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Resources for canonical study of the Second Vatican Council

 

Besides its impact on virtually every aspect of Catholic pastoral life, the Twenty-First Ecumenical Council (1962-1965), known commonly as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, is of crucial importance for understanding much of the substantive content of the 1983 (Roman) and 1990 (Eastern) Codes of Canon Law.

 

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Sacrosanctum Concilium

Inter mirifica

Lumen gentium

Orientalium Ecclesiarum

Unitatis redintegratio

Christus

Dominus

Perfectae caritatis

Optatam totius

AAS

Gravissimum educationis

 Nostrae aetate

Dei Verbum

Apostolicam actuositatem

Dignitatis

humanae

Ad gentes

Presbyterorum ordinis

Gaudium

et spes


Importance of the Vatican II for canon law

The instrument, which the Code is, fully corresponds to the nature of the Church, especially as it is proposed by the teaching of the Second Vatican Council in general, and in a particular way by its ecclesiological teaching. Indeed, in a certain sense, this new Code could be understood as a great effort to translate this same doctrine, that is, the conciliar ecclesiology, into canonical language. If, however, it is impossible to translate perfectly into canonical language the conciliar image of the Church, nevertheless, in this image there should always be found as far as possible its essential point of reference. John Paul II, ap. con. Sacrae disciplinae leges (1983) [18].

 

John Paul II


Announcement of the council

John XXIII signs Humanae salutis

Less than three months into his pontificate Pope St. John XXIII announced his intention to: (a) hold a synod for the Diocese of Rome; (b) celebrate an ecumencial council; and (c) reform the Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law. See John XXIII (reg. 1958-1963), alloc. Questa festiva (25 ian 1959), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 51 (1959) 65-69, esp. 68-69. This tripartite plan was reiterated a few months later in John XXIII (reg. 1958-1963), enc. Ad Petri cathedram (29 iun 1959), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 51 (1959) 497-531, at 498, Eng. trans. in The Pope Speaks 5 (1959) 359-383, at 359, or in C. Carlen, ed., The Papal Encyclicals, (Pierian Press, 1990) in 5 vols., V: 5-20, at 5, or on-line here. All three projects were undertaken.

 

The Synod of the Diocese of Rome was held in January 1960 but had virtually no influence on either the upcoming ecumenical council or the subsequent revision of canon law. Its acts were published in Prima Romana Synodus A.D. MDCCCCLX (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1960) xvi-662 pp. See generally John Abbo, The Roman Synod, Jurist 21 (1961) 170-203.


Celebration of the council

The Twenty-First Ecumenical Council was formally convoked in John XXIII (reg. 1958-1963), ap. con. Humanae salutis (25 dec 1961), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 54 (1962) 5-13, Eng. trans. in The Pope Speaks 7 (1961) 353-361, or on-line here. The council opened on 11 October 1962 and met in some 170 general congregations held during four sessions or periods. Pope St. John XXIII presided over the first session (1962) and Pope St. Paul VI presided over the second, third, and fourth sessions (1963, 1964, and 1965). Having promulgated sixteen major documents (see below), the council concluded on 8 December 1965.

 

In contrast to the First Vatican Council, which took place in the waning decades of Decretal Law (info here), the Second Vatican Council was conducted in accord with eight canons of the Pio-Benedictine Code (info here), namely 1917 CIC 222-229.

 

Primary sources 

The major fontes cognoscendi for the study of the Second Vatican Council are as follows:

 

 • Acta et Documenta Concilio Oecumenico Vaticano II Apparando, Series I (Antepraeparatoria), (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1960-1961) in 16 vols. ▪ Notes: As titled, materials generated in advance of the council, especially by Roman authorities. This was the only attempt to provide contemporaneous documentation for the council as the sheer scale of the undertaking quickly made future attempts at timely publications impossible.

 

 • Acta et Documenta Concilio Oecumenico Vaticano II Apparando, Series II (Praeparatoria), (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1964-1969), in 7 vols. ▪ Notes: As titled, materials generated in advance of the council, especially by persons and institutions consulted by Roman authorities.

 

 • Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1970-1999) in 35 vols. ▪ Notes: As titled, materials generated during the council by participants.

 

 Second Vatican Council in plenary assembly

 

 • Sacrum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) xxiv-1292 pp., or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1967) in 2 vols. ▪ Notes: While conciliar documents had been promulgated by their publication in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (see below) these monographic versions were published for convenience.

 

Authoritative interpretations

 

 

The authoritative interpretation of the documents of Vatican II and some of its implementing measures was entrusted to:

 

 • Commissio Centralis Coordinandis post Concilium Laboribus et Concilii Decretis Interpretandis (the Central Commission for the Coordination of post-Conciliar Projects and the Interpretation of Conciliar Decrees, active for a few months in 1966); and,

 

 • Pontificia Commissio Decretis Concilii Vaticani Secundi Intepretandis (the Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council, active from February 1968 till June 1980).

 

Relatively few decisions or rulings were issued by these two bodies and published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis. Instead most such matters were treated in the course of implementing the council and/or by their being incorporated into the 1983 and/or 1990 Codes of Canon Law.

 

Reference works

Several reference works might be of interest to researchers, including:

 

 • J. Deretz & A. Nocent, eds., Dictionary of the Council (Corpus, 1968) 506 pp., Eng. trans. of id., Synopse des Textes Conciliares (1966). ▪ Review: =. Notes: Key words and themes in sentences and short paragraphs.

 

 • Xaverius Ochoa [Sanz] (Spanish Claretian, 1923-1989), Index verborum cum documentis Concilii Vaticani Secundi (Commentarium Pro Religiosis, 1967) 847 pp. ▪ Review: G. Rambaldi, Gregorianum 49 (1968) 776. Note: 300 pages of this work are simply the council documents.

 

Reports and memoirs

 

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Several contemporaneous reports and/or memoires of council participants are available, including:

 

 • Henri de Lubac (French Jesuit, 1896-1991), Vatican Council Notebooks, (Ignatius, 2015) in 2 vols., A. Stefanelli & A. Nash trans. of De Lubac's Carnets du concile (2007). ▪ Reviews: G. Routhier, Laval théologique et philosophique 64 (2008) 786; P. Vallin, Etudes 404 (2006) 408. De Lubac biograph.

 

 • Giovanni Caprile, ed., Il Concilio Vaticano II: Cronache del Concilio Vaticano II edite da la Civiltà Cattolica, (Civiltà Cattolica, 1966-1969) in 4 vols. bound as 5. ▪ Reviews: D. Rees, Downside Review 87 (1969) 132-133.

 

 • F. Anderson, ed., Council Daybook (National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1965) in 3 vols. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Selected press releases (largely from English language services), full or redacted conciliar speeches, and related essays and reports generally organized chronologically according to general congregations.

 

 • Xavier Rynne [Francis Murphy] (Irish-American Redemptorist, 1914-2002), Vatican Council II [1968], (Orbis, 1999) 594 pp. ▪ Review: =. Murphy biograph.

 

 • Xavier Rynne [Francis Murphy] (Irish-American Redemptorist, 1914-2002), Letters from Vatican City: Vatican Council II (First Session): Background and Debates (Farrar, Straus, 1963) 289 pp.; id., The Second Session: The Debates and Decrees of the Vatican Council, September 29 to December 4, 1963, (Farrar, Straus, 1964) 390 pp.; id., The Third Session: The Debates and Decrees of the Vatican Council, September 14 to November 21, 1964, (Farrar, Straus, 1964) 397 pp.; id., The Fourth Session: The Debates and Decrees of the Vatican Council, September 14 to December 8, 1965, (Farrar, Straus, 1965) 368 pp. ▪ Reviews: P. O'Connell, Irish Quarterly Review 54 (1965) 435-436 and 56 (1967) 90-91. Murphy biograph.

 

General studies of the council

 

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In reverse chronological order, some of the more important general studies of the Second Vatican Council include:

 

 • M. Lamb & M. Levering, eds., Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition, (Oxford, 2008) xxvi-462 pp. ▪ Reviews: B. Mikhail, Journal of Church and State 51 (2009) 280; A. Nichols, Thomist 72 (2008) 501-504.

 

 • Agostino Marchetto (Italian priest, 1940-), The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council: A Counterpoint for the History of the Council, (Univ. Scranton, 2010) xxiv-723 pp., K. Whitehead trans. of Marchetto's Il concilio ecumenico Vaticano II. Contrappunto per la sua storia (2005). ▪ Review: N. Tanner, Archivum Historiae Ponitificiae 43 (2005) 335-337; K. Neufeld, Zeitschrift für katholosche Theologie 127 (2005) 552-554.

 

 • Agostino Marchetto (Italian priest, 1940-), Il concilio ecumenico Vaticano II. Contrappunto per la sua storia, (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1995) 407 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Later appeared in English as The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council: A Counterpoint for the History of the Council (2010).

 

 • R. Latourelle, ed., Vatican II: Assessment and Perspectives, (Paulist, 1988) in 3 vols. Review: L. Richard, Theological Studies 50 (1989) 602-604. Notes: Contains more than 60 articles and essays.

 

 • Joseph Ratzinger (German prelate, 1927-), Theological Highlights of Vatican II [1969], (Paulist, 2009) 266 pp. ▪ Review: =.

 

 • Christopher Butler (English Benedictine, 1902-1986), The Theology of Vatican II [1967], (Christian Classics, rev. ed., 1981) 230 pp. ▪ Review: J. O'Connell, Irish Quarterly Review 71 (1982) 103. Butler biograph.

 

 • Ralph Wiltgen (American Divine Word, 1921-2007), The Rhine Flows into the Tiber: The Unknown Council, (Hawthorne, 1967) 304 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Suggests the disproportionate influence of German-speaking figures and their theories in the council.

 

 • H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., Eng. trans. of id., Das Zweite Vaticanisches Konzil (1966-1968). ▪ Reviews: J. Reid, Journal of Church and State 11 (1969) 167-168, P. Surlis, The Furrow 21 (1970) 134-135. Notes: First of the major commentaries on Vatican II with many entries authored by German-speaking conciliar experts and advisors.

 

 • H. Vorgrimler, ed., Das Zweite Vaticanisches Konzil: Konstitutionene, Dekrete, und Erklärungen, Lateinisch und Deutsch (Herder, 1966-1968) in 3 vols. Review: E. Quinn, Downside Review 86 (1968) 326-327 and 87 (1969) 230. Notes: First of the major commentaries on Vatican II with many entries authored by German-speaking conciliar experts and advisors. Later appeared in English as H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II (1967-1969).

 

Other selected studies are indicated under the relevant conciliar document.

 


Citations, appearances

in law, other information

Recalling that canonical researchers can already easily tell what conciliar documents, if any, were cited in various canons simply by looking at the footnotes to those canons, these tables help conciliar researches identify which conciliar passages might have been drawn upon in drafting either or both codes. The following tiles present two kinds of information: first, official citations for the sixteen documents promulgated by the Second Vatican Council; then, tables indicating where numbered paragraphs of those document were cited by the Legislator in the 1983 (Western) and/or 1990 (Eastern) Codes of Canon Law and occasional supplemental notes. Finally, selected bibliographies of materials on or related to conciliar documents and themes are provided.

 


Sacrosanctum Concilium

 

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Constitution on the Liturgy (1963)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Constitutio de Sacra Liturgia Sacrosanctum Concilium (4 dec 1963), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 56 (1964) 97-138, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 3-69; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 1-37, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Josef Jungmann, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. I: 1-87.

 

Seventy-eight of the 130 (i.e., 60%) provisions of Sacrosanctum Concilium were cited a total of 142 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

006

CIC 0840

002

CIC 0904

007

CIC 0834, 0840

003

008

004

CIC 0846

009

CIC 0771, 0836, 1029

005

010

CIC 0836, 0897

 

011

CIC 0836

016

012

CIC 0839

017

013

CIC 0839

018

014

CIC 0777, 0837, 0840, 0899

019

CIC 0619, 0843, 1063

015

020

 

021

026

CIC 0835, 0837, 0840, 0899

022

CIC 0826, 0838

027

CIC 0835, 0837, 0840, 0904, 0906

023

028

CIC 0835, 0837, 0840, 0907

024

029

CIC 0835, 0837

025

030

CIC 0835, 0837

 

031

CIC 0835, 0837

036

CIC 0826, 0838, 0928

032

CIC 0837

037

033

CIC 0836, 0899

038

034

CIC 0836

039

CIC 0826, 0838

035

CIC 0543, 0836, 1248

040

CIC 0826, 0838

 

041

CIC 0369, 0382, 0389, 0835

046

042

CIC 0515, 0528, 0543

047

CIC 0897, 0899

043

048

CIC 0837, 0898

044

049

045

050

 

051

056

052

CIC 0543, 0767

057

CIC 0905

053

058

054

CIC 0928

059

CIC 0528, 0543, 0836, 0840, 1063

055

CIC 0918, 0925

060

CIC 1166

 

061

066

062

067

CIC 0851

063

CIC 1167

068

064

CIC 0206, 0788, 0851

069

065

070

 

071

CIC 0881

076

CIC 1014

072

077

CIC 1063, 1120

073

CIC 0998, 1004

078

CIC 1120

074

079

CIC 1167, 1168

075

CIC 1000

080

CIC 0604, 1192

 

081

086

CIC 0276

082

087

CIC 0276

083

CIC 1173

088

CIC 0276

084

CIC 1173

089

CIC 0276

085

090

CIC 0276

 

091

CIC 0276

096

CIC 0276, 1174

092

CIC 0276

097

CIC 0276, 1174

093

CIC 0276

098

CIC 0276, 1174

094

CIC 0276

099

CIC 0276

095

CIC 0276, 1174

100

CIC 1174

 

101

106

CIC 1246, 1247

102

CIC 1246

107

CIC 1246

103

CIC 1186

108

CIC 1246

104

CIC 1186

109

105

110

 

111

CIC 1186, 1188

116

112

117

113

118

114

119

115

120

 

121

126

CIC 1210, 1216, 1220

122

CIC 1220

127

CIC 1210, 1216

123

CIC 1216

128

CIC 1210, 1216

124

CIC 1210, 1216, 1220, 1234

129

CIC 1027

125

CIC 1188, 1210, 1216

130

 

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Selected studies:

 

 • W. Baraúna, ed., The Liturgy of Vatican II: a Symposium in Two Volumes, (Franciscan Herald, 1966) in 2 vols. Review: R. Ledogar, Worship 41 (1967) 181-182. Notes: Contributions by Arns, Baraúna, Barbosa, Bettencourt, Dell’Oro, Della Torre, Castro Engler, Fesenmayer, Gelineau, Heuschen, Jungmann, Kémérer, Kloppenburg, Koser, Leonard, Marsili, Masson, Mueller, Neunheuser, Nocent, Vagagini, and Vanderbrouke.

 

 • A. Bugnini & C. Braga, eds., The Commentary on the Constitution and on the Instruction on the Sacred Liturgy, (Benziger, 1965) 441 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: The instruction discussed is, of course, Inter Oecumenici (1964).

 

 • Louis Bouyer (French priest, 1913-2004), The Liturgy Revived: a doctrinal commentary on the conciliar constitution on the liturgy (Notre Dame, 1964) 107 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: =. Bouyer biograph.

 

 • aa.vv., Constitutio de Sacra Liturgia cum Commentario (Edizioni Liturgiche, 1964), approx 200 pages. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Originally appeared in Ephemerides Liturgicae 78 (1964) 185-420, with commentary by 21 experts in liturgy. Pagination for the monograph edition was not corrected from the journal version and so the indexes are confusing.

 


Inter mirifica

 

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Decree on Social Communications (1963)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Instrumentis Communicationis Socialis Inter mirifica (4 dec 1963), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 56 (1964) 145-157, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 73-89; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 283-292, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Karlheinz Schmidthüs, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. I: 89-104.

 

Eight of the 24 (i.e., 33%) provisions of Inter mirifica were cited a total of 10 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

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CIC 0822

006

CIC 0779

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CIC 0822

007

003

CIC 0822, 0779

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004

009

005

010

 

011

016

CIC 0822

012

017

CIC 0779

013

CIC 0822, 0779

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014

CIC 0779

019

015

020

 

021

023

022

024

 

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Selected studies: =

 


Lumen gentium

 

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Dogmatic constitution on the Church (1964)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Constitutio Dogmatica de Ecclesia Lumen gentium (21 nov 1964), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 57 (1965) 5-75, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 93-219; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 350-426, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: aa.vv., H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. I: 105-305.

 

Sixty-three of the 69 (i.e., 91%) provisions of Lumen gentium were cited a total of 255 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

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006

002

007

CIC 0840

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CIC 0897, 0904

008

CIC 0204, 1254, 1311

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009

CIC 0204, 1312

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CIC 0204, 0207, 0836, 0900, 1008

 

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CIC 0096, 0204, 0209, 0774, 0834, 0836, 0879, 0897, 0998, 1008, 1033, 1055, 1136

016

CIC 0204, 0771

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CIC 0204, 0209, 0675, 0839

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CIC 0204, 0211, 0786, 0897

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CIC 0204, 0209, 0333, 0368, 0755, 0769, 1274

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CIC 0331, 0333, 0528

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CIC 0096, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0755, 0840, 0851, 1014

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CIC 0375

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CIC 0204, 0755

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CIC 0207, 0331, 0336, 0375, 1008

 

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CIC 0375, 1009, 1014

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CIC 0368, 0369, 0387, 0389, 0515, 0835, 0838, 0861, 0882, 0897, 0900, 1253

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CIC 0204, 0330, 0331, 0333, 0336, 0337,

0338, 0341, 0373, 1021

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CIC 0333, 0381, 0383, 0385, 0387, 0391, 0392, 0455, 0466, 1419, 0775, 1008, 1316, 1317

023

CIC 0209, 0331, 0333, 0336, 0342, 0368, 0386, 0392, 0447, 0756, 0781, 0782, 1271, 1274

028

CIC 0369, 0384, 0495, 0757, 0776, 0835, 0836, 0900, 0904, 1009

024

CIC 0747, 0782, 1014

029

CIC 0236, 0236, 0757, 0776, 0835, 0861, 0910, 0911, 1009, 1079, 1081, 1111, 1116, 1168, 1169

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CIC 0212, 0337, 0369, 0386, 0592, 0747, 0749, 0750, 0752, 0753, 0756, 0762, 0775

030

CIC 0207, 0209, 0528, 0529, 0777

 

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CIC 0204, 0207, 0225, 0327, 0713

036

CIC 0204, 0577, 0678, 0711, 0713

032

CIC 0207, 0208, 0209

037

CIC 0212, 0213, 0216, 0227, 0228

033

CIC 0129, 0207, 0225, 0228, 0713, 0759

038

CIC 0204

034

CIC 0204, 0836

039

CIC 0210, 0835

035

CIC 0204, 0229, 0678, 0759, 0806

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CIC 0210, 0835

 

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CIC 0210, 0276, 0387, 0835, 0835, 1029, 1055, 1063, 1134

046

CIC 0207, 0577, 0662, 0673, 0674, 0676

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CIC 0210, 0573, 0599, 0600, 0601, 0673, 0835

047

CIC 0207

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CIC 0207, 0573, 0574, 0575, 0576, 0588, 0603, 0618, 0670

048

044

CIC 0207, 0573, 0574, 0576, 0590, 0607, 0619, 0654, 0673, 0678, 0758, 0783, 1192

049

CIC 1186

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CIC 0207, 0576, 0578, 0586, 0587, 0591, 0605, 0607, 0610, 0618, 0654, 0678, 0738, 1192

050

CIC 1186

 

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CIC 1186

056

CIC 1186

052

CIC 1186

057

CIC 1186

053

CIC 1186

058

CIC 1186

054

CIC 1186

059

CIC 1186

055

CIC 1186

060

CIC 1186

 

061

CIC 1186

066

CIC 0276, 1186, 1188

062

CIC 1186

067

CIC 0246, 1186

063

CIC 1186

068

CIC 1186

064

CIC 1186

069

CIC 1186

065

CIC 0663, 1186, 1188

 

 

 

Special note: The constitution Lumen gentium was accompanied by an unusual document from the conciliar Doctrinal Commission contextualizing Chapter III of the then-draft constitution. See Pericles Felici, Nota praevia explicitiva (16 nov 1963), AAS 57 (1965) 72-75, Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 423-426, or on-line here. This "Preliminary Explanatory Note" in four numbered paragraphs is always published along with the approved text of Lumen gentium and is essential to its interpretation. It was generally cited by the 1983 Code as a source for Canons 330 and 336, and was cited more specifically as follows:

 

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CIC 0331, 0333, 0337

002

CIC 0375

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CIC 0331, 0333, 0341

 

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Selected studies:

 

 • S. Bogulsawski and R. Fastiggi, eds., Called to Holiness and Communion: Vatican II on the Church (University of Scranton, 2009) xiv-400 pp. ▪ Review: T. Lim, Religious Studies Review 37 (2011) 29.

 

 • Francisco Gil Hellín (Spanish prelate, 1940-), Concilii Vaticani II Synopsis in ordinem redigens schemata cum relationibus necnon patrum orationes atque animadversiones: Constitutio dogmatica de Ecclesia Lumen gentium, (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1995) 2186 pp. ▪ Review: =. Hellín biograph.

 

 • Jan Grootaers (=, =), Primauté et Collégialité: le dossier de Gérard Philips sur la Nota Explicativa Praevia (Lumen gentium, Chap. III) présenté avec introduction historique, annotations, et annexes, (Leuven Univ., 1986) 219 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: =.

 

 • Bonaventure Kloppenburg (German-Brazilian Franciscan, 1919-2009), The Ecclesiology of Vatican II, (Franciscan Herald, 1974) 373 pp., M. O'Connell trans. of Kloppenburg's A Eclesiologia do Vaticano II (1971). Review: =. Kloppenburg biograph.

 

 • K. McNamara, ed., Vatican II: The Constitution on the Church: A theological and pastoral commentary, (Franciscan Herald Press, 1968) 437 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Contributions by Corbett, Flanagan, McGoldrick, McNamara, O’Donnell, and Ryan.

 

 • Gérard Philips (French priest 1899-1972), L’Église et son Mystère au II° Concile du Vatican: Histoire, texte, et commentarie de la Constitution Lumen gentium, (Desclée, 1967) in 2 vols. ▪ Review: V. De Waal, Theology 71 (1968) 568.

 


Orientalium Ecclesiarum

 

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Decree on Eastern Churches (1964)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Ecclesiis Orientalibus Catholicis Orientalium Ecclesiarum (21 nov 1964), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 57 (1965) 76-89, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 223-240; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 441-451, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Johannes Hoeck, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. I: 307-331.

 

Seventeen of the 30 (i.e., 57%) provisions of Orientalium Ecclesiarum were cited a total of 21 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

006

CIC 0846

002

CIC 0214

007

003

CIC 0214, 0331, 0846

008

CIC 1365

004

CIC 0372

009

005

CIC 0214, 0838

010

 

011

016

CIC 0991

012

017

013

CIC 0882

018

CIC 1127

014

CIC 0882

019

015

020

 

021

026

CIC 0755

022

027

CIC 0755, 0844

023

028

CIC 0755

024

CIC 0755

029

CIC 0755

025

CIC 0755

030

CIC 0755

 

Notes: ≠

 

Selected studies: =

 


Unitatis redintegratio

 

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Decree on ecumenism (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Oecumenismo Unitatis redintegratio (21 nov 1964), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 57 (1965) 90-112, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 243-274; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 452-473, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Werner Becker and Johannes Feiner, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. II: 1-164.

 

Eight of the 24 (i.e., 33%) provisions of Unitatis redintegratio were cited a total of 12 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

006

002

CIC 0331

007

003

CIC 0096

008

CIC 0094, 0755, 0844

004

CIC 0096, 0755

009

CIC 0755

005

010

 

011

CIC 0543

016

CIC 1059

012

017

013

018

014

019

015

CIC 0838, 0844

020

 

021

023

022

024

 

Notes: ≠

 

Selected studies:

 

 • Bernard Leeming (English Jesuit, 1893-1971), The Vatican Council and Christian Unity: a commentary on the decree on ecumenism of the Second Vatican Council, together with a translation of the text, (Harper & Row, 1966) 333 pp. ▪ Review: B. De Winton, New Blackfriars 47 (1966) 666-667; H. Brandreth, Journal of Theological Studies 18 (1967) 5320534.

 

 • M. Adams., ed., Vatican II on Ecumenism: Text & Commentaries (Scepter, 1966) 117 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Contributions by Adams, McDonagh, McNamara, Stransky, and Kelly.

 

 • Lorenz Jaeger (German priest, 1892-1975), A Stand on Ecumenism: the council's decree, (Kenedy, 1965), 242 pp., H. Graef trans. of Jaeger’s Das Konzilsdekret ‘Über den Ökumenismus’ (1965). ▪ Review: =. Notes: =. Jaeger biograph.

 


Christus

Dominus

 

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Decree on pastoral office of bishops (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Pastorali Episcoporum Munere in Ecclesia Christus Dominus (28 oct 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 673-701, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 277-330; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 564-590, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Klaus Mörsdorf, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. II: 165-300.

 

Thirty-eight of the 44 (i.e., 86%) provisions of Christus Dominus were cited a total of 204 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

006

CIC 0256, 0257, 0782, 1261, 1274

002

CIC 0331, 0332, 0333, 0373, 0375, 0775

007

003

CIC 0447, 0756

008

CIC 0087, 0090, 0333, 0364, 0381, 0466, 1078

004

CIC 0336, 0337

009

CIC 0360

005

CIC 0342

010

CIC 0228, 0334

 

011

CIC 0368, 0369, 0375, 0381, 0383, 0835, 1017

016

CIC 0276, 0279, 0280, 0281, 0383, 0384, 0391, 0555, 0619, 0661

012

CIC 0747, 0768

017

CIC 0298, 0394, 0473, 1261

013

CIC 0386, 0761, 0771, 0775, 0779

018

CIC 0383, 0543, 0568, 0771

014

CIC 0386, 0773, 0775, 0779, 0780, 0814

019

CIC 0022, 0323, 0747

015

CIC 0233, 0385, 0387, 0619, 0835, 0838

020

CIC 0003, 0377, 0387, 1013

 

021

CIC 0378, 0401, 0402, 0411, 1274

026

CIC 0377, 0381, 0403, 0405, 0406, 0407, 0418, 0473

022

CIC 0372

027

CIC 0228, 0391, 0413, 0417, 0469, 0475, 0476, 0495, 0502, 0511, 0512, 0514, 0536

023

CIC 0372, 0378, 0383, 0476, 0518

028

CIC 0079, 0157, 0279, 0460, 0495, 0523, 0715, 1254, 1272

024

029

025

CIC 0378, 0403, 0405, 0407, 0473

030

CIC 0515, 0519, 0528, 0529, 0533, 0543, 0543, 0545, 0548, 0550, 0555, 0757, 0776, 0836, 0897, 0986, 0990

 

031

CIC 0521, 0522, 0523, 0538, 0542, 1741, 1274

036

CIC 0439, 0445, 0460, 1316

032

CIC 0374, 0515

037

CIC 0447, 1316

033

CIC 0573, 0663, 0673, 0675, 0719, 0758

038

CIC 0094, 0447, 0448, 0449, 0450, 0451, 0454, 0455, 0456, 0457, 0458, 0459

034

CIC 0675, 0678, 0738

039

035

CIC 0586, 0591, 0611, 0671, 0674, 0675, 0678, 0680, 0683, 0708, 0715, 0738, 0776, 0778, 0801, 0838, 1320, 1337

040

CIC 0431, 0432, 0433, 0436, 1438

 

041

CIC 0431, 0434

043

CIC 0372, 0571

042

044

CIC 0336

 

Notes: All of Christus Dominus is referenced in CIC 0376. ≡ CIC 0336 cites to a non-existent CD 49.

 

Selected studies: =

 


Perfectae caritatis

 

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Decree on the renewal of religious life (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Accommodata Renovatione Vitae Religiosae Perfectae caritatis (28 oct 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 702-712, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 333-353; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 611-623, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Friedrich Wulf, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. II: 301-370.

 

Twenty-four of the 25 (i.e., 96%) provisions of Perfectae caritatis were cited a total of 101 times in the 1983 Code, nearly all of these in Part 3 of Book II of the Code.

 

001

CIC 0573, 0575, 0603, 0605, 0607, 0662, 0731

006

CIC 0619, 0652, 0663, 0673, 0678, 0719, 0738

002

CIC 0574, 0578, 0598, 0662, 0663, 0719

007

CIC 0667, 0674

003

CIC 0587

008

CIC 0577, 0675, 0758, 0776

004

CIC 0587, 0619, 0631

009

CIC 0674, 0758

005

CIC 0573, 0590, 0607, 0663, 0673, 0719

010

CIC 0588, 0676, 0758

 

011

CIC 0577, 0713, 0714, 0719, 0724, 0758

016

CIC 0667

012

CIC 0598, 0599, 0607, 0642, 0731

017

013

CIC 0598, 0600, 0634, 0635, 0640, 0718, 0731, 0741, 1255, 1274

018

CIC 0651, 0659, 0660, 0667, 0670, 0724, 0735

014

CIC 0598, 0601, 0618, 0619, 0625, 0627, 0630, 0631, 0633, 0678, 0717, 0731, 0738

019

CIC 0605

015

CIC 0588, 0602, 0607, 0619, 0665

020

CIC 0677, 0783

 

021

CIC 0582, 0584, 0616

024

CIC 0652

022

CIC 0582, 0584, 0708

025

CIC 0607

023

CIC 0708, 0709

 

 

 

Notes: ≠

 

Selected studies:

 

 • R. Wiltgen, ed., The Religious Life Defined: an official commentary on the Second Vatican Council deliberations, (Divine Word, 1970) 135 pp. Review: =. Notes: =.

 


Optatam totius

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Decree on priestly formation (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Institutione Sacerdotali Optatam totius (28 oct 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 713-727, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 357-384; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 707-724, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Josef Neuner, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. II: 371-404.

 

All twenty-one provisions (i.e., 33%) of Optatam totius were cited a total of 68 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

CIC 0242

006

CIC 0240, 1029, 1051

002

CIC 0233, 0298, 0385, 0652

007

CIC 0237, 0242

003

CIC 0233, 0234, 0597

008

CIC 0242, 0244, 0245, 0246, 0652, 0663, 1029

004

CIC 0235, 0237, 0244, 0255

009

CIC 0242, 0245, 0247, 0652, 1028, 1029

005

CIC 0239, 0253, 0254, 0651

010

CIC 0242, 0247, 0652, 1028, 1029

 

011

CIC 0242, 0244, 0245, 0642, 0652, 1028, 1029

016

CIC 0248, 0252

012

CIC 0235, 1028, 1029, 1051

017

CIC 0248, 0254

013

CIC 0234, 0248, 0249

018

CIC 0248

014

CIC 0248

019

CIC 0255, 0661

015

CIC 0248, 0251

020

CIC 0255, 0256, 0257

 

021

CIC 0258

 

 

 

Notes: All of Optatam totius is regarded by the Legislator as having contributed to CIC 0232 and 659 § 3. ≡ Canon 0659 cites to a non-existent OT 22.

 

Selected studies: =

 


Gravissimum educationis

 

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Declaration on christian education (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Declaratio de Educatione Christiana Gravissimum educationis (28 oct 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 728-739, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 387-408; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 725-737, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Johannes Pohlschneider, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. IV: 1-48.

 

All twelve provisions (i.e., 100%) of Gravissimum educationis were cited a total of 43 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

Intro

CIC 0794

 

 

001

CIC 0795

006

CIC 0298, 0774, 0793, 0796, 0797, 1136

002

CIC 0217, 0775

007

CIC 0774, 0793, 0796, 0799

003

CIC 0226, 0793, 0794, 1689, 1136

008

CIC 0298, 0774, 0798, 0800, 0803, 0807

004

CIC 0773, 0777, 0794

009

CIC 0800, 0802, 0803

005

CIC 0796

010

CIC 0218, 0229, 0251, 0386, 0807, 0809, 0811, 0813, 0821

 

011

CIC 0094

012

CIC 0820

 

Notes: ≠

 

Selected studies: =

 


Nostrae aetate

 

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Declaration on relations with non-christian religions (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Declaratio de Ecclesiae Habitudine ad Religiones Non-Christianas Nostra aetate (28 oct 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 740-744, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 411-418; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 738-742, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: aa.vv., in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. III: 1-154.

 

None of the 5 (i.e., 0%) provisions of Nostrae aetate was cited in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

004

002

005

003

 

 

 

Notes: ≠

 

Selected studies:

 

 • Arthur Gilbert (=, =), The Vatican Council and the Jews, (World Publishing, 1968) 322 pp. ▪ Review: I. Blank, American Jewish Historical Quarterly 62 (1973) 440-441; D. Baker, Journal of Church and State 11 (1969) 335-338.

 


Dei Verbum

 

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Dogmatic constitution on divine revelation (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Constitutio Dogmatica de Divina Revelatione Dei verbum (18 nov 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 817-836, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 423-456; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 750-765, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: aa.vv., in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. III: 155-272.

 

Eleven of the 26 provisions (i.e., 42%) of Dei Verbum were cited a total of 15 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

006

002

CIC 0252

007

CIC 0747

003

CIC 0252

008

CIC 0747

004

CIC 0252

009

CIC 0747

005

CIC 0750

010

CIC 0747, 0750

 

011

016

012

017

013

018

014

019

015

020

 

021

024

CIC 0252

022

CIC 0825

025

CIC 0619, 0663, 0719, 0780

023

026

 

Notes: ≠

 

Selected studies:

 

 • Francisco Gil Hellín (Spanish prelate, 1940-), Concilii Vaticani II Synopsis in ordinem redigens schemata cum relationibus necnon patrum orationes atque animadversiones: Constitutio dogmatica de divina revelatione Dei Verbum, (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1993) 744 pp. ▪ Review: =. Hellín biograph.

 


Apostolicam actuositatem

 

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Decree on the apostolate of the laity (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Apostolatu Laicorum Apostolicam actuositatem (18 nov 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 837-864, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 459-508; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 766-798, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Ferdinand Klostermann, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. III: 273-404.

 

Twenty-eight of the 33 (i.e., 85%) provisions of Apostolicam actuositatem were cited a total of 82 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

006

CIC 0204, 0210, 0212, 0298

002

CIC 0204, 0225, 0225, 0327, 0711, 0713

007

CIC 0204, 0225, 0298, 0327

003

CIC 0225, 0776

008

CIC 0222, 0298, 1254

004

CIC 0225, 0329

009

CIC 0204, 0212

005

CIC 0298

010

CIC 0204, 0209, 0515, 0776, 1277

 

011

CIC 0226, 0233, 0298, 0774, 1055

016

012

CIC 0231

017

CIC 0225

013

CIC 0755

018

CIC 0215

014

CIC 0755

019

CIC 0215, 0298, 0299, 0323, 0324, 0327, 0604

015

020

CIC 0215, 0228, 0313, 0315, 0385

 

021

CIC 0215, 0222

026

CIC 0228

022

CIC 0231, 1286

027

CIC 0677

023

028

CIC 0231, 0329

024

CIC 0129, 0216, 0224, 0228, 0299, 0300,

0301, 0803, 0807

029

CIC 0229, 0231, 0329

025

CIC 0216

030

CIC 0231, 0329, 0774, 0798, 0803, 0804

 

031

CIC 0231, 0329

033

032

CIC 0231, 0329

 

 

 

Notes: All of Apostolicam actuositatem is cited as a source for CIC 0759.

 

Selected studies: =

 


Dignitatis humanae

 

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Declaration on religious liberty (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Declaratio de Libertate Religiosa Dignitatis humanae (7 dec 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 929-946, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 511-540; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 799-812, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Pietro Pavan, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. IV: 49-86.

 

Seven of the 15 provisions (i.e., 47%) of Dignitatis humanae were cited a total of 11 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

CIC 0222, 0748

006

CIC 0222

002

CIC 0748

007

003

008

004

CIC 0748

009

005

010

 

011

014

CIC 0222, 0229, 1254

012

015

CIC 0747

013

CIC 0747, 1254

 

 

 

Notes: ≠

 

Selected studies:

 

 • David Schindler (American layman, =) & Nicholas Healy, Jr. (American layman, =), Freedom, Truth, and Human Dignity: The Second Vatican Council's Declaration on religious Freedom, A New Translation, redaction History, and Interpretation of Dignitatis Humanae, (Eerdmans, 2015) 477 pp. ▪ Review: =.

 

 • Hermínio Rico (Portuguese Jesuit, =), John Paul II and the Legacy of Dignitatis humanae, (Georgetown, 2002) 273 pp. ▪ Reviews: J. O'Brien, Jurist 63 (2003) 202; A. Nichols, Theology 106 (2003) 145-147.

 


Ad gentes

 

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Top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Decree on missionary activity of the Church (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Activitate Missionali Ecclesiae Ad gentes divinitus (7 dec 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 947-990, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 543-615; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 813-856, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: Suso Brechter, in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. IV: 87-181.

 

Thirty-five of the 42 (i.e., 83%) provisions of Ad gentes were cited a total of 88 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

001

CIC 0211, 0248

006

CIC 0248, 0782, 0786

002

CIC 0211, 0248, 0781

007

CIC 0096

003

CIC 0248

008

004

CIC 0248

009

005

CIC 0211, 0248

010

CIC 0771

 

011

CIC 0673, 0787

016

CIC 0236

012

CIC 0673, 0787

017

CIC 0231, 0780, 0785, 1274

013

CIC 0748, 0787, 0788

018

CIC 0573, 0603, 0607, 0783

014

CIC 0206, 0605, 0788, 0849, 0851, 0897

019

CIC 0368

015

CIC 0755, 0780, 0783, 0789

020

CIC 0771

 

021

CIC 0225

026

CIC 0229, 0329, 0779, 0785

022

CIC 0333, 0838

027

CIC 0515, 0783

023

CIC 0783, 0784

028

024

029

CIC 0756, 0782

025

030

CIC 0228, 0511, 0790

 

031

CIC 0775

036

CIC 0211, 0222, 0225, 0755, 0879

032

CIC 0678, 0681, 0790

037

CIC 0211

033

CIC 0678, 0680, 0708

038

CIC 0257, 0336, 0782, 0792, 0813, 1274

034

039

CIC 0256, 0781, 0904

035

CIC 0211, 0781, 0785

040

CIC 0603, 0713

 

041

CIC 0229, 0759, 1277

042

 

Notes: All of Ad gentes divinitus is cited as a source for CIC 0786.

 

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Presbyterorum ordinis

 

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Decree on life and ministry of priests (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Decretum de Presbyterorum Ministerio et Vita Presbyterorum ordinis (7 dec 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 991-1024, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 619-678; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 863-902, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: aa.vv., in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. IV: 183-297.

 

Twenty-one of the 22 (i.e., 95%) provisions of Presbyterorum ordinis were cited a total of 132 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

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CIC 1009

006

CIC 0287, 0528, 0529, 0543, 0776

002

CIC 0904, 1008, 1024

007

CIC 0245, 0273, 0475, 0500, 0511, 0529, 0543, 0619, 0776, 1008

003

CIC 0245, 0713

008

CIC 0215, 0245, 0275, 0278, 0280, 0298, 0478, 0529, 0543, 0776, 1274

004

CIC 0369, 0757, 0762, 0767, 0776, 0843

009

CIC 0212, 0213, 0216, 0224, 0275, 0528, 0529, 0543, 0713, 0776

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CIC 0369, 0776, 0835, 0861, 0879, 0897, 0898, 0899, 0904, 0913, 0965, 0998, 1008, 1012, 1220

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CIC 0257, 0265, 0270, 0271, 0276, 0294, 0297

 

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CIC 0233

016

CIC 0247, 0277, 0282, 0599, 1029

012

CIC 0276, 1008, 1029, 1031, 1032

017

CIC 0228, 0281, 0282, 0537, 0600, 0634, 0640, 1029, 1254, 1277, 1282

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CIC 0276, 0899, 0904, 0986

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CIC 0276, 0662, 0663, 0664, 1008, 1027, 1029

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CIC 0245, 0276, 0769

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CIC 0276, 0279, 0659, 1027, 1029

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CIC 0245, 0601, 0849, 1029

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CIC 0145, 0222, 0281, 0283, 0384, 0531, 0551, 1261, 1272, 1274

 

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CIC 0222, 0281, 0384, 0531, 0551, 1272, 1274

022

 

Notes: All of Presbyterorum ordinis is cited as source for CIC 713 § 3.

 

Selected studies:

 

 • Francisco Gil Hellín (Spanish prelate, 1940-), Concilii Vaticani II Synopsis in ordinem redigens schemata cum relationibus necnon patrum orationes atque animadversiones: Decretum de presbyterorum ministro et vita Presbyterorum ordinis, (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1996) 808 pp. ▪ Review: =. Hellín biograph.

 

 • René Wasselynck (= priest, =), Les Prêtres: Élaboration du décret Presbyterorum ordinis de Vatican II, (Desclée, 1968), in 2 vols. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Selected textual analyses based on and in comparison with various earlier drafts of the decree.

 


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Pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world (1965)

 

Formal citation: Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum II, Constitutio Pastoralis de Ecclesia in Mundo Huius Temporis Gaudium et spes (7 dec 1965), Acta Apostolicae Sedis 58 (1966) 1025-1120, or id., Constitutiones, Decreta, Declarationes (Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1966) 681-835; Eng. trans. in A. Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents (Catholic Book Publishing, 1975) 903-1001, or on-line here. Prominent commentary includes: aa.vv., in H. Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, (Herder, 1967-1969) in 5 vols., vol. V: 1-379.

 

Thirty-two of the 93 (i.e., 34%) provisions of Gaudium et spes were cited a total of 64 times in the 1983 Code, as follows:

 

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CIC 0209

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002

007

003

008

004

CIC 0769

009

005

010

 

011

016

012

017

013

018

014

019

015

020

 

021

026

CIC 0219, 0220, 0222

022

027

CIC 0220, 1398

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028

024

029

CIC 0219, 0222

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030

 

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036

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037

033

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CIC 0204

 

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CIC 0768

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CIC 0222, 0768, 1254

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CIC 1063

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CIC 0225, 0224, 0229, 0329

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CIC 0774, 0835, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1134, 1136, 1141

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CIC 0208, 1061

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050

 

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CIC 1398

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CIC 0219, 0226, 1063, 1063

057

053

058

CIC 0248, 0838

054

059

055

060

 

061

CIC 0208

066

062

CIC 0218, 0229, 0248, 0386, 0811, 0820

067

CIC 1286

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CIC 0229

068

CIC 0215, 0222

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069

CIC 0222

065

CIC 0222≠

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071

076

CIC 0365, 0747, 1254, 1311

072

CIC 0222, 0329

077

CIC 0364

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078

074

CIC 0022

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075

CIC 0222

080

 

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086

082

087

083

088

CIC 0222, 1261

084

089

CIC 0747

085

090

 

091

CIC 0287

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CIC 0287

092

CIC 0212, 0287

 

 

 

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Selected studies:

 

 • Francisco Gil Hellín (Spanish prelate, 1940-), Concilii Vaticani II Synopsis in ordinem redigens schemata cum relationibus necnon patrum orationes atque animadversiones: Constitutio Pastoralis de ecclesia in mundo huius temporis Gaudium et spes, (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2003) 1658 pp. ▪ Review: =. Hellín biograph.

 

 • A. Herrera Oria, ed., Comentarios a la constitución Gaudium et spes sobre la Iglesia en el mundo actual, (Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1968) 628 pp. ▪ Review: =. Notes: Contributions by Capelo, Cirarda, González Moralejo, Guix, Martín-Artajo, Pereña, Rodríguez, Sánchez Aizcorbe, Santamaría, Setién, Sigmond, and Zalba.

 

 • U. Brand, ed., L’Église dans le monde de ce temps, Constitution Gaudium et spes: Commentaires du Schema XIII, (Mame, 1967) 420 pp., anon. trans. of De Kerk in de Wereld van Deze Tijd: Schéma XIII – tekst en commentaar (1967). ▪ Review: =. Notes: Contributions by Calvez, Chenu, Dondeyne, Dubarle, Heylen, Lawrence, Lebret, Rahner, Reid, Riedmatten, Schillebeeckx.

 

 • Peter Riga (American priest, 1933-2018), The Church Made Relevant: A Commentary on the Pastoral Constitution of Vatican II, (Fides, 1967) 337 pp. ▪ Review: =.

 

 • aa.vv., L’Église dans le monde de ce temps, Constitution pastorale Gaudium et spes, (Éditions du Cerf, 1967) in 3 vols., ▪ Review: =. Notes: Vol. I presents Latin text of Gaudium et spes and the official French episcopate translation thereof in 211 pages with a commentary on the history of the text in some 60 pages; Vol. II consists of commentaries on the text by G. & F. Baecque, Calvez, Chenu, Congar, Delhaye, Dondeyne, Dubarle, Girardi, Goldie, Grootaers, Haubtmann, Houtart, Jeanson, Lambert, McGrath, Moeller, Mouroux, Mury, Perroux, Roux, Struve, Thils, and Tucci; Vol. III presents “reflections and perspectives” by several of the same authors.

 


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The 1983 Code and the Second Vatican Council

 

Jerome Cdl. Hamer (Belgian Dominican, 1916-1996), "Le Code et le Concile", L’Osservatore Romano, 15 feb 1983, p. =. enp trans.

 

 

1. In the eyes of Pope John XXIII, the revision of the Code of canon law was inseparable from the work of the Ecumenical Council. The pair constituted two points of the same program announced on the same day at St. Paul’s outside the Walls on January 25th 1959. Naturally this revision could not commence until after the Council, for it was concerned basically with translating into legislation the principles, decisions, and orientations adopted in the course of the four Conciliar sessions, that is to say, giving juridic form to the content of the Council.

 

For the first time in history a reform of ecclesiastical legislation would be directly developed from Church teaching long maturing. Practically speaking, the principle text of Vatican II is the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen gentium. It crowns a whole series of documents on internal renewal and on various lines of conduct for post-Conciliar dialogue, and constitutes an ecclesiological given that has no comparison with what we have encountered in the past. Certainly the whole heritage of the Church is present therein, but one finds within this work an organic synthesis of enhanced value that augments this teaching and enables it to address new situations.

 

Open the new Code, and you will find the teaching of Lumen gentium and the other Conciliar texts. The Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code has faithfully carried out the work that John XXIII entrusted to it and that has been confirmed by his successors.

 

2. Obviously one does not find the entire Council in the Code. The doctrinal and pastoral teaching of Vatican II gives specific directions that law must take into account and issues therefrom a complex of norms already well formulated; but Church teaching does not stop with considerations that are directly or indirectly juridic. The doctrine of the Church will always be richer than canon law because one cannot express everything in law.

 

On the other hand, the Code contains norms that are not found in the Council. One notes that after the first session [of the Council] it was necessary to reduce considerably the proposed schemata, and to see that a large part of the preliminary questions would be entrusted to the Code Commission instituted for this purpose at precisely that moment (29 March 1963), between the first and second session. Still, the Code must legislate on subjects that are indispensable for the life of the Church but were not treated by the Council in depth or weren’t treated at all. Finally, one will not find at all times the language of the Council in the Code. Juridic style has its own requirements and vocabulary. What is essential is that the Code conform to the Council’s ideas.

 

3. Vatican II presents an ecclesiology of communion that one easily finds in the Code. In this vein, Canon 204 § 1 of Book II (De Populo Dei) is typical. It defines the faithful (members of the Church) in relation to the vocation that they have to exercise, each one in the situation where he finds himself, within the mission that God has entrusted to his Church on earth. This vocation is founded on their incorporation in Christ by baptism, on the fact that they constitute the People of God, and on their participation in the priestly, prophetic, and royal missions of Christ. The definition of the faithful precedes the canon that distinguishes clergy from laity in so far as they have been constituted, or not, sacred ministers by the sacrament of orders (1983 CIC 207 § 1). All are called to take part in the mission of the Church because all are baptized and form part of the unique People of God. This universal call, that excludes no one, establishes among the faithful a true equality that the Code underscores in Canon 208. Of course, baptism does not confer by itself a sort of generic qualification to assume just any role in the Christian community. In the realization of the mission of the Church, each person works according to his own condition and his own function (secundum propriam cujusque conditionem et munus, Canon 208). One might also consider the action of sacraments received (confirmation, marriage, and above all orders), other spiritual gifts, duties assigned by the hierarchy, the religious state, talents placed at the service of the Church, and so on. The Church is thus a differentiated community in which pastors are constituted as such by the sacrament of orders.

 

4. It is thus a matter of an application of communion in the Church that is founded on the fact that each faithful takes part in a unique living reality, one in which each carries out his part and to which each brings a share of all he is and all that he has received. At the heart of this special unity, the bonds of reciprocity and interdependence are formed between each member of the Church and all the others. In the Code as in the Council, one sees a concern to appreciate the place that each person occupies in the Church, the role assigned to each, and the means by which one is enabled to contribute to the growth of the Body of Christ. As the faithful are called to collaborate with others, so the Code points out those instruments of communion by which one’s vocation can be concretely realized.

 

5. It follows that one cannot oppose an ecclesiology of communion to a juridic ecclesiology. This would lead to doing an injustice to the notion of communion that, far from being a recent creation of theology, is to the contrary a living reality expressed all through the history of the church, sending its roots deep into biblical witness. This reality reclaims a juridic form that demands that one be animated by charity. For my part I would define the Church just as understood by the Council and the Code, that is to say, as a communion at once interior and exterior, with the interior communion of the spiritual life (of faith, hope, and charity) being signified and produced by an exterior communion of faith, discipline, and sacramental life. As a consequence, the hierarchic constitution of the Church must be considered as a form of service proper to certain of its members and making up an essential part of ecclesial communion.

 

6. After having studied and reviewed the work of the commission, John Paul II has approved and promulgated the new Code that henceforth will be the law of the Church. This promulgation solemnly expresses before the eyes of the whole world the will of the Church to conform her institutions to the model set forth by Vatican II. Certainly this will does not date from today, for since the day after the Council various partial legislations, provisory and sometimes ad experimentum, have given a concrete form to Conciliar directives. But today, the Church takes a new step forward in promulgating a universal and definitive legislation that engages the future with a view toward considerable duration.

 

The realization of the Council has certainly been the principle objective pursued by the revision of the Code. This has also been the formal commitment taken up by John Paul II on the day after his election (Message to the World, 17 October 1978) it treats without any doubt a work of wide scope and common commitment; and that is why the legislator must be able to count on the goodwill and perseverance of all. As with the 1917 Code, the new Code will have its imperfections. This is inevitable. But this is why the Code itself (1983 CIC 16) has foreseen the possibility of the authentic interpretation of norms which might be in need of such. There will, to be sure, be other difficulties to face, but they will be easily overcome by those who strive to recognize in the 1983 Code the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council.

 


 

 

 

F. McManus, “The Second Vatican Council and the canon law”, Jurist 22 (1962) 259-286.

 

J. Baldanza, “La constituzione ‘De Ecclesia’ ed alcune considerazioni sullo spirito che deve animare la riforma del Codice di diritto canonico”, Ephemerides Iuris Canonici 21 (1965) 158-176.

 


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 • aa.vv., L’Église de Vatican II: Études autour de la constitution conciliare sur l’Église, (Éditions du Cerf, 1967) in 2 (3?) vols., more than 50 contributors. ▪ Review: =. Notes: =.

 

 

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