Grade 11 World Religions
Christianity
The Second Vatican Council and Modern Christianity
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The Second Vatican Council
· The Second Vatican Council was the ______of the Roman Catholic Church.
· The Second Vatican Council took place between ______.
· The council took place in 4 separate sessions in ______in Rome.
· It was called by______. He died after the first session and his successor Paul VI (6th) was left to finish it.
· The council was the largest ecumenical council, with a total of ______bishops from all over the world and a total of over 3,000 participants (including theologians and other experts).
· First council called in ______years.
· Extensive media coverage from all over the world to depict conflict, compromise and ideas of the council. This demonstrated real concerns and ideas of the church.
Reaction to Current Society
· The Church was reacting to the current society. Cultural changesin the aftermath ofWorld WarII enforced the need to reconsider church practices.
· World War 2 led to 73 million people dead, wounded or missing.
· Atomic bomb = mass destruction very quickly and in a large area.
· Holocaust: Massive death and destruction.
· Christian nations engaging in massive destruction.
· 1960’s had relative peace, but mounting cold war stress.
· African nations achieved independence and Non-European colonial powers.
· 1960’s was a time of profound political, economic and cultural shift.
The Purpose of the Council
· Engage in and with the______.
· Modernize and shape the ______to fit the society and its people.
· Create new ______between the Catholic Church and modern world.
· Called to promote______.
· Its approach was pastoral and positive.
· It sought to reach out in dialogue to______ of good will.
· Reforms to church doctrine and matters of faith.
Pope John XXIII and His Ideas for the Council
______· Updating the Church, bringing it up to date.
· Throwing open the windows and letting in the fresh air.
· The church had to be formed by bringing it up to date by asking the questions: Where are we? Where do we need to be? What needs to be done? / ______
· Resourcing
· Going back to the sources
· Hughes uses the Latin equivalent “Ad Fontes”, return to the spring, where everything is fresher.
· Minding and using our tradition which can help us. Use of scriptures, music, literature to help us be the most effective church and faith in the present.
· In order to be updated look at and use the best of what the Church has.
What Comes Out Of It
· The Council issues______, all of which were significant for the life of the Church.
· The documents addressed, advanced and promoted the Church’s relationship to her own people and to her attitude towards Christian and non-Christian religions and towards the secular world.
The Results of the Second Vatican Council
1. The Declaration that “the Church” includes ALL “People of God”, not simply the hierarchy of the church.
2. Hierarchy of truths- not all official Church teachings are equally binding on all Catholics or essentially to the integrity of the Catholic faith.
3. The mass was altered and the language of delivery changed from Latin to the vernacular.
4. Produced the most and widest changes in the Roman Catholic Church since the Council of Trent during the Reformation.