The Church of Vatican Council II

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Chapter 11

• The Church of Vatican Council II
• 1950-1977

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Spiritual and Moral Crisis

• End of World War II
• World, ________________, in chaos
• Evils of the 20th century
• Mass bloodshed of two _____________
• Jewish ____________
• Nuclear ___________
• ______________
• Colonialism
• Church as a voice of _______________ concern

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Pre-Vatican II Church

• Four main issues
• _______________
• Necessity to address the issue of warfare
• ___________
• In the wake of Nazism and Fascism, communism
  began to spread throughout the world
• Led to the subversion of the Church in many
  nations
• _______________
• Movement away from colonialism to freedom and
  democracy for the nations of the world
• __________________
• Improved rights for women, minorities
• Liberation Theology beginning in Latin America

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Angelo Roncalli

• Angelo Roncalli
• Born in a peasant family in northern Italy
• _______________
• Served in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey
• Began to dialogue with people from other
  religions
• Able to secure safe passage for ______________
• Served in France after WWII
• Helped to ___________________ in the new French
  republic
• Became Patriarch for Venice
• Elected Pope John XXIII in 1958
• Referred to himself as a ___________________
• Called the Second Vatican Council in 1959

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Second Vatican Council

• Twenty-third ecumenical council
• Only the second since the Council of Trent in
  1545
• Aggiornamento
• __________________________________________________
  __________ _____________________
• open the windows and let in fresh air
• Updating the Church to fit the needs of the
  modern world
• __________________
• 2,500 bishops processed into St. Peters
• 500 from South America
• 118 from Africa
• 126 from Asia
• _________________
• Produced Sixteen documents
• Four Constitutions (most important)
• Nine Decrees
• Three Declaration

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Two Major Issues

• Theology of _______
• Before Vatican II
• _________ by the Church
• only for _________
• could be _______
• After Vatican II
• a _______ from God
• _________ to all
• ________ and __________ free

• Understanding of _______
• Before Vatican II
• The _____ of God on earth
• Not in need of ________
• Controlled by _________
• After Vatican II
• _____ of Gods reign
• _______ in need of reform
• The _______ of God

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Major turning point

• Its not so much what the church _______ that
  matters . . .
• Its ________________ and how it behaves that
  signals the world ________________
• Its not so much _________________?
• Its how is the Church _________________ in the
  world?

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What does this mean?

• Before Vatican II
• ___________ was terse, technical, juridical
• it was often __________ -- Anathema sit
• believe this or else!
• ______________, or else!
• a need to prove ones enemies _______
• many _____________ and excommunications
• ________ to ones enemies

• After Vatican II
• language is ____________ come and see
• sounds like the writings of the early mothers and
  fathers of the church
• no ________, no __________, only love
• the language of the Council the art of
  _________, of finding ________________
• win assent based on the _____________________,
  rather than on force

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Impact

• Vatican II called the church to a way of
  ___________, less controlling and more
  ___________
• did not use the _________________
• Filled with words of ___________
• brother and sister churches
• men and women of good will
• Call for all Catholics, Christians, and people of
  good will to _____ ________________
• Living out faith
• Church Identity ___________________
• The Church in the Modern World
• Universal Call to ___________
• Flowing from Baptism

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Pope Paul VI

• Cardinal ________________ was elected Paul VI
  after the death of John XXIII
• First Cardinal appointed by John XXIII
• ____________________ that Vatican II would
  continue
• Identified his _________ for the council
• The Church must impart to herself and to the
  world a ________________ of her inner nature
• There must be a __________________ of the Church
• The Church should work to bring about ___________
• The Church should be in ________ with todays
  world

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Paul VIs Legacy

• _______________
• Actions aimed at dialogue and restoring unity
  among Christians
• Traveled to meet other Christian leaders
• First meeting with the ________________________
  since 1054
• Apologized at Vatican II to the other Christian
  sects if Catholics had caused any harm
• _____________________________
• Social Justice
• Supported efforts to bring justice to
  ______________, especially in Latin America