Dignitatis Humanae

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Catholic Church document Second Vatican Council declaration declaration on religious freedom magisterial document

Dignitatis Humanae is the Second Vatican Council’s landmark declaration on religious freedom, affirming the right of every person to religious liberty grounded in human dignity.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic Church document → Second Vatican Council declaration → declaration on religious freedom → magisterial document →
affirms	limits on civil authority in religious matters → right of every person to religious liberty → the competence of civil authority to protect and promote the rights of the human person → the moral duty of individuals and societies toward the true religion and the one Church of Christ →
approvedBy	Second Vatican Council →
belongsToCorpus	Vatican II documents →
council	Second Vatican Council →
dateOfPromulgation	1965-12-07 →
emphasizes	limits of state power over religious activity → social nature of the human person in religious matters →
groundsRightIn	dignity of the human person →
historicalContext	20th-century debates on Church–state relations → Cold War era →
influenced	Catholic engagement with modern human rights discourse → Catholic social teaching → Catholic teaching on religious liberty → post–Vatican II canon law on religious freedom →
languageOfTitle	Latin →
numberOfSections	15 →
officialName	Declaratio de Libertate Religiosa →
openingWords	Dignitatis humanae personae →
placeOfPromulgation	Vatican City →
promulgatedBy	Pope Paul VI →
relatedDocument	Gaudium et Spes → Lumen Gentium → Nostra Aetate →
religiousTradition	Roman Catholic Church →
shortTitle	Dignitatis Humanae →
states	religious freedom must be protected as a civil right → religious freedom must be recognized in constitutional law →
subject	freedom from coercion in religious matters → freedom of conscience → human dignity → relationship between Church and state → religious freedom → rights of the human person →
teaches	no one is to be forced to act against his conscience in religious matters → no one is to be prevented from acting according to his conscience in religious matters within due limits → religious communities have the right to educate and witness → religious communities have the right to govern themselves according to their own norms → religious communities have the right to public worship → religious freedom is a civil right → the search for truth must be free → truth cannot impose itself except by virtue of its own truth →
typeOfRightAffirmed	civil right to religious liberty → negative immunity from coercion in religious matters →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Second Vatican Council →	producedDocument
Gaudium et Spes →	relatedDocument
Gravissimum Educationis →	relatedTo
Dignitatis Humanae →	shortTitle