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Second Vatican Council

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Second Vatican Council
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Category: History & Society
Also called:
Vatican II
Date:
October 11, 1962 - December 8, 1965
Location:
Vatican City
Participants:
Roman Catholicism
Key People:
Saint John XXIII
Marcel Lefebvre
St. Paul VI
Yves Congar
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Boston University - Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology - Vatican II (1962-1965) (Feb. 22, 2024)
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Second Vatican Council, (1962–65), 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, announced by Pope John XXIII on January 25, 1959, as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in a search for Christian unity. Preparatory commissions appointed by the pope prepared an agenda and produced drafts (schemata) of decrees on various topics. In opening the council on October 11, 1962, the pope advised the council fathers to try to meet the pastoral needs of the church. Those summoned to the council included all Catholic bishops and certain ...(100 of 642 words)

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