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Mind Map by Cody Ritchie, updated more than 1 year ago
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VATICAN II
- WHAT WAS VATICAN II?
- The 21st ecumenical council
- From 1962-1965
- 2500 bishops, theological
experts, other officials and
observers
- St. Peters Basilica in Rome
- Debate the future of catholicism
- Was called to respond positively to:
- challenges facing the modern world
- update aspects of the church
that could be updated
- reach out to other
Christians in a spirit of
reconsiliation
- challenges facing the modern world
- Desires of Pope John Paul XXIII
- Called January 25th, 1959
- The 21st ecumenical council
- THE COUNCIL AND ITS DOCUMENTS
- Work of council revolved around drafting,
debating, amending and approving texts
- Several draft documents, seminary textbooks
- Philosophical
- Abstract
- Heavily reliant
on past papal
pronoucements
- Defensive
toward other
views
- Philosophical
- Reflected little of the biblical, liturgical
and theological revivals going on at the
time in Europe
- Work of council revolved around drafting,
debating, amending and approving texts
- RESPONDING TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
- End of WWII
- Increase in migration (introduction
to non Christian religions into
predominantly Christian societies)
- Spread of communism
- Economic prosperity
- Growth of the public school systems
- The civil rights movements
- The Feminism Movement
- Sexual Revolution
- Television became a powerful mass medium
- Introduction of the
contraceptive pill (1961 in
Australia)
- End of WWII
- CHARACTERISTICS
OF CATHOLICISM -
PRE VATICAN II
- 'Loss of the papal states, fear of
modernism - Catholicism lived
in fortress mentality
- Church was in need of reform in relation to its mission
- The mission being to "go throughout
the whole world and preach the
Gospel to all mankind" (Mark 16:15"
- The mission being to "go throughout
the whole world and preach the
Gospel to all mankind" (Mark 16:15"
- Australia 1950s
- Boom time, major cities and parishes grew
- High level of attendance at mass, regular confession
- Catholics generally kept company with one
another, and kept distance from other faiths
- Boom time, major cities and parishes grew
- 'Loss of the papal states, fear of
modernism - Catholicism lived
in fortress mentality
- THE NEED FOR VATICAN II
- Papal Voices
- Voices of Council Fathers
- Aggiornamento
- Translated to 'bringing up to date'
- Christian unity was Pope's distant goal
- Immediate aim - 'let some fresh air into the
church and within her, an aggiornamento
- Translated to 'bringing up to date'
- Papal Voices
- PERSONALITIES OF VATICAN II
- PAPAL
- Pope John XXIII
- Announcement of council only came
three months after the installation of
the ageing Pope
- Announcement of council was
met with 'devout and impressive
silence'
- Passed away 1963, 'called to defend the
rights of the human person and not
merely those of the Catholic Church
- Announcement of council only came
three months after the installation of
the ageing Pope
- Pope Paul VI
- Pope Paul reconvened council and directed the
completion of its work
- April 23rd, 1966 - addressed the Roman Curia, a body
regarded very largely as conservative in the council.
'Adherence to the decisions of the Council must be
wholehearted and without reserve...'
- Pope Paul reconvened council and directed the
completion of its work
- Pope John Paul II
- Attended council, but was not
notably prominent.
- 'No council has even spoken so clearly about Christian unity'
- Attended council, but was not
notably prominent.
- Pope John XXIII
- PAPAL
- DOCUMENTS
- Constitutions
- The Church
- The Church in the Modern World
- Sacred Liturgy
- Revelation
- The Church
- Decrees
- The Spiritual Life
- Unity among Christians
- The Role and Training of Priests
- Religious Life
- The Eastern Catholic Churches
- The Role of Churches
- The Laity
- The Spiritual Life
- Declarations
- Constitutions
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