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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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	Vatican Council II → 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 →
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 → 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 → Optatam Totius → Orientalium Ecclesiarum → Perfectae Caritatis → Presbyterorum Ordinis → Sacrosanctum Concilium → Unitatis Redintegratio →
promoted	dialogue with non-Christian religions → dialogue with other Christian denominations →
reformed	Roman Rite liturgy →
respondedTo	contemporary social issues → modernity →
startDate	1962-10-11 →
typeOfDocumentIssued	declaration → decree → dogmatic constitution → pastoral constitution →

Referenced by (96)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ad Gentes → Apostolicam Actuositatem → Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests ("Second Vatican Council Fathers") → Dei Verbum ("Council Fathers of Vatican II") → Dignitatis Humanae → Gravissimum Educationis → Inter Mirifica ("Council Fathers of Vatican II") → Lumen Gentium → Nostra Aetate → Perfectae Caritatis → Presbyterorum Ordinis → Sacrosanctum Concilium → Unitatis Redintegratio ("Second Vatican Council bishops") →	approvedBy
Antonio Quarracino → Francis Spellman → Franz Cardinal König → Giovanni Battista Montini → Pope Benedict XVI → Pope John Paul II → Pope Paul VI →	participatedIn
Gaudium et Spes → Gravissimum Educationis → Inter Mirifica → Lumen Gentium → Perfectae Caritatis → Presbyterorum Ordinis →	belongsToCouncil
Albanian Greek Catholic Church → Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → Georgian Catholic Church → Russian Greek Catholic Church →	acceptsCouncil
Ad Gentes → Apostolicam Actuositatem → Dignitatis Humanae → Nostra Aetate →	council
Mysterium fidei → Praedicate Evangelium → Redemptor Hominis → Summorum Pontificum →	relatedToCouncil
Introduction to Christianity → Salvation and the Church → liberation theology →	influencedBy
Gravissimum Educationis → Perfectae Caritatis → Presbyterorum Ordinis →	issuedBy
Eastern Catholic Churches → Gregorian chant → Sacrament of Confirmation →	recognizedBy
Second Vatican Council ("Vatican II") → Second Vatican Council ("Vatican Council II") →	alsoKnownAs
Mother of the Church → Vetus Ordo →	associatedWithCouncil
Karl Rahner → Pacem in terris →	influenced
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults ("Restoration of the catechumenate by the Second Vatican Council") → Óscar Romero →	inspiredBy
Orientalium Ecclesiarum → Sacrosanctum Concilium →	partOf
Dei Verbum → Unitatis Redintegratio →	promulgatedByCouncil
Evangelii nuntiandi → Regimini Ecclesiae universae →	relatedTo
Vicar of Christ →	affirmedBy
Gaudium et Spes →	approvedByCouncil
Orientalium Ecclesiarum →	author
General Roman Calendar ("Second Vatican Council reforms") →	basedOn
Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite →	basedOnDocument
Paschal Triduum →	canonicalDefinitionBy
Patriarch Athenagoras I ("Second Vatican Council (indirectly through dialogue)") →	collaborationWith
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis →	concerns
Traditionis custodes →	concernsCouncil
Presbyterorum Ordinis ("Fourth session of the Second Vatican Council") →	conciliarSession
Pope John XXIII →	convoked
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis →	councilConvoked
Dei Verbum ("Fourth session of the Second Vatican Council") →	councilSession
Mother of the Church →	declaredDuring
Papacy →	definedByCouncil
First Vatican Council →	followedBy
Western Christianity →	hasHistoricalEvent
Ordinary Time ("Second Vatican Council reforms") →	introducedInCurrentFormBy
Inter Mirifica →	issuedByBody
Unitatis Redintegratio →	issuedInContextOf
Galileo affair →	laterAssessmentBy
Year of Faith →	linkedToCouncil
Karl Rahner →	participantIn
Inter Mirifica →	promulgatedAt
Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests →	promulgatedDuring
Roman Catholicism →	recognizesCouncil
Office of Readings →	reformedBy
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis →	relatedEvent
Anointing of the Sick ("Extreme Unction after Second Vatican Council") →	replacedTerm
Roman Pontifical →	revisedAfter
Mass of Paul VI →	revisedAfterCouncil
Tridentine Mass →	standardBefore
Ambrosian Rite →	survivedReformsOf
universal Church →	taughtBy
Ecclesiastical Latin →	usedInCouncilDocuments