Reflections on Vatican II WKST Flashcards
What were the years the Vatican II in session?
1962 to 1965
Who called Vatican II?
Pope John XXIII
lex brandi, lex credendi
- the church praying gives rise to the church believing
- what inspired Pope John XXIII to begin with the liturgy
sede gestitoria
the fancy chair that the Pope is carried on
periti
theological experts that taught theology to cardinals in the evening
semper idem
“always the same”
aggiornamento
an update to modernize
Cardinal Bea
- a leader of the progressive side in then council
- headed Secretariat for Christian Unity which helped to draft Nostra Aetate
Cardinal Ottaviani
- a leader of the conservative side in the council
- head of the CDF
Sister Mary Luke Tobin
the only American nun invited to participate in the council as a part of the group of women invited
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
French man that led the small group of Conservative Catholics who split from the Church following Vatican II because they believed it ruined the tradition of the Church
Sacrosantum Concilium
- “Constitution on the Liturgy”
- the document that reformed the Liturgy of the Mass
Dei Verbum
Revelation
-explains the Church’s teaching on revelation
Lumen Gentium
reestablished the authority and mission of the church
Gaudium et Spes
- “Joy and Hope”
- the church in the modern world
- established the role of the laity within the church
Unitatis Redintegatio
- Ecumenism
- aims to reunite Christendom
Nostra Aetate
- Relations with Non-Christians
- aims to better te Church’s relationships with other Churches around the world
What were some of he reforms of the Liturgy included in the Constitution on the Liturgy?
- use of the vernacular in worship
- the eucharistic cup to be shared with the laity
- the priest facing the people during mass
Who was elected to succeed Pope John XXIII?
Pope Paul VI
John Courtney Murray
American Jesuit, helped to draft Dignitas Humanae (Declaration of Religious Liberty)
Hans Kung
Swiss RC theologian that served as a peritus
Four marks of the church
one, holy, catholic and apostolic
Collegiality
the bishops and the Pope form one body
Co-responsibility
the sharing of responsibility of the governance of the Church among the Pope and bishops
The replacement of the Church’s name of “Mystical Body of Christ”
“The People of God”
What was the only condemnation issued from the Fathers of Vatican II?
Any act of war aimed at the total destruction of entire cities and areas is a crime against God and humanity itself
Ecumenism
- promoting unity among the world’s Christian Churches
- uniting Christendom
Hermeneutics
theory of interpretation of a text
Inculturation
- “exchange of gifts”
- the ecclesial process of allowing the Christian faith to find its expression in a diversity of cultural forms
What was one contentious issue to which the Father at Vatican II did not speak?
Birth control
Main ideas of Vatican II
- renewal of the RC Church
- Christian unity
Resourcement
“going back to the sources”
At the concluding of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity what did Pope John XXIII say?
- Convocation of a diocesan synod for the diocese of Rome
- Reform of the Code of Canon Law
- Convocation of new ecumenical council
Edict of Milan
- issued by Emperor Constantine
- lifted all penalties against those who professed the Christian faith and allowed them the freedom to follow the faith of their choosing
Emperor Theodosius I
Declared that Christianity would be the only religion tolerated in the Roman Empire
The Peace of Augsburg
established conditions for the existences of two religious groups (Catholicism or Lutherism) in what had been the western part of the Roman Empire
The French Revolution
introduced the idea of separation between church and state
Syllabus of Errors
the document in which Pope Pius IX included the nation of religious freedom among the perils to the Church
Monasticism
The first great renewal movement of the Christian Church (4th c)
Lay investiture
the assignment of the episcopal symbols of authority by feudal noblemen
What were the symbols of Episcopal authorial that were assigned in lay investiture?
The episcopal ring and crosier
Benefice
a guaranteed income or salary for a cleric
Gregorian Reforms
increased papal authority
Scholasticism
an approach to theology that emerged in the Middle Ages that presupposed a clear distinction between human reason and divine revelation
Roman Curia
- a collection of ecclesiastic departments that are in the Vatican
- it serves the papacy and bishops
Colonialism
- the expansionary movement that the missionary efforts of the Church were often associated with
- frequently associated Catholicism with the Roman way of doing things
- Africa
Council of Constance
Resolved the Great Western Schism
