Month: July 2014

Decree on the Apostolate of Laity : Apostolicam Actuositatem

1. To intensify the apostolic activity of the people of God,(1) the most holy synod earnestly addresses itself to the laity, whose proper and indispensable role in the mission of the Church has already been dealt with in other documents.

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Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church : Ad Gentes

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.

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Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-christian religions : Nostra Aetate

1. In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely her relationship to non-Christian religions.

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Declaration on christian education : Gravissimum educationis

DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONGRAVISSIMUM EDUCATIONIS PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON OCTOBER 28, 1965 INTRODUCTION The Sacred Ecumenical Council has considered with care how extremely important education is in the life of man and how its influence ever grows in the social progress o

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