| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Second_Vatican_Council_document 
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                                | gptkbp:adoptedBy | gptkb:Second_Vatican_Council 21 November 1964
 
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                                | 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
 8
 Religious
 The Eschatological Nature of the Pilgrim Church and its Union with the Church in Heaven
 The Hierarchical Structure of the Church and in particular the Episcopate
 
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                                | gptkbp:focusesOn | Nature of the Church Role of bishops
 Role of the laity
 Universal call to holiness
 Hierarchy of the Church
 Role of Mary
 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Sacrosanctum_Concilium 
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                                | gptkbp:issuedBy | gptkb:Pope_Paul_VI 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Latin 
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                                | gptkbp:officialName | gptkb:Dogmatic_Constitution_on_the_Church 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:Vatican_II_constitutions 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Dei_Verbum 
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                                | gptkbp:seeAlso | gptkb:Second_Vatican_Council gptkb:Dei_Verbum
 gptkb:Gaudium_et_Spes
 gptkb:Sacrosanctum_Concilium
 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | Defines the Church as the People of God Describes the Church as a sacrament
 Emphasizes collegiality of bishops
 Highlights the role of the laity
 Clarifies the relationship between the Catholic Church and non-Catholic Christians
 
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                                | gptkbp:subject | gptkb:Ecclesiology 
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                                | gptkbp:type | Dogmatic constitution 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Declaration_on_the_Relation_of_the_Church_with_Non-Christian_Religions 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Lumen gentium 
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