Documents of Vatican II

Vatican Council II

Speeches

Pope John’s Opening Speech to the Council

Second Vatican Council II Closing Speeches and Messages

Constitutions

Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation – Dei Verbum

Dogmatic Constitution on the Church – Lumen Gentium

Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy – Sacrosanctum Concilium  

Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World – Gaudium et SpesDeclarations

Declaration on Christian Education – Gravissimum Educationis

Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions – Nostra Aestate   

Declaration on Religious Freedom – Dignitatis HumanaeDecrees

Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church – Ad Gentes

Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests – Presbyterorum Ordinis

Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity -Apostolicam Actuositatem

Decree on Priestly Training – Optatam Totius  

Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life – Perfectae Caritatis  

Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church – Christus Dominus

Decree on Ecumenism – Unitatis Redintegratio  

Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite – Orientalium Ecclesiarum

Decree on the Media of Social Communications – Inter Mirifica

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