Lumen Gentium

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Second Vatican Council document
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:Second_Vatican_Council
21 November 1964
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Pope_Paul_VI
gptkbp:category Catholic ecclesiology
Second Vatican Council documents
gptkbp:chapter gptkb:The_Blessed_Virgin_Mary,_Mother_of_God,_in_the_Mystery_of_Christ_and_the_Church
gptkb:The_Laity
gptkb:The_Mystery_of_the_Church
gptkb:The_People_of_God
gptkb:The_Universal_Call_to_Holiness_in_the_Church
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Religious
The Hierarchical Structure of the Church and in particular on the Episcopate
The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and Its Union with the Church in Heaven
gptkbp:councilSession gptkb:Third_session_of_the_Second_Vatican_Council
gptkbp:focusesOn Nature of the Church
Role of bishops
Role of the Virgin Mary
Role of the laity
Universal call to holiness
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Dei_Verbum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lumen Gentium
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:numberOfVotesAgainst 5
gptkbp:numberOfVotesFor 2151
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Dogmatic_Constitution_on_the_Church
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Sacrosanctum_Concilium
gptkbp:significance Defines the Church as the People of God
Describes the Church as a sacrament
Develops Marian doctrine
Emphasizes collegiality of bishops
Highlights the role of the laity
Key document of Vatican II
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Ecclesiology
Catholic Church
gptkbp:title gptkb:Light_of_the_Nations
gptkbp:type Dogmatic Constitution
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4