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