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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
The sacred synod earnestly entreats young people themselves to become aware of the importance of the work of education and to prepare themselves to take it up, especially where because of a shortage of teachers the education of youth is in jeopardy. This same sacred synod, while professing its gratitude to priests, Religious men and women, and the laity who by their evangelical self-dedication are devoted to the noble work of education and of schools of every type and level, exhorts them to persevere generously in the work they have undertaken and, imbuing their students with the spirit of Christ, to strive to excel in pedagogy and the pursuit of knowledge in such a way that they not merely advance the internal renewal of the Church but preserve and enhance its beneficent influence upon today's world, especially the intellectual world.
ENDNOTES
1. Among many documents illustrating the importance of education confer above all apostolic letter of Benedict XV, Communes Litteras, April 10, 1919: A.A.S. 11 (1919) p. 172. Pius XI's apostolic encyclical, Divini Illius Magistri, Dec. 31, 1929: A.A.S. 22 (1930) pp. 49-86. Pius XII's allocution to the youths of Italian Catholic Action, April 20, 1946: Discourses and Radio Messages, vol. 8, pp. 53-57. Allocution to fathers of French families, Sept. 18 1951: Discourses and Radio Messages, vol. 13, pp. 241-245. John XXIII's 30th anniversary message on the publication of the encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, Dec. 30, 1959: A.A.S. 52 (1960) pp. 57-59. Paul VI's allocution to members of Federated Institutes Dependent on Ecclesiastic Authority, Dec. 30, 1963: Encyclicals and Discourses of His Holiness Paul VI, Rome, 1964, pp. 601- 603. Above all are to be consulted the Acts and Documents of the Second Vatican Council appearing in the first series of the antepreparatory phase, vol. 3, pp. 363-364; 370-371; 373-374.
2. Cf. John XXIII's encyclical letter, Mater et Magistra, May 15 1961: A.A.S. 53 (1961) pp. 413-415; 417-424; Encyclical letter, Pacem in Terris, April 11, 1963: A.A.S. 55 (1963) p. 278 ff.
3. Declaration on the Rights of Man of Dec. 10, 1948, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, and also cf. the Declaration of the Rights of Children of Nov. 20, 1959; additional protocol to the Convention Safeguarding the Rights of Men and Fundamental Liberties, Paris, March 20, 1952; regarding that universal profession of the character of human laws cf. apostolic letter, Pacem in Terris, of John XXIII of April 11, 1963: A.A.S. 55 (1963) p. 295 ff.
4. Cf. John XXIII's encyclical letter, Mater et Magistra, May 15, 1961: A.A.S. 53 (1961) p. 402. Cf. Second Vatican Councils Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 17: A.A.S. 57 (1965) p. 21, and schema on the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, 1965.
5. Pius XII's radio message of Dec. 24, 1942: A.A.S. 35 (1943) pp. 12- 19- and John XXIII's encyclical letter, Pacem in Terris April 11, 1963: A.A.S. 55 (1963) p. 259 ff. Also cf. declaration cited on the rights of man in footnote 3.
6. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius 1929: A.A.S. 22 (1930) p. 50 ff.
7. Cf. John XXIII's encyclical letter, Mater et Magistra, May 15 1961: A.A.S. 53 (1961) n. 441 ff. Magistri, Dec. 31,
8. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, l, p. 83.
9. Cf. Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 36: A.A.S. 57 (1965) p. 41 ff.
10. Cf. Second Vatican Council's schema on the Decree on the Lay Apostolate (1965), no. 12.
11. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter Divini Illius Magistri, 1, p. 59 ff. - encyclical letter Mit Brennender Sorge, March 14, 1937: A.A.S. 29- Pius XII's allocution to the first national congress of the Italian Catholic Teachers' Association, Sept. 8, 1946: Discourses and Radio Messages, vol. 8, p. 218.
12. Cf. Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, nos. 11 and 35: A.A.S. 57 (1965) pp. 16, 40 ff.
13. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter Divini Illius Magistri, 1, p. 63 ff. Pius XII's radio message of June 1, 1941: A.A.S. 33 (1941) p. 200; allocution to the first national congress of the Association of Italian Catholic Teachers, Sept. 8, 1946: Discourses and Radio Messages, vol. 8, 1946: Discourses and Radio Messages, vol. 8, p. 218. Regarding the principle of subsidiarity, cf. John XXIII's encyclical letter, Pacem in Terris, April 11, 1963: A.A.S. 55 (1963) p. 294.
14. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, 1 pp. 53 ff. and 56 ff.; Encyclical letter, Non Abbiamo Bisogno, June 29, 1931: A.A.S. 23 (1931) p. 311 ff. Pius XII's letter from Secretariat of State to 28th Italian Social Week, Sept. 20, 1955i L'Osservatore Romano, Sept. 29, 1955.
15. The Church praises those local, national and international civil authorities who conscious of the urgent necessity in these times, expend all their energy so that all peoples may benefit from more education and human culture. Cf. Paul VI's allocution to the United Nations General Assembly, Oct. 4, 1965: L'Osservatore Romano, Oct. 6, 1965.
16. Cf. Pius XI's motu proprio, Orbem Catholicum, June 29, 1923: A.A.S. 15 (1923) pp. 327-329, decree, Provide Sane, Jan. 12 1935: A.A.S. 27 (1935) pp. 145-152. Second Vatican Council's Decree on Bishops and Pastoral Duties, nos. 13 and 14.
17. Cf. Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, no. 14: A.A.S. 56 (1964) p. 104.
18. Cf. Second Vatican Council's Decree on Communications Media, nos. 13 and 14: A.A.S. 56 (1964) p. 149 ff.
19. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, 1, p. 76; Pius XII's allocution to Bavarian Association of Catholic Teachers, Dec. 31, 1956: Discourses and Radio Messages, vol. 18, p. 746.
20. Cf. Provincial Council of Cincinnati III, a. 1861: Collatio Lacensis, III, col. 124D, c/d; Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, 1, pp. 60, 63 ff.
21. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, 1, p. 63 encyclical letter, Non Abbiamo Misogno, June 29, 1931: A.A.S. 23 (1931) p. 305; Pius XII's letter from the Secretary of State to the 28th Italian Social Week, Sept. 20, 1955: L'Osservatore Romano, Sept. 29, 1955. Paul VI's allocution to the Association of Italian Christian Workers, Oct. 6, 1963: Encyclicals and Discourses of Paul VI, vol. 1, Rome, 1964, p. 230.
22. Cf. John XXIII's message on the 30th anniversary of the encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, Dec. 30, 1959: A.A.S. 52 (1960) p. 57.
23. The Church considers it as apostolic action of great worth also when Catholic teachers and associates work in these schools. Cf. Second Vatican Council's schema of the Decree on the Lay Apostolate (1965), nos. 12 and 16.
24. Cf. Second Vatican Council's schema on the Declaration on Religious Liberty (1965), no. 5.
25. Cf. Provincial Council of Westminster I, a. 1852: Collatio Lacensis III, col. 1334, a/b, Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, 1, p. 77 ff.; Pius XII's allocution to the Bavarian Association of Catholic Teachers, Dec. 31, 1956: Discourses and Radio Messages, vol. 18, p. 746; Paul VI's allocution to the members of Federated Institutes Dependent on Ecclesiastic Authority, Dec. 30, 1963: Encyclicals and Discourses of Paul VI, 1, Rome, 1964, 602 ff.
26. Cf. especially the document mentioned in the first note; moreover this law of the Church is proclaimed by many provincial councils and in the most recent declarations of very many of the episcopal conferences.
27. Cf. Pius XI's encyclical letter, Divini Illius Magistri, 1, p. 80 ff.; Pius XII's allocution to the Catholic Association of Italian Teachers in Secondary Schools, Jan. 5, 1954: Discourses and Radio Messages, 15, pp. 551-556, John XXIII's allocution to the 6th Congress of the Associations of Catholic Italian Teachers, Sept. 5 1959: Discourses, Messages, Conversations, 1, Rome, 1960, pp. 427-431.
28. Cf. Pius XII's allocution to the Catholic Association of Italian Teachers in Secondary Schools, Jan. 5, 1954, 1, p. 555.
29. Cf. Paul VI's allocution to the International Office of Catholic Education, Feb. 25, 1964: Encyclicals and Discourses of Paul VI, 2, Rome, 1964, p. 232.
30. Cf. Paul VI's allocution to the Christian Association of Italian Workers, Oct. 6, 1963: Encyclicals and Discourses of Paul VI, 1, Rome, 1964, n. 229.
31. Cf. Paul VI's allocution to the International Thomistic Congress, Sept. 10, 1965: L'Osservatore Romano, Sept. 13-14, 1965.
32. Cf. Pius XII's allocution to teachers and students of French Institutes of Higher Catholic Education, Sept. 21, 1950: Discourses and Radio Messages, 12, pp. 219-221; letters to the 22nd congress of Pax Romana, Aug. 12, 1952: Discourses and Radio Messages, 14, pp. 567-569; John XXIII's allocution to the Federation of Catholic Universities, April 1,1959: Discourses, Messages and Conversations, 1, Rome, 1960, pp. 226-229; Paul VI's allocution to the Academic Senate of the Catholic University of Milan, April 5, 1964: Encyclicals and Discourses of Paul VI, 2, Rome, 1964, pp. 438-443.
33. Cf. Pius XII's allocution to the academic senate and students of the University of Rome, June 15, 1952: Discourses and Radio Messages, 14, p. 208: "The direction of today's society principally is placed in the mentality and hearts of the universities of today."
34. Cf. Pius XI's apostolic constitution, Deus Scientiarum Dominus, May 24, 1931: A.A.S. 23 (1931) pp. 245-247.
35. Cf. Pius XII's encyclical letter, Humani Generis Aug. 12 1950: A.A. S. 42 (1950) pp. 568 ff. and 578; Paul VI's encyclical letter, Ecclesiam Suam, part III, Aug. 6, 1964: A.A.S. 56 (1964 pp. 637-659, Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism: A.A.S. 57 (1965) pp. 90-107.
36. Cf. John XXIII's encyclical letter Pacem in Terris, April 11 1963: A.A.S. 55 (1963) p. 284 and elsewhere.