Vatican II
Sixties Catholic reform
Vatican II, also called the Second Vatican Council, was a major gathering of Catholic Church leaders held from 1962 to 1965 that modernized many church practices.
Called by Pope John XXIII, it introduced reforms including allowing Mass to be celebrated in local languages rather than Latin, encouraging dialogue with other Christian denominations and world religions, and emphasizing the role of laypeople in the church.
The council is often invoked in debates between traditionalist and progressive Catholics: Her parish still follows the pre-Vatican II liturgy.
Right to practice faith
- ecumenismMovement toward religious unity
- interfaith dialogueDiscussion across religious boundaries
- collegialityRespectful cooperation among peers
- people of GodReligious community under covenant
liturgy · Judaism · communism · atheism · conscience · human dignity · missionary activity · priesthood
Making current again
- active participationEngaged contribution to something
- laityNon-ordained church members
- collegialityRespectful cooperation among peers
- religious libertyProtected right to worship
decentralization · modernization · updating · revision · adaptation · simplification · dialogue · openness
Church governing assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- convocationFormal ceremonial gathering
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
bishops · congregation · schema · commissions · voting · decrees · constitutions · declarations
Anglo-Celtic proper name
- BeaFeminine nickname
- observersThose who watch events
- theologiansScholars of religious belief
- progressivesSocial reform advocates
Putting plans into effect
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- letterWritten symbol or message
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
rupture · hermeneutics · traditionalists · progressives · reception · controversy · anniversary · commemoration
religious freedom
Right to practice faith
- ecumenismMovement toward religious unity
- interfaith dialogueDiscussion across religious boundaries
- collegialityRespectful cooperation among peers
people of God · liturgy · Judaism · communism · atheism · conscience · human dignity · missionary activity · priesthood · religious life
renewal
Making current again
- active participationEngaged contribution to something
- laityNon-ordained church members
- collegialityRespectful cooperation among peers
religious liberty · decentralization · modernization · updating · revision · adaptation · simplification · dialogue · openness · pastoral
synod
Church governing assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- convocationFormal ceremonial gathering
deliberation · bishops · congregation · schema · commissions · voting · decrees · constitutions · declarations · observers
Murray
Anglo-Celtic proper name
- BeaFeminine nickname
- observersThose who watch events
- theologiansScholars of religious belief
implementation
Putting plans into effect
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- letterWritten symbol or message
continuity · rupture · hermeneutics · traditionalists · progressives · reception · controversy · anniversary · commemoration
- Catholic Churchpapacy, cardinals, popes, papal, parishes
- Catholicismcardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes, Roman Catholicism
- Catholic liturgyMass, missal, lectionary, liturgical year, rubrics
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- religious historyChristian history, Jewish history, early Christianity, early church, church councils
- 1962 EventsCuban Missile Crisis, John Glenn, Johnny Carson, Rolling Stones, Lawrence of Arabia
Vatican IICouncil of Trent
Catholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
Vatican IITridentine Mass
Pre-1962 Catholic liturgical form
Latin Mass · Council of Trent · anti-modernism · Counter-Reformation · traditionalism