for Christian unity
spiritual ecumenism
focusesOn restoration of unity among all Christians
genre decree
hasEnglishTitle Decree on Ecumenism
hasIncipit Unitatis Redintegratio self-linksurface differs
surface form: Unitatis redintegratio
hasLatinTitle Unitatis Redintegratio self-link
influenced post–Vatican II Catholic ecumenical practice
issuedInContextOf Second Vatican Council
languageOfOriginal Latin
legalStatus authoritative teaching of the Catholic Church
placeOfPromulgation St. Peter's Basilica
surface form: St Peter’s Basilica
promulgatedBy Pope Paul VI
promulgatedByCouncil Second Vatican Council
promulgationDate 1964-11-21
recognizes elements of sanctification and truth outside the Catholic Church
relatedDocument Gaudium et Spes
Lumen Gentium
Nostra Aetate
sectionCountApprox 24
subject Christian unity
ecumenism
teaches hierarchy of truths in Catholic doctrine
importance of renewal of the Church for unity
need for interior conversion for ecumenism
warnsAgainst false irenicism
indifferentism in matters of faith

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Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity follows Unitatis Redintegratio
this entity surface form: Second Vatican Council decree Unitatis redintegratio
Unitatis Redintegratio hasIncipit Unitatis Redintegratio self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Unitatis redintegratio
Unitatis Redintegratio hasLatinTitle Unitatis Redintegratio self-link
subject surface form: 1995 Catholic–Orthodox statement of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
this entity surface form: Second Vatican Council decree Unitatis Redintegratio
Second Vatican Council producedDocument Unitatis Redintegratio
Ad Gentes relatedTo Unitatis Redintegratio
Orientalium Ecclesiarum relatedTo Unitatis Redintegratio