Councils Basics
This is what makes a council “ecumenical.”
Approved or called by the pope
This pope called Vatican II.
Pope John XXIII
Hold the 21st Ecumenical Council- Vatican II.
Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.
Sacrosanctum Concilium
Sacrosanctum Concilium largely affected changes in this daily Catholic celebration of the Church.
The Mass.
The Catholic Church has had this many ecumenical councils.
21
This year Vatican II officially began.
1962
Vatican II, like Vatican I, was intended to be a __________ with the world. Not a statement of beliefs.
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church and its mission.
Lumen Gentium
After Vatican II, this group had a greater role in leadership, ministry, teaching, and many other aspects of Church life.
The laity.
This was the FIRST ecumenical council in Church history.
Nicaea I
This pope concluded Vatican II.
Pope Paul VI
16
Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.
Dei Verbum
Name one other type of council besides ecumenical.
Local or synod.
This year Vatican II ended.
1965
Vatican II was intended to take Church teaching and communicate it to whom/what?
The modern world
Declaration that addressed other religions.
Nostra Aetate
While Vatican II changed the way the Church communicated with the modern world, it did NOT change ________________.
Core Church doctrine.
Even if he is not present, this person must approve a council for it to be Ecumenical.
The Pope
Name the year that John XXIII died.
1963
In his Opening Address of the Council, Pope John XXIII said that the Church should not treat truth like a ___________________.
Decree that focused on Christian unity.
Unitatis Redintegratio
Name 2 ways the Church became more engaged with the modern world as a result of Vatican II.
Dialogue, outreach, ecumenism, lay participation, etc.