Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

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Second Vatican Council document conciliar document dogmatic constitution

The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) is a key Second Vatican Council document that systematically explains the Catholic Church’s nature, structure, and mission in the modern world.

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Label	Occurrences
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church canonical	7
Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium	1

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Target entity: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Context triple: [Documents of the Second Vatican Council, hasPart, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church]

A. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius is a key doctrinal document of the First Vatican Council that defines core Catholic teachings on faith, reason, and the knowledge of God.
B. Unam Sanctam
Unam Sanctam is a 1302 papal bull by Pope Boniface VIII that famously asserted the supremacy of spiritual and papal authority over temporal rulers.
C. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum is a key document of the Second Vatican Council that articulates the Catholic Church’s teaching on divine revelation, Scripture, and Tradition.
D. Tridentine Profession of Faith
The Tridentine Profession of Faith is a formal Catholic creed formulated after the Council of Trent that clearly defines and reaffirms key doctrines in response to the Protestant Reformation.
E. Pascendi dominici gregis
Pascendi dominici gregis is a 1907 encyclical by Pope Pius X that condemns Modernism as a synthesis of all heresies and outlines measures to combat its influence within the Catholic Church.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Target entity description: The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) is a key Second Vatican Council document that systematically explains the Catholic Church’s nature, structure, and mission in the modern world.

A. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius is a key doctrinal document of the First Vatican Council that defines core Catholic teachings on faith, reason, and the knowledge of God.
B. Unam Sanctam
Unam Sanctam is a 1302 papal bull by Pope Boniface VIII that famously asserted the supremacy of spiritual and papal authority over temporal rulers.
C. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum is a key document of the Second Vatican Council that articulates the Catholic Church’s teaching on divine revelation, Scripture, and Tradition.
D. Tridentine Profession of Faith
The Tridentine Profession of Faith is a formal Catholic creed formulated after the Council of Trent that clearly defines and reaffirms key doctrines in response to the Protestant Reformation.
E. Pascendi dominici gregis
Pascendi dominici gregis is a 1907 encyclical by Pope Pius X that condemns Modernism as a synthesis of all heresies and outlines measures to combat its influence within the Catholic Church.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Second Vatican Council document ⓘ conciliar document ⓘ dogmatic constitution ⓘ
approvalDateByCouncilFathers	1964-11-21 ⓘ
approvedByCouncil	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
belongsToMagisteriumType	extraordinary magisterium of an ecumenical council ⓘ
belongsToMagisteriumType	ordinary magisterium ⓘ linked to: magisterium of the Catholic Church
council	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
hasChapter	Chapter I: The Mystery of the Church ⓘ Chapter II: On the People of God ⓘ Chapter III: On the Hierarchical Structure of the Church and in Particular on the Episcopate ⓘ Chapter IV: The Laity ⓘ Chapter V: The Universal Call to Holiness in the Church ⓘ linked to: The Universal Call to Holiness in the Church Chapter VI: Religious ⓘ Chapter VII: The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Its Union with the Heavenly Church ⓘ Chapter VIII: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church ⓘ linked to: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church
hasInfluenceOn	Catholic teaching on episcopal conferences ⓘ Catholic teaching on the laity ⓘ Catholic understanding of religious life ⓘ ecumenical dialogue ⓘ post–Vatican II Catholic ecclesiology ⓘ
hasLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasLatinTitle	Lumen Gentium ⓘ
hasShortTitle	Lumen Gentium ⓘ
numberOfChapters	8 ⓘ
numberOfParagraphs	69 ⓘ
openingWords	Lumen gentium cum sit Christus ⓘ linked to: Lumen Gentium
placeOfPromulgation	Vatican City ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Pope Paul VI ⓘ
promulgationDate	1964-11-21 ⓘ
relatedToDocument	Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ linked to: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum ⓘ linked to: Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes ⓘ linked to: Gaudium et Spes
subject	Mary in the mystery of Christ and the Church ⓘ People of God ⓘ ecclesiology ⓘ episcopal collegiality ⓘ hierarchical constitution of the Church ⓘ mission of the Church ⓘ nature of the Church ⓘ role of the laity ⓘ structure of the Church ⓘ universal call to holiness ⓘ
teaches	the Church is in Christ like a sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God and of the unity of all mankind ⓘ the Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church ⓘ the collegiality of bishops with the Pope as head ⓘ the dignity and mission of the laity in the Church and in the world ⓘ the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the mystery of Christ and the Church ⓘ the universal call to holiness for all the faithful ⓘ

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Documents of the Second Vatican Council → hasPart → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

The Laity → partOf → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Its Union with the Heavenly Church → partOf → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mystery of Christ and the Church → partOf → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

Lumen Gentium → hasEnglishTitle → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

subject linked to: LG

College of Bishops → definedIn → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches → relatedTo → Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium ⓘ

linked to: Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

Second session of the Second Vatican Council → discussedDocument → Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ

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