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Vatican II was a significant religious event from the past. Discuss -…
Vatican II was a significant religious event from the past. Discuss
What did it address?
Relations between the catholic church and the modern world
Ecumenism
Movement or tendency toward worldwide christian unity or cooperation
Evangelisation
To preach the gospel or to convert someone to christianity
Place of Church in world today
Accessibility of the Church Liturgy
As the mass was predominately held in Latin, the mass could now be celebrated in the common tongue to make it more accessible for those across the world
Discuss
Identify issues and provide points for/against
Vatican II
Held at the vatican over four sessions from 1962 to 1965
Pope St John XXIII
Called for Vatican II in 1958
Dies before completion of Vatican II
Pope Paul VI closes Vatican II in 1965
Reasons for and against
Vatican II was good because
Catholic church opened its windows onto the modern world
Updated the Liturgy
Gave a larger role to laypeople
Introduced the concept of religious freedom
Started a dialogue with other religions
Vatican II was negative because
Priests and bishops rejected church teachings
Convents and seminaries emptied
Laypeople were thrown into confusion
Loss of traditional practices in the Catholic Church, such as the use of latin in the liturgy
loss of traditional doctrine
Purpose
Modernization of the church after 20 years of life
What is meant by significant religious event
Significant
sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy
Major historical event
Any event recognised as having as having religious and/or historical significance
Key documents from Vatican II
Lumen Gentium
affirms the absolute necessity of the Church, founded by the Lord Himself, as the means of our salvation in Christ
Nostra Aetate
Religions should promote goodwill, friendship, peace and unity amongst all people since we form one human family
Inter Mirifica
addressing the concerns and problems of social communication.
Sacrosanctum Concillarum
the table of God's word is to be made more abundantly available to the people of God in the liturgy