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Vatican II Quiz
Introduction to Vatican II Quiz
Question | Answer |
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Pastor Aeternus | First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ |
Dei Verbum | Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation |
Dignitatis Humanae | On Religious Liberty |
Gaudium et Spes | Pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world |
Lumen Gentium | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church |
Nostra Aetate | Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions |
Sacrosanctum Concilium | Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy |
Unitatis Redintegratio | Decree on Ecumenism |
The years of the council | 1962-1965 |
How many texts the council promulgated | 16 |
How many three-month sessions the council had | 4 |
Approximately how many bishops were at the council | 2,200 |
Cardina Bea | Member of the Central Preparatory Commission, President of the Secretariat for Christian Unity. Leader of the Majority. |
Cardinal De Smedt | Vice President of the Secretariat for Christian Unity, spokesman especially on the Declaration on Religious Unity. Critical of De Ecclesia |
Cardinal Frings | Member of the CPC, member of the Council of Presidents, brought Ratzinger. Strong voice for the majority. Dissatisfied with draft texts. |
Cardinal Konig | Member of CPC, elected to Doctrinal Commission in Oct. 1962. Supporter of Nostra Aetate, named Rahner as his theologian. |
Cardinal Lefebvre | Member of the CPC, founding member of the Group/Coetus, strong member of the Minority. Excommunicated in '88 |
Cardinal Montini | Member of CPC, elected as Paul VI in 1963 |
Cardinal Ottaviani | Secretary of Holy Office, member of CPC, president of Preparatory Theological Commission and of the Doctrinal Commission. Leading figure of the Minority, especially in the beginning of the council. |
Cardinal Ruffini | Member of CPC, member of the Council of Presidents. Frequent spokesman for the Minority. Wanted the agenda to reaffirm Leo XIII through Pius XII. Spoke the most at the council. |
Cardinal Suenens | Member of the CPC and of the Coordinating Commission Moderator one of the most influential Leader of the Majority, proposed a plan for the scope of the council in Dec 1962- 3 dialogues with its own membership, ecumenical, and modern world Close to JXXIII |
Gerard Philips | Priest, Theologian at Louvain, consultant to the CPC, Peritus, one of the most important theologians at the council. Worked on Lumen Gentium and Nota Explicative Praevia. Favored by Majority, conciliatory |
Joseph Ratzinger | Theologian to Cardinal Frings, Council Peritus in the Second Period (beginning in 1963). Carried weight with the German Bishops. Pope. Eventually head of CDF |
Karl Rahner | Under suspicion at beginning of VII. Consultant to Preparatory Commission on the Sacraments, personal theologian to Konig. |
Patriarch Maximos IV | Melkite Patriarch of Syria, member of CPC, member of the Commission on the Oriental Churches. Outspoken, in French. |
Angelo Roncalli | John XXIII, Convoked council, made some procedural changes, but let it go pretty much. Agreed with the path of the council, but gave it freedom. |
Other Documents | SEPRPLMM Social Communication Eastern Rite Pastoral Office of Bishops Religious Life Priestly Training Christian Education Laity Mission Activity Ministry of Priests |