Vatican II's significance

Councils Basics

100

This is what makes a council “ecumenical.”

Convoked by the pope on behalf of the universal Church

200

The Catholic Church has had this many ecumenical councils.

21

300

This was the FIRST ecumenical council in Church history.

Nicaea I

400

Name one other type of council besides ecumenical. 

Local or synod.

500

Even if he is not present, this person must approve a council for it to be Ecumenical.

The Pope

Vatican II Timing and Logistics

100

This pope called Vatican II.

Pope John XXIII

200

This year Vatican II officially began.

1962

300

This pope concluded Vatican II.

Pope Paul VI

400

This year Vatican II ended.

1965

500

Name the year that John XXIII died. 

1963

Purpose of Vatican II

100

The word indicating the desire to return to the roots of the faith and ensure authenticity in the beleifs, teachings, rituals and practices.

Ressourcement

200

The word describing one purpose of the Council is to "open the windows and let in the fresh air" meaning to update. 

Aggiornamento

300

Number of documents produced by the Council of Vatican II.

16

400

Vatican II, like Vatican I, was intended to be a __________ with the world.

conversation or dialogue

500

Vatican II was intended to take Church teaching and communicate it to whom/what, as embodied in Gaudium Et Spes.

The modern world

Vatican II Documents

100

Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.

Sacrosanctum Concilium

200

Dogmatic Constitution on the Church and its mission. 

Lumen Gentium

300

Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.

Dei Verbum

400

Declaration that addressed other religions.

Nostra Aetate

500

Decree that focused on Christian unity.

Unitatis Redintegratio

Changes and Impact

100

Sacrosanctum Concilium largely affected changes in this daily Catholic celebration of the Church. 

The Mass.

200

After Vatican II, this group had a greater role in leadership, ministry, teaching, and many other aspects of Church life. 

The laity.

300

The Mass was no longer required to be celebrated in Latin, it could be celebrated in _____________. 

The vernacular.

400

While Vatican II changed the way the Church communicated with the modern world, it did NOT change ________________.

Core Church doctrine.

500

Name 2 ways the Church became more engaged with the modern world as a result of Vatican II. 

Dialogue, outreach, ecumenism, lay participation, etc. 

Significance

100

How many people attended?

OVER 2500

200

What continents were respresented

All habited continents

300

What technological change impacted the way normal people interacted with the council?

Television and the media revolution

400

Which groups of people were invited to attend that had never been allowed before?

Leaders of other religious groups, women and external specialists (e.g. scientists)

500

What phrase resounded from Vatican II that asks us to consider the church's teachings in the context of todays modern world?

Sign of the times