Q's from the Pews
Q’s from the Pews, Vol 9/9: Documents of Vatican II
What Is the Church’s View on Other Religions and Religious Freedom? The Second Vatican Council’s declaration Dignitatis Humanae (The Dignity of the Human Person, DG)…Q’s from the Pews, Vol 8/9: Documents of Vatican II: September 28, 2025
What is our missionary task in the world? The Second Vatican Council’s decree Ad Gentes (“To the Nations”) reminds us that the entire Church is called to…Q’s from the Pews, Vol (7/9): Documents of Vatican II (Vol 7/9) How should we relate to non-Catholic Christians? September 21, 2025
Unitatis Redintegratio (the decree on ecumenism, UR) addresses the divisions that have developed within Christianity. UR notes that anyone validly baptized under the formula prescribed…Q’s from the Pews, Vol (6/9) What is the Apostolate of the Laity?
Apostolicam Actuositatem defines the “apostolic activity of the people of God.” This decree of Vatican II, known as the Apostolate of the Laity, calls us…
Q’s from the Pews: Vol (5/9) What is the focus of Gaudium et Spes? September 8, 2025
Gaudium et Spes (Joys and Hopes) begins: “The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those…
Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 4/9): September 1, 2025
Dei Verbum (DV), the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, “(sets) forth authentic doctrine on divine revelation and how it is handed on.”…Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II: August 24, 2025
(Snippets –Vol 4/9) Sacrosanctum Concilium: The Constitution on the Liturgy has four goals: “(1) to impart an ever increasing vigor to the Christian life of…Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 2/9): August 17, 2025
Volume II: Lumen Gentium or LG (translated as: Light to the Nations) was the first document worked on, but the second published. This document, along…