S 19: PL 17, 479 C ct in Eph. Encycl. He is the head of the Body which is the Church. (62) Cfr. 2, 2 Tit. (20) Conc. S. Thomas, Summa Theol. V: De dignigate Patriarcharum: ibid. They should preserve the bond of priestly communion, and they should abound in every spiritual good and thus present to all men a living witness to God. III, Const. It is through the sacraments and the exercise of the virtues that the sacred nature and organic structure of the priestly community is brought into operation. Pius XII, Litt Encyl. They live in the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, from which the very web of their existence is woven. Cfr. 16. 1794 (3013). This very diversity of graces, ministries and works gathers the children of God into one, because "all these things are the work of one and the same Spirit".(195). (17*) Mother Church never ceases to pray, hope and work that this may come about. Tuas libener: Denz. 4, 3: PL 54, 151 A. Vat. De Sacra Liturgia, cap. 371: Mansi 3, 954. (159)(28*) This college, insofar as it is composed of many, expresses the variety and universality of the People of God, but insofar as it is assembled under one head, it expresses the unity of the flock of Christ. 56. That is true in outstanding fashion of the mother of Jesus, who gave to the world Him who is Life itself and who renews all things, and who was enriched by God with the gifts which befit such a role. 17. This was to be the new People of God. (73) (11*). 7: Denz. This edifice has many names to describe it: the house of God (37) in which dwells His family; the household of God in the Spirit;(38) the dwelling place of God among men;(39) and, especially, the holy temple. Sous la maternelle protecrion, 9 dec. l9S7: AAS 50 (19S8) p. 39 s. (1) Conc. III, 22, 4: PG 7, 9S9 A; Harvey, 2, 123. 23, cap. 26-30. . Eneyel. (284) Likewise she is the Virgin who shall conceive and bear a son, whose name will be called Emmanuel. (42*) And therefore his definitions, of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, are justly styled irreformable, since they are pronounced with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, promised to him in blessed Peter, and therefore they need no approval of others, nor do they allow an appeal to any other judgment. Christ proposed to His disciples this form of life, which He, as the Son of God, accepted in entering this world to do the will of the Father. 187S: Denz. Pius l II, Const. Cfr. Dei Verbum, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, November 15, 1965. Conc. The Church recognizes that in many ways she is linked with those who, being baptized, are honored with the name of Christian, though they do not profess the faith in its entirety or do not preserve unity of communion with the successor of Peter. It is through the sacraments and the exercise of the virtues that the sacred nature and organic structure of the priestly community is brought into operation. Encycl. The Virgin in her own life lived an example of that maternal love, by which it behooves that all should be animated who cooperate in the apostolic mission of the Church for the regeneration of men. (20) S. Ambrosius, l. c. et Expos. Hacr. 12, 48: Omni autem, cui multum datum est, multum quaeretur ab eo. The Second Vatican Council met from 1962 to 1965 in four sessions (October-December 1962, September-December 1963, September-November 1964, and September-December 1965). Iubilate Deo, 8 maii 1960: AAS S2 (1960) p. 466. 65. Extraordinary gifts are not to be sought after, nor are the fruits of apostolic labor to be presumptuously expected from their use; but judgment as to their genuinity and proper use belongs to those who are appointed leaders in the Church, to whose special competence it belongs, not indeed to extinguish the Spirit, but to test all things and hold fast to that which is good. 896: ASS 28 (1895-96) p. 732. Rom. In explicit terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism(124) and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church. The heart of this document its teaching in chapter five that the call to holiness is not limited to any one state in life, but is indeed universal, embracing all baptized Christians. Christ is the Light of nations. 63 Cf. S. Gregorius M., Mor. 15-16, n. 44 et pp. (32*) For this reason the individual bishops represent each his own church, but all of them together and with the Pope represent the entire Church in the bond of peace, love and unity. In the first place among these ministers are deacons, who, in as much as they are dispensers of Christ's mysteries and servants of the Church,(9*) should keep themselves free from every vice and stand before men as personifications of goodness and friends of God. Sacramentarium Leonianum, ed. Pius IX itt. 1:11-12; 1 Cor. The Church, to which we are all called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain its full perfection only in the glory of heaven, when there will come the time of the restoration of all things. Finally it clearly shows all men both the unsurpassed breadth of the strength of Christ the King and the infinite power of the Holy Spirit marvelously working in the Church. affirms this theory, teaching that the Church is more than a human institution or a political structure, but is a mystical, spiritual reality - the MBOC is made up of all of the baptized faithful who are joined in spirit with Christ the Head. (22) Conc. Idem, Epist. etc. - S. Germanus Constantinop., In annunt. M., Philad. Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved. Mystici Corporis, 1. c., pp 219-220; Denz. who in times past were not a people, but are now the people of God". Is 7:14; cf. Eccl. (21*) Although, however, all the faithful can baptize, the priest alone can complete the building up of the Body in the eucharistic sacrifice. S. Cyprianus, Epist. The books of the Old Testament describe the history of salvation, by which the coming of Christ into the world was slowly prepared. 98 (215): Presbyteri, licet secundi sint sa erdotcs, pontificatus tamen api em non habent.. S. Cyprianus, Epist. "Because the bread is one, we though many, are one body, all of us who partake of the one bread". S. Augustinus, C. Faustum, 12, 20: PL 42, 26S Serm. This was the way certain men and women assisted Paul the Apostle in the Gospel, laboring much in the Lord. 14, 27: PL 44, 980. DN THIN CHA; . Munificensissimus, 1 no. In the old Testament the revelation of the Kingdom is often conveyed by means of metaphors. Funk, l, p. 244. 16 Cf. 2. 1; Denz. (16*) This, however, is to be so understood that it neither takes away from nor adds anything to the dignity and efficaciousness of Christ the one Mediator.(17*). 42. Gaudium et spes (Ecclesiastical Latin: [audi.um et spes], "Joy and Hope"), the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, is one of the four constitutions resulting from the Second Vatican Council in 1965. VIII: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mys tery of Christ & of the Church (52-69) -Preface (52-54) a. Mary's relation to Christ in the divine plan of redemptive Incarnation (52) 1) God revealed that to save us He sent His Son "born of a woman" (Gal 4:4f) There is only one Spirit who, according to His own richness and the needs of the ministries, gives His different gifts for the welfare of the Church. The Golden Anniversary: A Summary of the Vatican II Documents. With her the exalted Daughter of Sion, and after a long expectation of the promise, the times are fulfilled and the new Economy established, when the Son of God took a human nature from her, that He might in the mysteries of His flesh free man from sin. This maternity of Mary in the order of grace began with the consent which she gave in faith at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, and lasts until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. (31) Cfr. 983 (1820); Sess. Leo XIII, Epist. 55. Then, by its own power the seed sprouts and grows until harvest time. S. Cyrillus Alex., Glaph in Gen. 2, 10: PG 69, 110 A. (8*) Thus, as St. Irenaeus testifies, through those who were appointed bishops by the apostles, and through their successors down in our own time, the apostolic tradition is manifested (9*) and preserved. (10*). Romana Ecclesia, 5 oct. 1752, p 1: Bullarium Benedicti XIV, t. IV, Romae, 1758, 21: . Attentively in Christ, let them consider with fatherly love the projects, suggestions and desires proposed by the laity. 41. Vat. In the beginning God made human nature one and decreed that all His children, scattered as they were, would finally be gathered together as one. S. Ignatius M. Smyrn 8, 1: ed. I, Sess. Haerent animo, 4 aug. 1908: ASS 41 (1908) p. 560 s. Cod. (6) Cfr. Gaudium et Spes, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, December 7, 1965. Oec. Trid., Sess. de I reform., Sess. . . 1 Cor. But the whole process of Vatican II, including this document, did prove to be a catalyst for ecumenical dialogue in many ways. The Church thus portrays Christ in contemplation on the mountain, in His proclamation of the kingdom of God to the multitudes, in His healing of the sick and maimed, in His work of converting sinners to a better life, in His solicitude for youth and His goodness to all men, always obedient to the will of the Father who sent Him. Let them, as fathers in Christ, take care of the faithful whom they have begotten by baptism and their teaching. by Fr. In the midst of the flock they adore Him in spirit and in truth. This union is experienced and continually maintained through the Eucharist. This religious submission of mind and will must be shown in a special way to the authentic magisterium of the Roman Pontiff, even . (175), 28. Since the kingdom of Christ is not of this world(120) the Church or people of God in establishing that kingdom takes nothing away from the temporal welfare of any people. 839. Mt. The present-day conditions of the world add greater urgency to this work of the Church so that all men, joined more closely today by various social, technical and cultural ties, might also attain fuller unity in Christ. Clearly from earliest times the Blessed Virgin is honored under the title of Mother of God, under whose protection the faithful took refuge in all their dangers and necessities. (199) Together with the offering of the Lord's body, they are most fittingly offered in the celebration of the Eucharist. Cfr. (191) Therefore, the chosen People of God is one: "one Lord, one faith, one baptism"(192); sharing a common dignity as members from their regeneration in Christ, having the same filial grace and the same vocation to perfection; possessing in common one salvation, one hope and one undivided charity. (74) Constitutiones Ecclesiac aegyptiacae, III, 2: ed. (33) Cfr. I-II, q. The Cult of the Blessed Virgin in the Church. Sacramentarium Gregorianum: PL 78, 160 B.Vel C. Mohlberg, Liber Sactamentorum romanae ecclesiae, Romao 195O, p. 111, XC:.Deus, qui ex omni coaptacione sanctorum aeternum tibi condis habitaculum.. Hymnus Urbs Ierusalem beata in Breviario monastico, et Coclest urbs Ierusalem in Breviario Romano. Pius XI, Litt. (254) Since however we know not the day nor the hour, on Our Lord's advice we must be constantly vigilant so that, having finished the course of our earthly life,(255) we may merit to enter into the marriage feast with Him and to be numbered among the blessed(256) and that we may not be ordered to go into eternal fire(257) like the wicked and slothful servant,(258) into the exterior darkness where "there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth". 48, 2: Hartel, III, 2, p. 610. The latter, on the other hand, aided by the experience of the laity, can more clearly and more incisively come to decisions regarding both spiritual and temporal matters. By Vivian Boland O.P. (11*) In the lives of those who, sharing in our humanity, are however more perfectly transformed into the image of Christ,(275) God vividly manifests His presence and His face to men. S. Thomas, Summa Theol. This determination of power can consist in the granting of a particular office or in the allotment of subjects, and it is done according to the norms approved by the supreme authority. Reflection and discussion groups may already exist in the parish (committees, commissions, small faith communities) or they may be formed specifically for this . Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from the mercy of God for the offence committed against Him and are at the same time reconciled with the Church, which they have wounded by their sins, and which by charity, example, and prayer seeks their conversion. Vat. 38. (301) This cult, as it always existed, although it is altogether singular, differs essentially from the cult of adoration which is offered to the Incarnate Word, as well to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and it is most favorable to it. (4) Cfr. 1943: AAS 35 (1943) pp. summary. Prof. fidei Trid. B.M.V., 3: PG 96, 728. As is customary with significant Roman Catholic Church documents, it is known by its incipit, "Lumen . His Mother indeed kept these things to be pondered over in her heart. As the Son was sent by the Father,(131) so He too sent the Apostles, saying: "Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. (213) In a word, "Christians must be to the world what the soul is to the body. Wishing in His supreme goodness and wisdom to effect the redemption of the world, "when the fullness of time came, God sent His Son, born of a womanthat we might receive the adoption of sons". Ministers of lesser rank are also sharers in the mission and grace of the Supreme Priest. 19. A person becomes a member of the College by virtue of Episcopal consecration and by hierarchical communion with the head of the College and with its members. 3; Trall. For charity, as the bond of perfection and the fullness of the law,(229) rules over all the means of attaining holiness and gives life to these same means. 177-178, Denz. Relatio Kleutgen de Schemate reformato: Mansi S3, 321 B - 322 B et declaratio Zinelli: Mansi 52 1110 A. Vide etiam S. Leonem M. Scrm. Pius XII, Litt. Encycl. It . I, ib. Encycl. Idem, Litt. S. Thomas, Summa Theol. (215) However, this holiness of the Church is unceasingly manifested, and must be manifested, in the fruits of grace which the Spirit produces in the faithful; it is expressed in many ways in individuals, who in their walk of life, tend toward the perfection of charity, thus causing the edification of others; in a very special way this (holiness) appears in the practice of the counsels, customarily called "evangelical." de antiquis Conciliis, Eusebius, Hist. ROME, NOV. 4, 2004 (Zenit) - Nov. 21 will mark 40 years since the promulgation by Pope Paul VI of the Second Vatican Council's dogmatic constitution, "Lumen Gentium." To better understand the way in which this document was written, we interviewed Jesuit Father Peter Gumpel, who collaborated day by day in the . Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2021. 694 (1307) et Conc. Encycl. Encycl. For, as St. Irenaeus says, she "being obedient, became the cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race. Vous nous avez, 22 sept. 1956: AAS 48 (1956) p. 714. Offici, 24 apr. That divine mission, entrusted by Christ to the apostles, will last until the end of the world,(147) since the Gospel they are to teach is for all time the source of all life for the Church. For you are all 'one' in Christ Jesus". Benedictus XV, Decretum approbationis virtutum in Causa beatificationis et canonizationis Servi Dei Ioannis Nepomuecni Neumann: AAS 14 (1922 p. 23; plures Allocutiones Pii X de Sanetis: Inviti all'croismo Diseorsi t. I-III, Romae 1941-1942, passim; Pius XII, Discorsi Radiomessagi, t. 10, 1949, pp 37-43. Conc. 1:10; Col. 1:20; 2 Pt.3:10-13. 1653 1654 (2823-2825); responsioner S.S.C.S. Pius IX, Epist. This Church of Christ is truly present in all legitimate local congregations of the faithful which, united with their pastors, are themselves called churches in the New Testament. S. Augwtinus, Serm. All the faithful, scattered though they be throughout the world, are in communion with each other in the Holy Spirit, and so, he who dwells in Rome knows that the people of India are his members"(9*). SS, 24: Hartel, p. 642, line. These earliest documents, as they are read in the Church and are understood in the light of a further and full revelation, bring the figure of the woman, Mother of the Redeemer, into a gradually clearer light. 2. S. Germanus Const., Nom. S. Io. Trid., Sess. Pastor aeternus. (26) S. Cyprianus, Epist. 30. (57) Cfr. . nothing to dislike. Every person must walk unhesitatingly according to his own personal gifts and duties in the path of living faith, which arouses hope and works through charity. Trong c Ki-t, Gio Hi nh l b tch, ngha l du ch v phng tin hip thng mt thit vi Thin Cha v hp nht mi ngi . Cfr. Can the inculpably ignorant be saved by Christ apart from the knowledge of Christ? 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