Council of Vatican II

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ecumenical council
gptkbp:controversy Traditionalist opposition
gptkbp:ecumenicalRelations gptkb:Orthodox_churches
Protestant churches
gptkbp:finaleDate 1965-12-08
gptkbp:focus_area Church renewal
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Modernization of the Church
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Council of Vatican II
gptkbp:impact Increased participation
Emphasis on social justice
Declaration on Religious Freedom
Liturgical art changes
New approach to evangelization
Priest facing congregation
Vernacular language use
Catholic_education_reforms
Promoted_Christian_unity
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:World_War_II
Modernism
Ecumenical movement
Social upheaval of the 1960s
Second_Vatican_Council_reforms
gptkbp:launchDate 1962-10-11
gptkbp:legacy Continued_influence_on_Catholic_doctrine
gptkbp:location gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Cardinal_Walter_Kasper
gptkb:Cardinal_Avery_Dulles
gptkb:Cardinal_Roger_Mahony
gptkb:Cardinal_Franz_König
gptkb:Cardinal_Timothy_Dolan
gptkb:Archbishop_John_Carroll
gptkb:Bishop_Fulton_J._Sheen
gptkb:Archbishop_Marcel_Lefebvre
gptkb:Cardinal_Joseph_Ratzinger
Cardinal Leo Suenens
gptkbp:numberOfStudents four
2,500 bishops
gptkbp:papal_bull gptkb:Pope_John_XXIII
gptkb:Pope_Paul_VI
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:First_Vatican_Council
Subsequent councils
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Lumen_Gentium
gptkb:Gaudium_et_Spes
gptkb:Nostra_Aetate
Dei Verbum
Sacrosanctum Concilium