Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

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Second Vatican Council document conciliar document dogmatic constitution

The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) is a key Second Vatican Council document that systematically explains the Catholic Church’s nature, structure, and mission in the modern world.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Second Vatican Council document ⓘ conciliar document ⓘ dogmatic constitution ⓘ
approvalDateByCouncilFathers	1964-11-21 ⓘ
approvedByCouncil	Second Vatican Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToMagisteriumType	extraordinary magisterium of an ecumenical council ⓘ
belongsToMagisteriumType	ordinary magisterium NERFINISHED ⓘ
council	Second Vatican Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChapter	Chapter I: The Mystery of the Church ⓘ Chapter II: On the People of God ⓘ Chapter III: On the Hierarchical Structure of the Church and in Particular on the Episcopate NERFINISHED ⓘ Chapter IV: The Laity ⓘ Chapter V: The Universal Call to Holiness in the Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Chapter VI: Religious ⓘ Chapter VII: The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Its Union with the Heavenly Church ⓘ Chapter VIII: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Catholic teaching on episcopal conferences ⓘ Catholic teaching on the laity ⓘ Catholic understanding of religious life ⓘ ecumenical dialogue ⓘ post–Vatican II Catholic ecclesiology ⓘ
hasLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasLatinTitle	Lumen Gentium NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShortTitle	Lumen Gentium NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChapters	8 ⓘ
numberOfParagraphs	69 ⓘ
openingWords	Lumen gentium cum sit Christus NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfPromulgation	Vatican City NERFINISHED ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
promulgationDate	1964-11-21 ⓘ
relatedToDocument	Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium NERFINISHED ⓘ Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum NERFINISHED ⓘ Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Mary in the mystery of Christ and the Church ⓘ People of God NERFINISHED ⓘ ecclesiology ⓘ episcopal collegiality ⓘ hierarchical constitution of the Church ⓘ mission of the Church ⓘ nature of the Church ⓘ role of the laity ⓘ structure of the Church ⓘ universal call to holiness ⓘ
teaches	the Church is in Christ like a sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God and of the unity of all mankind ⓘ the Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church ⓘ the collegiality of bishops with the Pope as head ⓘ the dignity and mission of the laity in the Church and in the world ⓘ the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the mystery of Christ and the Church ⓘ the universal call to holiness for all the faithful ⓘ

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College of Bishops → definedIn → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

LG → hasEnglishTitle → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

subject surface form: Lumen Gentium

Documents of the Second Vatican Council → hasPart → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church → partOf → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Its Union with the Heavenly Church → partOf → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

The Laity → partOf → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ