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Documents of the Second Vatican Council Series

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Gaudium Et Spes: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
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4.35 · 217 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1965 · 12 editions
The Council Fathers express a desire to engage in …

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    Dei Verbum: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
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    4.56     · 292 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1964 · 12 editions
    Carta Encíclica (37): Dei Verbum

    Os Concílios Tride…

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    Lumen Gentium: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
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    4.46     · 250 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1964 · 21 editions
    Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Ch…

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    Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
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    4.23     · 131 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1963 · 12 editions
    It is the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy from …

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    Gravissimum Educationis: Declaration on Christian Education
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    4.50     · 22 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1965 · 2 editions

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    Nostra Aetate: Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
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    4.04     · 72 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1965 · 6 editions
    The sixteen official documents—constitutions, decr…

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    Dignitatis Humanae: Declaration On Religious Freedom
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    4.00     · 63 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1965 · 3 editions
    Un texte historique de l'Église catholique

    Un grand…

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    Ad Gentes: Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity
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    4.73     · 15 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 2 editions

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    Presbyterorum Ordinis: Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
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    4.35     · 26 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions

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    Apostolicam Actuositatem: Decree On The Apostolate Of The Laity
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    4.51     · 41 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
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    Optatam Totius: Decree on Priestly Training
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    4.50     · 10 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1965 · 4 editions
    DECREE ON PRIESTLY TRAINING
    OPTATAM TOTIUS
    PROCLAIME…

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    Perfectae Caritatis: Decree on the Up-to-Date Renewal of Religious Life
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    4.35     · 17 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2014 · 2 editions

    The sixteen official documents—constitutions, decr…

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    Christus Dominus: Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church
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    4.20     · 5 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1965 · 1 edition

    The sixteen official documents—constitutions, decr…

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    Unitatis Redintegratio: Decree On Ecumenism
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    3.81     · 42 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
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    Inter Mirifica: Decree on the Media of Social Communications
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    3.91     · 23 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1963 · 6 editions
    The sixteen official documents—constitutions, decr…

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    Orientalium Ecclesiarum: On the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rites
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    3.93     · 14 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1967 · 3 editions
    The sixteen official documents—constitutions, decr…

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    Vatican Council II: Constitutions, Decrees, Declarations
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    4.25     · 260 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1965 · 46 editions
    English, Latin (translation)

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    Vatican II: The Essential Texts
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    4.27     · 78 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2010 · 5 editions
    By encouraging engagement with the modern world an…

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    Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents
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    4.27     · 175 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1975 · 34 editions
    This study edition of Irish Dominican Austin Flann…

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    Vatican Council II, Volume 2: More Post Conciliar Documents
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    4.32     · 19 Ratings · published 1982 · 5 editions
    This extensive collection of Church documents cove…

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