Second Vatican Council

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Catholic council ecumenical council religious event

The Second Vatican Council was a major 20th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that introduced significant reforms in liturgy, church governance, and the Church’s engagement with the modern world.

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Label Occurrences
Second Vatican Council canonical 197
Second Vatican Council reforms 5
Council Fathers of Vatican II 3

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic council ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
religious event ⓘ
addressedTopic Church and modern world ⓘ
ecclesiology ⓘ
ecumenism ⓘ
liturgy reform ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
revelation ⓘ
role of laity ⓘ
affirmed religious freedom as a human right ⓘ
aimedAt aggiornamento (updating of the Church) ⓘ
engagement with the modern world ⓘ
renewal of the Church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Vatican Council ⓘ
surface form: Vatican Council II

Second Vatican Council ⓘ
surface form: Vatican II
calledBy Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis ⓘ
continuedUnder Pope Paul VI ⓘ
convenedBy Pope John XXIII ⓘ
emphasized collegiality of bishops ⓘ
role of the laity in the Church ⓘ
universal call to holiness ⓘ
endDate 1965-12-08 ⓘ
hadLongTermImpactOn Catholic ecumenical relations ⓘ
Catholic liturgical practice ⓘ
Catholic theology ⓘ
Church governance ⓘ
heldAt Vatican City ⓘ
heldIn St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica
introduced greater use of vernacular languages in the liturgy ⓘ
numberInSequence 21st ecumenical council ⓘ
partOf Roman Catholic Church history ⓘ
precededBy First Vatican Council ⓘ
primaryLanguage Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
producedDocument Ad Gentes ⓘ
Apostolicam Actuositatem ⓘ
Perfectae Caritatis ⓘ
surface form: Christus Dominus

Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests ⓘ
Dei Verbum ⓘ
Dignitatis Humanae ⓘ
Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Gravissimum Educationis ⓘ
Inter Mirifica ⓘ
Lumen Gentium ⓘ
Nostra Aetate ⓘ
Perfectae Caritatis ⓘ
surface form: Optatam Totius

Orientalium Ecclesiarum ⓘ
Perfectae Caritatis ⓘ
Presbyterorum Ordinis ⓘ
Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ
Unitatis Redintegratio ⓘ
promoted dialogue with non-Christian religions ⓘ
dialogue with other Christian denominations ⓘ
reformed Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form: Roman Rite liturgy
respondedTo contemporary social issues ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
startDate 1962-10-11 ⓘ
typeOfDocumentIssued declaration ⓘ
decree ⓘ
dogmatic constitution ⓘ
pastoral constitution ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catholicism → recognizesCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
First Vatican Council → followedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Ordinary Time → introducedInCurrentFormBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Vatican Council reforms
Tridentine Mass → standardBefore → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Anointing of the Sick → replacedTerm → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Extreme Unction after Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council → alsoKnownAs → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatican II
Second Vatican Council → alsoKnownAs → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatican Council II
Eastern Catholic Churches → recognizedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Pope John Paul II → participatedIn → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Pope Benedict XVI → participatedIn → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Pope Paul VI → participatedIn → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Antonio Quarracino → participatedIn → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Western Christianity → hasHistoricalEvent → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Franz Cardinal König → participatedIn → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
universal Church → taughtBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Sacrament of Confirmation → recognizedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
General Roman Calendar → basedOn → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Vatican Council reforms
Paschal Triduum → canonicalDefinitionBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Regimini Ecclesiae universae → relatedTo → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Vetus Ordo → associatedWithCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Summorum Pontificum → relatedToCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Gregorian chant → recognizedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults → inspiredBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Restoration of the catechumenate by the Second Vatican Council
Galileo affair → laterAssessmentBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis → concerns → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis → relatedEvent → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis → councilConvoked → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Dei Verbum → promulgatedByCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Dei Verbum → councilSession → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth session of the Second Vatican Council
Dei Verbum → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council Fathers of Vatican II
Ad Gentes → council → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Ad Gentes → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Presbyterorum Ordinis → issuedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Presbyterorum Ordinis → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Presbyterorum Ordinis → conciliarSession → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth session of the Second Vatican Council
Presbyterorum Ordinis → belongsToCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Lumen Gentium → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Lumen Gentium → belongsToCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Perfectae Caritatis → issuedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Perfectae Caritatis → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Perfectae Caritatis → belongsToCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Gaudium et Spes → approvedByCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Gaudium et Spes → belongsToCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Unitatis Redintegratio → promulgatedByCouncil → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Unitatis Redintegratio → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Vatican Council bishops
Unitatis Redintegratio → issuedInContextOf → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Dignitatis Humanae → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Dignitatis Humanae → council → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Gravissimum Educationis → issuedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ
Gravissimum Educationis → approvedBy → Second Vatican Council ⓘ