Reflections on Vatican II WKST

Question 1

What were the years the Vatican II in session?

Answer 1

1962 to 1965

Question 2

Who called Vatican II?

Answer 2

Pope John XXIII

Question 3

lex brandi, lex credendi

Answer 3

• the church praying gives rise to the church believing

- what inspired Pope John XXIII to begin with the liturgy

Question 4

sede gestitoria

Answer 4

the fancy chair that the Pope is carried on

Question 5

periti

Answer 5

theological experts that taught theology to cardinals in the evening

Question 6

semper idem

Answer 6

“always the same”

Question 7

aggiornamento

Answer 7

an update to modernize

Question 8

Cardinal Bea

Answer 8

• a leader of the progressive side in then council

- headed Secretariat for Christian Unity which helped to draft Nostra Aetate

Question 9

Cardinal Ottaviani

Answer 9

• a leader of the conservative side in the council

- head of the CDF

Question 10

Sister Mary Luke Tobin

Answer 10

the only American nun invited to participate in the council as a part of the group of women invited

Question 11

Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre

Answer 11

French man that led the small group of Conservative Catholics who split from the Church following Vatican II because they believed it ruined the tradition of the Church

Question 12

Sacrosantum Concilium

Answer 12

• “Constitution on the Liturgy”

- the document that reformed the Liturgy of the Mass

Question 13

Dei Verbum

Answer 13

Revelation

-explains the Church’s teaching on revelation

Question 14

Lumen Gentium

Answer 14

reestablished the authority and mission of the church

Question 15

Gaudium et Spes

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• “Joy and Hope”
• the church in the modern world
• established the role of the laity within the church

Question 16

Unitatis Redintegatio

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• Ecumenism

- aims to reunite Christendom

Question 17

Nostra Aetate

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• Relations with Non-Christians

- aims to better te Church’s relationships with other Churches around the world

Question 18

What were some of he reforms of the Liturgy included in the Constitution on the Liturgy?

Answer 18

• use of the vernacular in worship
• the eucharistic cup to be shared with the laity
• the priest facing the people during mass

Question 19

Who was elected to succeed Pope John XXIII?

Answer 19

Pope Paul VI

Question 20

John Courtney Murray

Answer 20

American Jesuit, helped to draft Dignitas Humanae (Declaration of Religious Liberty)

Question 21

Hans Kung

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Swiss RC theologian that served as a peritus

Question 22

Four marks of the church

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one, holy, catholic and apostolic

Question 23

Collegiality

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the bishops and the Pope form one body

Question 24

Co-responsibility

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the sharing of responsibility of the governance of the Church among the Pope and bishops

Question 25

The replacement of the Church's name of "Mystical Body of Christ"

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"The People of God"

Question 26

What was the only condemnation issued from the Fathers of Vatican II?

Answer 26

Any act of war aimed at the total destruction of entire cities and areas is a crime against God and humanity itself

Question 27

Ecumenism

Answer 27

- promoting unity among the world's Christian Churches | - uniting Christendom

Question 28

Hermeneutics

Answer 28

theory of interpretation of a text

Question 29

Inculturation

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- "exchange of gifts" | - the ecclesial process of allowing the Christian faith to find its expression in a diversity of cultural forms

Question 30

What was one contentious issue to which the Father at Vatican II did not speak?

Answer 30

Birth control

Question 31

Main ideas of Vatican II

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- renewal of the RC Church | - Christian unity

Question 32

Resourcement

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"going back to the sources"

Question 33

At the concluding of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity what did Pope John XXIII say?

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1. Convocation of a diocesan synod for the diocese of Rome 2. Reform of the Code of Canon Law 3. Convocation of new ecumenical council

Question 34

Edict of Milan

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- issued by Emperor Constantine - lifted all penalties against those who professed the Christian faith and allowed them the freedom to follow the faith of their choosing

Question 35

Emperor Theodosius I

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Declared that Christianity would be the only religion tolerated in the Roman Empire

Question 36

The Peace of Augsburg

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established conditions for the existences of two religious groups (Catholicism or Lutherism) in what had been the western part of the Roman Empire

Question 37

The French Revolution

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introduced the idea of separation between church and state

Question 38

Syllabus of Errors

Answer 38

the document in which Pope Pius IX included the nation of religious freedom among the perils to the Church

Question 39

Monasticism

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The first great renewal movement of the Christian Church (4th c)

Question 40

Lay investiture

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the assignment of the episcopal symbols of authority by feudal noblemen

Question 41

What were the symbols of Episcopal authorial that were assigned in lay investiture?

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The episcopal ring and crosier

Question 42

Benefice

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a guaranteed income or salary for a cleric

Question 43

Gregorian Reforms

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increased papal authority

Question 44

Scholasticism

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an approach to theology that emerged in the Middle Ages that presupposed a clear distinction between human reason and divine revelation

Question 45

Roman Curia

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- a collection of ecclesiastic departments that are in the Vatican - it serves the papacy and bishops

Question 46

Colonialism

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- the expansionary movement that the missionary efforts of the Church were often associated with - frequently associated Catholicism with the Roman way of doing things - Africa

Question 47

Council of Constance

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Resolved the Great Western Schism