Second Vatican Council

Question 1

Summary of second vatican council

Answer 1

1. 21st ecumenical council in history of the Catholic Church
2. Meeting of all the bishops of the Catholic Church presided over by the Pope
3. To be convoked on the 25 th of Janurary 1959

Question 2

Aggiornamento in relation to Second Vat Council

Answer 2

means “to bring up to date”

Pope John XXIII saw need for aggiornamento in thinking and practices of church

to better enable church to do gods work and serve whole people of God on Earth

Question 3

Ressourcement in relation to second vat council

Answer 3

Ressourcement is a word that means to return to the authoritative sources. Authoritative sources council examined were scripture and early church tradition

Question 4

What were the reasons why the Second Vat council was convoked

Answer 4

Was due to the world having changed considerably between the previous ecumencial council while the Church’s pastoral mission had not

Question 5

Fortress mentality what does it refer to

Answer 5

Refers to the Church intentionally seperating itself from wider culture and being reluctant to engage with the world outside the Church

Question 6

Doccuments produced by the second vatican council

Answer 6

1. Sacrosanctum Concilium
   (Constitution on the Scared Liturgy)
2. Lumen Gentium
   (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
3. Dei Verbum
   (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine relevation)
4. Gaudium Et Spes
   (Pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world)

Question 7

Define the term ecumenism

Answer 7

Ecumenism is about fostering unity among Christian denominations , promoting dialouge and collaboration regardless of doctrinal differences with the aim of achieving greater reconciliation within the Broader Christian community

Question 8

Doccuments produced by Second Vatican Council

List them

Answer 8

4 constitutions
9 decrees
3 declarations

Question 9

What was the process used by the Church to produce the 16 doccuments

Answer 9

Three groups within church were consulted to prepare doccuments.

They were the bishops of the world, the Catholic universities and the departments of the Curia

Prep commisions then created draft doccuments which were to be discussed , amended and voted upon by the bishops

Question 10

Give 2 reasons why the doccuments produced by the Second Vatican Council were signifcant

Answer 10

1. advocated the use of vernacular languages in the mass instead of traditional latin
2. Called for the full , active , conscious participation of all the faithful

Question 11

What was the Catholic church like before the Second Vatican Council

Answer 11

Church “had been seen as a fortress, very much concerned abour its own internal stability and integrity

Question 12

What was the Catholic church like after the Second Vatican Council

Answer 12

Doccuments produced allowed Catholics to pray with other Christian denominations , encouraged friendship with other non christian faiths

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Gaudium et Spes

Answer 13

The purpose of the Gadium et Spes is a pastoral guidance on the Church’s role in the modern world and the Church’s perspective on social and cultural contexts

Question 14

Key Points of Gaudium et Spes

Answer 14

1. We must all seek the common good
2. We should have respect and love for those who think differently then we do
3. God’s voice echoes in our very depths and is called “conscience”

Question 15

Outline the purpose of the Church Constitution , Lumen Gentium

Answer 15

Is latin for “Light of the nations”

The doccument is significant as it provides an explanation of the nature of the Church itself and its role in the modern world. Lumen Gentium explains that the church is an institution established by Christ that is willing to engage with the modern world.

Question 16

Outline two examples of how the Catholic Church is explained in this doccument

Answer 16

1. The Church as the People of God:
   The Church is not just a hierarchical institution but a community of the faithful
2. The Role of Mary and the Saints:
   Discusses the role of Mary , the mother of God , as a model of faith and obedience

Question 17

Summarize the key features of the Tridentine Mass

Answer 17

Was that it was “celebrated in medieval latin” and the “Eucharist was received on the tounge and not in the hand.” The mass had “no lay readers”

Question 18

Sacrosanctum Concilium

What does it mean

When was it published

Answer 18

meaning sacred council

first constitution promulgated by Second Vatican Council

on 4th of December 1963

Question 19

Sacrosanctum Concilium

What was stipulated

Answer 19

how the Catholic liturgy should be renewed.

Question 20

Prior to Sacrosanctum Concilium

Answer 20

Catholic mass was the Tridentine or the mass that had been stipulated by the Council of Trent.

Question 21

Why did liturgical reform occur at the Second Vatican Council

Answer 21

due to the “lack of understanding of the word, used in the liturgy on the part of most people; a lack of involvement in the action of the liturgy on part of the laity.”

Question 22

How did the Sacrosanctum Concilium change Catholic liturgy

Answer 22

as increased participation of the laity was encouraged, “To promote active participation, the people should be encouraged to take part by means of acclamations, responses, psalmody, antiphons, and songs as well as actions, gestures and bodily attitudes.”

Whereas before responses were made by altar boys as many people had limited or no understandings of the readings

Question 23

Identify the name of the mass created by the reforms of the Sacrosanctum Concilium

Answer 23

The ordinary form or the Novus Ordo

Question 24

When was the Dei Verbum promogulated

Answer 24

18th November 1965

Question 25

Key points of the Church Constitution ‘Dei Verbum’

Answer 25

Doctrine and dogma are expressed in different words for different generations. But the eternal truths do not change.

Our response to God’s revelation is faith. Through faith we entrust our whole selves to God. The Faith is handed on to all generations through living tradition.