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Magisterium, Second Vatican Council
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Pope John's Opening Speech to the Council
THE ECUMENICAL COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH
THE ORIGIN AND REASON FOR THE SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
PRINCIPLE DUTY OF THE COUNCIL: THE DEFENSE AND ADVANCEMENT OF TRUTH
THE UNITY OF THE CHRISTIAN AND HUMAN FAMILY MUST BE PROMOTED
DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH - Lumen gentium
CHAPTER I THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER lII THE CHURCH IS HIERARCHICAL
CHAPTER V: THE CALL TO HOLINESS
CHAPTER VII THE PILGRIM CHURCH
II. THE FUNCTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE PLAN OF SALVATION
III. THE BLESSED VIRGIN AND THE CHURCH
IV. THE CULT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE CHURCH
V. MARY, SIGN OF TRUE HOPE AND COMFORT FOR THE PILGRIM PEOPLE OF GOD
PASTORAL CONSTITUTION: ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD - Gaudium et spes
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT THE SITUATION OF MEN IN THE MODERN WORLD
PART I THE CHURCH AND MAN'S CALLING
CHAPTER I THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
CHAPTER II THE COMMUNITY OF MANKIND
CHAPTER III MAN'S ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
CHAPTER IV THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD
PART II SOME PROBLEMS OF SPECIAL URGENCY
CHAPTER I FOSTERING THE NOBILITY OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
CHAPTER II THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE
SECTION 1 The Circumstances of Culture in the World Today
SECTION 2 Some Principles for the Proper Development of Culture
SECTION 3 Some More Urgent Duties of Christians in Regard to Culture
CHAPTER III ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE
SECTION 1 Economic Development
SECTION 2 Certain Principles Governing Socio-Economic Life as a Whole
CHAPTER IV THE LIFE OF THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY
CHAPTER V THE FOSTERING OF PEACE AND THE PROMOTION OF A COMMUNITY OF NATIONS
SECTION 1 The Avoidance of War
SECTlON II Setting Up An International Community
DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON DIVINE REVELATION - Dei verbum
CHAPTER II - HANDING ON DIVINE REVELATION
CHAPTER III - SACRED SCRIPTURE, ITS INSPIRATION AND DIVINE INTERPRETATION
CHAPTER IV - THE OLD TESTAMENT
CHAPTER VI - SACRED SCRIPTURE IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
DECREE ON THE APOSTOLATE OF LAY PEOPLE - Apostolicam Actuositatem
CHAPTER I THE VOCATION OF LAY PEOPLE TO THE APOSTOLATE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE LAY APOSTOLATE
THE SPIRITUALITY OF LAY PEOPLE
THE APOSTOLATE OF EVANGELIZATION AND SANCTIFICATION
THE RENEWAL OF THE TEMPORAL ORDER
CHARITABLE WORKS AND SOCIAL AID
THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF THE APOSTOLATE
APOSTOLATE OF LIKE TOWARDS LIKE
THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF THE APOSTOLATE
INDIVIDUAL APOSTOLATE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
VARIOUS TYPES OF GROUP APOSTOLATE
RELATIONS WITH THE CLERGY AND WITH RELIGIOUS
COOPERATION WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS AND NON-CHRISTIANS
THOSE WHO TRAIN OTHERS FOR THE APOSTOLATE
FIELDS CALLING FOR SPECIALIZED TRAINING
THE CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY - Sacrosanctum Concilium
I. THE NATURE OF THE SACRED LITURGY AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
II. THE PROMOTION OF LITURGICAL INSTRUCTION AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
III THE REFORM OF THE SACRED LITURGY
B. Norms Drawn from the Hierarchic and Communal Nature of the Liturgy
C. Norms Based on the Educative and Pastoral Nature of the Liturgy.
D. NORMS FOR ADAPTING THE LITURGY TO THE TEMPERAMENT AND TRADITIONS OF PEOPLES
E. PROMOTION OF THE LITURGICAL LIFE IN DIOCESE AND PARISH
F. PROMOTION OF PASTORAL LITURGICAL ACTION
THE MOST SACRED MYSTERY OF THE EUCHARIST
THE OTHER SACRAMENTS AND THE SACRAMENTALS
SACRED ART AND SACRED FURNISHINGS
APPENDIX A DECLARATION OF THE SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL ON REVISION OF THE CALENDAR
GUIDELINES ON RELIGIOUS RELATIONS WITH THE JEWS (N.4)
DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - Dignitatis humanae
DECREE ON THE PASTORAL OFFICE OF BISHOPS IN THE CHURCH - Christus Dominus
THE BISHOPS IN THEIR RELATION TO THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
I. THE ROLE OF THE BISHOPS IN THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
II. BISHOPS AND THE APOSTOLIC SEE
BISHOPS IN RELATION TO THEIR OWN CHURCHES OR DIOCESES
III. THOSE WHO COOPERATE WITH THE DIOCESAN BISHOP IN HIS PASTORAL TASK
A. Coadjutor and auxiliary bishops
B. The diocesan curia and councils
CONCERNING THE COOPERATION OF BISHOPS FOR THE COMMON GOD OF MANY CHURCHES
I. SYNODS, COUNCILS AND ESPECIALLY EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES
II. THE BOUNDARIES OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCES AND THE ERECTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL REGIONS
III. BISHOPS DISCHARGING AND INTER-DIOCESAN FUNCTION
DECREE ON THE MEANS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION - Inter mirifica
DECREE ON ECUMENISM - Unitatis Redintegratio
CHAPTER I CATHOLIC PRINCIPLES ON ECUMENISM
CHAPTER II THE PRACTICE OF ECUMENISM
CHAPTER III CHURCHES AND ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES SEPARATED FROM THE ROMAN APOSTOLIC SEE
I. The Special Consideration of the Eastern Churches
II. Separated Churches and Ecclesial Communities in the West
DECREE ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF THE EASTERN RITE - Orientalium Ecclesiarum
THE INDIVIDUAL CHURCHES OR RITES
PRESERVATION OF THE SPIRITUAL HERITAGE OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES
THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SACRAMENTS
RELATIONS WITH THE BRETHREN OF THE SEPARATED CHURCHES
DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Gravissimum Educationis
1. The Meaning of the Universal Right to an Education
4. Various Aids to Christian Education
6. The Duties and Rights of Parents
7. Moral and Religious Education in all Schools
9. Different Types of Catholic Schools
10. Catholic Colleges and Universities
11. Faculties of Sacred Sciences
12. Coordination to be Fostered in Scholastic Matters
DECREE ON THE MISSION ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH - Ad Gentes
CHAPTER I - PRINCIPLES OF DOCTRINE
CHAPTER II MISSION WORK ITSELF
ARTICLE 2: Preaching the Gospel and Gathering together the People of God
ARTICLE 3: Forming the Christian Community
CHAPTER III - PARTICULAR CHURCHES
CHAPTER V PLANNING MISSIONARY ACTIVITY
DECREE ON THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PRIESTS -- Presbyterorum ordinis
CHAPTER I - THE PRIESTHOOD IN THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER II - The Ministry of Priests
SECTION I - Priests' Functions
SECTION 2 - Priests' Relationships with Others
SECTION 3 - The Distribution of Priests, and Vocations to the Priesthood
CHAPTER III - The Life of Priests
SECTION 1 - The Vocation of Priests to the Life of Perfection
SECTION 2 - Special Spiritual Requirements in the Life of a Priest
SECTION THREE - Aids to the Life of Priests
DECREE ON PRIESTLY TRAINING - Optatam Totius
I THE PROGRAM OF PRIESTLY TRAINING TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY EACH COUNTRY
II THE URGENT FOSTERING OF PRIESTLY VOCATIONS
III. THE SETTING UP OF MAJOR SEMINARIES
IV. THE CAREFUL DEVELOPMENT 0F THE SPIRITUAL TRAINING
V THE REVISION OF ECCLESIASTICAL STUDIES
VI. THE PROMOTION OF STRICTLY PASTORAL TRAINING
VII. TRAINING TO BE ACHIEVED AFTER THE COURSE OF STUDIES
Second Vatican Council II Closing Speeches and Messages
COUNCIL CLOSING SPEECH DECEMBER 8, 1965
COUNCIL CLOSING MESSAGES DECEMBER 8, 1965
BY POPE PAUL TO COUNCIL FATHERS
TO THE POOR, THE SICK AND THE SUFFERING
APOSTOLIC BRIEF IN SPIRITU SANCTO' FOR THE CLOSING OF THE COUNCIL - DECEMBER 8, 1965
ADAPTATION AND RENEWAL OF RELIGIOUS LIFE - Perfectae caritatis
DECLARATION ON THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS - Nostra aetate
30. The Sacred Council feels great joy in the fruitful zealous collaboration of the Eastern and the Western Catholic Churches and at the same time declares: All these directives of law are laid down in view of the present situation till such time as the Catholic Church and the separated Eastern Churches come together into complete unity.
Meanwhile, however, all Christians, Eastern as well as Western, are earnestly asked to pray to God fervently and assiduously, nay, indeed daily, that, with the aid of the most holy Mother of God, all may become one. Let them pray also that the strength and the consolation of the Holy Spirit may descend copiously upon all those many Christians of whatsoever church they be who endure suffering and deprivations for their unwavering avowal of the name of Christ.
"Love one another with fraternal charity, anticipating one another with honour". (Rom. 12, 10.)
Each and all these matters which are set forth in this decree have been favourably voted on by the Fathers of the Council. And we, by the apostolic authority given us by Christ and in union with the Fathers, approve, decree and establish them in the Holy Spirit and command that they be promulgated for the glory of God.
Given in Rome at St. Peter's, November 21, 1964
ENDNOTES
1. Leo XIII, Litt. Ap. Orientalium dignitas, 30 nov. 1894, in Leonis XlII Acta, vol. XIV, pp. 201-202.
2. S. Leo IX, Litt. In terra pax-, an. 1053: ."Ut enim"; Innocentius III, Synodus Lateranensis IV, an. 1215, cap. IV: " Licet Graccos"; Litt. Inter quatuor, 2 aug. 1206: "Postulasti postmodum"; Innocentius IV, Ep. Cum de cetero, 27 aug. 1247; Ep. Sub catholicae, 6 mart. 1254, proem.; Nicolaus III, Instructio Istud est memoriale, 9 oct. 1278; Leo X, Litt. Ap. Accepimus nuper, 18 maii 1521; Paulus III, Litt. Ap. Dudum, 23 dec. 1534; Pius IV, Const. Romanus Pontifex, 16 febr. 1564, 5; Clemens VIII, Const. Magnus Dominus, 23 dec. 1595, 10; Paulus V, Const. Solet circumspecta, 10 dec. 1615, 3; Benedictus XIV, Ep. Enc. Demandatam, 24 dec. 1743, 3; Ep. Enc. Allatae sunt, 26 iun. 1755, 3, 6-19, 32; Pius VI, Litt. Enc. Catholicae communionis, 24 maii 1787; Pius IX, Litt. In suprema, 6 ian. 1848, 3; Litt. Ap. Ecclesiam Christ;, 26 nov. 1853; Const. Romani Pontificis, 6 ian 1862; Leo XIII, Litt. Ap. Praeclara, 20 iun. 1894, n. 7; Litt. Ap. Orientalium dignitas, 30 nov. 1894, proem.; etc.
3. Pius XII, Motu proprio Cleri sanctitati, 2 iun. 1957, can. 4. 4. Pius XII, Motu proprio Cleri sanctitati, 2 iun. 1957, can. 8: "sine licentia Sedis Apostolicae", sequendo praxim saeculorum praecedentium; item quoad baptizatos acatholicos in can. 11 habetur : "ritum quem maluerint am plecti possunt"; in textu proposito disponitur modo positivo observantia ritus pro omnibus et ubique terrarum.
5. Cfr. Leo XIII, Litt. Ap. Orientalium dignitas, 30 nov. 1894; Ep. Ap. Praeclara gratulationis, 20 iun. 1894, et documenta in nota 2 allata.
6. Cfr. Benedictus XV, Motu proprio Orientis catholici, 15 oct. 1917; Pius XI, Litt. Enc. Rerum orientalium, 8 sept. 1928, etc.
7. Praxis Ecclesiae catholicae temporibus Pii XI, Pii XII, Ioannis XXIII motum hunc abunde demonstrat.
8. Cfr. Synodum Nicaenam I, can. 6; Constantinopolitanam I, can. 2 et 3; Chalcedonensem, can. 28; can. 9; Constantinopolitanam IV, can. 17; can. 21; Lateranensem IV, can. 5; can. 30; Florentinam, Decr. pro. Graecis; etc.
9. Cfr. Synodum Nicaenam I, can. 6; Constantinopolitanam I, can. 3; Constantinopolitanam IV, can. 17; Pius XII, Motu proprio Cleri sanctitati, can. 216, 2,1.
10. In Synodis Oecumenicis: Nicaena I, can. 6; Constantinopolitana I, can. 3; Constantinopolitana IV, can. 21; Lateranensi IV, can. 5; Florentina, decr. pro Graecis, 6 iul. 1439, 9. Cfr. Pius XII, Motu proprio Cleri sanctitati, 2 iun. 1957, can. 219, etc.
11. Cfr. supra, nota 8.
12. Cfr. Synodum Ephesinam, can. 8; Clemens VII, Decet Romanum Pontificem, 23 febr. 1596; Pius VII, Litt. Ap. In universalis Ecclesiae, 22 febr. 1807; Pius XII, Motu proprio Cleri sanctitati, 2 iun. 1957, can. 324-327; Syn. Carthaginen., an. 419, can. 17.
13. Syn. Carthaginen., an. 419, can. 17 et 57; Chalcedonensis, an. 451, can. 12; S. Innocentius I, Litt. Et onus et honor, a. c. 415: "Nam quid sciscitaris"; S. Nicolaus I, Litt. A d consulta vestra, 13 nov. 866: ."A quo autem"; Innocentius III, Litt. Rex regum, 25 febr. 1204; Leo XII, Const. Ap. Petrus Apostolorum Princeps, 15 aug. 1824; Leo XIII, Litt. Ap. Christi Domini, an. 1895; Pius XII, Motu proprio Cleri sanctitati, 2 iun. 1957, can. 159.
14. Cfr. Innocentius IV, Ep. Sub catholicae, 6 mart. 1264; 3, n. 4; Syn. Lugdunensis II, an. 1274 (professio fidei Michaelis Palaeologi Gregorio X oblata); Eugenius IV, in Syn. Florentina, Const. Exsultate Deo, 22 nov. 1439, 11; Clemens VIII, Jnstr. Sanctissimus, 3 1 aug. 1 595; Benedictus XIV, Const. Etsi pastoralis, 26 maii 1742, II, n. 1, III, n. 1, etc.; Synodus Laodicena, an. 347/381, can. 48; Syn. Sisen. Armenorum, an. 1342; Synodus Libanen. Maronitarum, an. 1736, P. II, Cap. III, n. 2, et aliae Synodi particulares.
15. Cfr. S.C.S. Officii, Instr. (ad Ep. Scepusien), an. 1783 ; S.C. de Prop. Fide (pro Coptis), 15 mart. 1790, n. XIII; Decr. 6 oct. 1863, C, a; S.C. pro Eccl. Orient., 1 maii 1948; S.C.S. Officii, resp. 22 apr. 1896 cum litt. 19 maii 1896.
16. CIC, can. 782, 4; S.C. pro Eccl. Orient., Decretum "de Sacramento Confirmationis administrando etiam fidelibus orientalibus a presbyteris latini ritus, qui hoc indulto gaudeant pro fidelibus sui ritus", 1 maii 1948.
17. Cfr. Syn. Laodicen., an. 347/381, can. 29; S. Nicephorus CP., cap. 14; Syn. Duinen. Armenorum, an. 719, can. 31; S. Theodorus Studita, sermo 21; S. Nicolaus I, Litt. Ad consulta vestra, 13 nov. 866: . In quorum Apostolorum .; "Nos cupitis "; "Quod interrogatis"; "Praeterea consulitis"; "Si die Dominico"; et Synodi particulares.
18. Novum quid, saltem ubi viget obligatio audiendi S. Liturgiam; ceterum cohaeret diei liturgicae apud Onentales.
19. Cfr. Canones Apostolorum, 8 et 9; Syn. Antiochena, an. 341, can. 2; Timotheus Alexar;drinus, interrogat. 3; Innocentius III, Const. Quia divinae, 4 ian. 1215; et plurimae Synodi particulares Ecclesiarum Orientalium recentiores.
20. Salva territorialitate iurisdictionis, canon providere intendit, in bonum animarum, pluralitati iurisdictionis in eodem territorio.
21. Cfr. Syn. Nicaena I, can. 18; Syn. Neocaesarien., an. 314/ 325, can. 12; Syn. Sardicen., an. 343, can. 8; S. Leo M., Litt. Omnium quidem, 13 ian. 444; Syn. Chalcedonen., can. 6; Syn. Constantinopolitana IV, can. 23, 26; etc.
22.) Subdiaconatus consideratur apud Ecclesias Orientales plures Ordo minor, sed Motu proprio Pii XII, Cleri sanctitati, ei praescribuntur obligationes Ordinum maiorum. Canon proponit ut redeatur ad disciplinam antiquam singularum Ecclesiarum quoad obligationes subdiaconorum, in derogationem iuris communis "Cleri sanctitati".
23. Cfr. Pius XII, Motu proprio Crebrae allatae, 22 febr. 1949, can. 32, 2, n. 5 (facultas patriarcharum dispensandi a forma); Pius XII, Motu proprio Cleri sanctitati, 2 iun. 1957, can. 267 (facultas patriarcharum sanandi in radice ); S.C.S. Offici et S.C. pro Eccl. Orient., an. 1957 concedunt facultatem dispensandi a forma et sanandi ob defectum formae (ad quinquennium): "extra patriarchatus, Metropolitis, ceterisque Ordinariis locorum... qui nullum habent Superiorem infra Sanctam Sedem "
24. Cfr. S. Leo M., Litt. Quod saepissime, 15 apr. 454: "Petitionem autem "; S. Nicephorus CP., cap. 13; Syn. Sergii Patriarchae, 18 sept. 1596; can. 17; Pius VI, Litt. Ap. Assueto paterne, 8 apr. 1775; etc.
25. Cfr. Syn. Vaticana II, Const. De Sacra Liturgia, 4 dec. 1963.
26. Cfr. Clemens VIII, Instr. Sanctissimus, 31 aug. 1595, 6: "Si ipsi graeci"; S.C.S. Officii, 7 iun. 1673, ad 1 et 3; 13 mart. 1727, ad 1; S. C. de Prop. Fide, Decret. 18 aug. 1913, art. 33; Decret. 14 aug. 1914, art. 27; Decret. 27 mart. 1916, art. 14; S.C. pro Eccl. Orient., Decret. 1 mart. 1929, art. 36; Decret. 4 maii 1930, art. 41.
27. Cfr. Syn. Laodicen., 347/ 381, can. 18; Syn. Mar Issaci Chaldaeorum, an. 410, can. 15; S. Nerses Glaien. Armenorum, an. 1166; Innocentius IV Ep. Sub catholicae, 6 mart. 1254, 8; Benedictus XIV, Const. Etsi pastoralis, 26 maii 1742, 7, n. 5; Inst. Eo quamvis tempore, 4 maii 1745, 42 ss.; et Synodi particulares recentiores : Armenorum (1911), Coptorum (1898 ), Maronitarum (1736), Rumenorum (1872), Ruthenorum (1891) , Syrorum (1888).
28. Ex traditione orientali.
29. Ex tenore Bullarum unionis singularum Ecclesiarum orientalium catholicarum.
30. Obligatio synodalis quoad fratres seiunctos orientales et quoad omnes Ordines cuiuscumque gradus tum iuris divini tum ecclesiastici.
31. Haec doctrina valet etiam in Ecclesiis seiunctis.
32. S. Basilius M., Epistula canortica ad Amphilochium, PG. 32, 669 B.
33. Fundamentum mitigationis consideratur: 1 ) validitas sacramentorum; 2 ) bona fides et dispositio; 3) necessitas salutis aeternae; 4) absentia sacerdotis proprii; 5) exclusio periculorum vitandorum et formalis adhaesionis errori. 34. Agitur de s. d. "communicatione in sacris extrasacramentali". Concilium est quod mitigationem concedit, servatis servandis.