I've spent the last couple of weeks adding the documents from all the church councils and all the encyclicals I could find. Admittedly I haven't read but one of them Although I have ready Humanae Vitae and hope to update the format of all the encyclicals on the site over the next year so their much easier to read then on the Vatican website with that hideous background and … [Read more...]
Pope Paul VI’s Vatican II Closing Address
CLOSING OF THE SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL HOMILY OF POPE PAUL VI December 8, 1965 Your eminences, venerable brothers, representatives of governments, gentlemen of the city of Rome, authorities and citizens of the entire world! You, observers belonging to so many different Christian denominations, and you, faithful and sons here present, and you also scattered across … [Read more...]
Presbyterorum Ordinis – Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
DECREE ON THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PRIESTS PRESBYTERORUM ORDINIS PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS, POPE PAUL VI ON DECEMBER 7, 1965 PREFACE 1. The excellence of the order of priests in the Church has already been recalled to the minds of all by this sacred synod.(1) Since, however, in the renewal of Christ's Church tasks of the greatest importance and of ever increasing … [Read more...]
Ad Gentes – Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church
DECREE ON THE MISSION ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH AD GENTES December 7th, 1965 PREFACE 1. Divinely sent to the nations of the world to be unto them "a universal sacrament of salvation,"(1) the Church, driven by the inner necessity of her own catholicity, and obeying the mandate of her Founder (cf. Mark 16:16), strives ever to proclaim the Gospel to all men. The Apostles … [Read more...]
Dignitatis Humanae – Declaration on Religious Freedom
DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DIGNITATIS HUMANAE ON THE RIGHT OF THE PERSON AND OF COMMUNITIES TO SOCIAL AND CIVIL FREEDOM IN MATTERS RELIGIOUS PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON DECEMBER 7, 1965 1. A sense of the dignity of the human person has been impressing itself more and more deeply on the consciousness of contemporary man,(1) and the demand is … [Read more...]