Vatican Council II: Constitutions, Decrees, Declarations: The Basic Sixteen Documents

As Pope Francis leads the worldwide church wholly within and from the teachings of the Council (1962-65), there is a great need in college classrooms and parish faith formation groups--as well as for individuals--to again have access to these documents in contemporary English.

This volume contains the sixteen official documents--constitutions, decrees, and declarations--of the Second Vatican Council in the most popular and widely used inclusive-language edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+2008). This edition is also presented with a larger, more readable font than previous editions. Table of Contents: - Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium

• Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum
• Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilum
• Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes
• Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church, Christus Dominus
• Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests, Presbyterorum Ordinis
• Decree on the Training of Priests, Optatam Totius
• Decree on the Up-to-Date Renewal of Religious Life, Perfectae Caritatis
• Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People, Apostolicam Actuositatem
• Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity, Ad Gentes Divinitus
• Decree on Ecumenism, Unitatis Redintegratio
• Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches, Orientalium Ecclesiarum
• Decree on the Mass Media, Inter Mirifica
• Declaration on Religious Liberty, Dignitatis Humanae
• Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate

• Declaration on Christian Education, Gravissimum Educationis

  Each of these sixteen documents is also available as separate eBooks (PDF, ePub, and Mobi) priced at $2.99 each. An affordable solution for students and scholars who only need to reference particular decrees or declarations. See more on our digital edition page. https: //litpress.org/LP/vatdoc\_chapter\_ebook