Second session of the Second Vatican Council

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event in church history session of an ecumenical council

The Second session of the Second Vatican Council was a key phase of the 1962–1965 Roman Catholic ecumenical council in which bishops from around the world continued debating and shaping major reforms in church doctrine, liturgy, and relations with the modern world.

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instanceOf event in church history ⓘ
session of an ecumenical council ⓘ
aimedAt improving dialogue with the modern world ⓘ
promoting Christian unity ⓘ
renewal of Catholic life ⓘ
updating the Church (aggiornamento) ⓘ
concernedWith church doctrine ⓘ
ecclesiology ⓘ
ecumenism ⓘ
liturgy reform ⓘ
relations with the modern world ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
revelation and Scripture ⓘ
countryContext Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ
discussedDocument Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Decree on the Means of Social Communication NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
schema on Divine Revelation ⓘ
schema on Ecumenism NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1963-12-04 ⓘ
followedBy Third session of the Second Vatican Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTypeOfDebate doctrinal debate ⓘ
liturgical debate ⓘ
pastoral debate ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War period ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ
locatedIn Vatican City ⓘ
location St. Peter's Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLanguage Latin ⓘ
numberOfCouncilFathers over 2,000 ⓘ
openedBy Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
papacyDuringSession Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
participants Catholic bishops from around the world ⓘ
observers from other Christian denominations ⓘ
theologian periti (experts) ⓘ
partOf Second Vatican Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy First session of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
resultedIn development of drafts that would become major council documents ⓘ
further revision of conciliar schemas ⓘ
significance advanced the council’s engagement with the modern world ⓘ
contributed to major changes in Catholic liturgy and ecclesiology ⓘ
key phase in shaping Vatican II reforms ⓘ
startDate 1963-09-29 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Third session of the Second Vatican Council → follows → Second session of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ