You may find the entire list of decrees from the First Vatican Council at the link below. The Council issued a Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith, which included God, the creator of all things, on revelation, on faith, on faith and reason. Finally, it addressed the permanence of the primacy of the Blessed Peter in the Roman pontiffs, the power and character of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, the infallible teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff, and a full definition of Papal infallibility.
There were exactly no doctrines defined at the Second Vatican Council. The Second Vatican Council was the first purely pastoral council ever held in the Church.
Catholic AnswerNone, the Second Vatican Council was a purely pastoral council. Unlike previous Councils, it made no rulings or clarifications on doctrine.
Papal Infalibility .
The Second Vatican Council was held at the Basilica in Rome. During the years of 1962-1965, it was called by pope John XXIII..Catholic AnswerVatican Council II was held in Vatican City (which is in Rome, Italy). Church councils have always been named after the city in which they were held, from the Council of Jerusalem through the two Vatican Councils (which are the latest). Vatican Council II opened October 11th, 1962 and was closed December 8th, 1965, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. In Vatican City though some sessions were held elsewhere in Rome and within Italy as a whole..AnswerThe Vatican Council II met in St. Peter's Basilica when all the Council Fathers came together for a vote or some such. I don't think there was any other building that could hold all the Bishops from the entire world at one time:The Vatican had over 2600 Bishops and another addition to theologians and other experts, adding up to 3000. It consisted of;1089 bishops from Europe489 bishops from South America404 bishops from North America374 bishops from Asia296 bishops from Africa84 bishops from Central America75 bishops from Oceania, , which included Papua New Guinea, The Solomon Islands, New Zealand and Australia63 observers from other Christian Churches52 lay men and women over the whole four years.Please note, only Bishops were official members of the Vatican Council. Smaller meetings were held all over the Vatican in different meeting halls according to the size need.
The Second Vatican Council (otherwise known as Vatican II) was a pastoral council, convened in order to update and review the disciplines, policies and attitude of the Catholic Church vis-a-via the modern world. Many documents were drafted and voted on in this Council that had a very progressive flavor that ultimately caused a rift among the Council fathers as Conservatives fought to organize and resist the changes. What came out of this was a series of vague documents that both sides could effectively interpret. After Vatican II, the liberal forces having triumphed, the progressive view was adopted which led to the liturgical reforms that brought forth the modern Novus Ordo Missa or New Mass as well as the attitudes towards liturgy in general in its conduct, literature, prayers, architecture and ecumenism. The Council made no dogmatic definitions nor did it declare itself a full ecumenical council versus just a pastoral one. Traditionalists that continue to resist the effects of Vatican II point to this as their justification for rejecting outright or resisting the modern changes. An excellent and remarkably objective book on the Council is "The Rhine Flows into the Tiber" by Ralph M. Wiltgen, who was a journalist covering it at the time.
No, the censorship of books goes back to pre-Christian times, and the first record we have of books being condemned and burned was in the Acts of the Apostles. The first document we have condemning books was at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. The Index, as we knew it up until the Second Vatican Council only came into existence in the early 16th century due to the advent of the printing press. See the articles below about both.
The State of Vatican City.
The Vatican City is a city-state that came into existence in 1929 and is thus clearly distinct from the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church, known as the Holy See, which existed long before 1929.
The three most famous religious doctrines that came into existence and have since evolved starting with the protestant revolt are sola fide, sola gratia, and sola Scriptura: Faith alone, Grace alone, Scripture alone.
Anther answer from our community:.The main difference between the Second Vatican Council and the twenty ecumenical councils that preceded it is the the first twenty councils were always primarily concerned with doctrinal concerns and with pastoral concerns secondarily. I believe all of the previous councils had been called to deal with particular heresies that had arisen, from the First Council of Nicaea which dealt with Arianism to the Council of Trent with dealt with protestantism, I'm not sure about the First Vatican Council. The Second Vatican Council, however, dealt with no doctrinal issues whatsoever and was not called because of any problems with heresies but was primarily a pastoral council. Blessed Pope John XXIII called the Council to deal with updating or making the Church more sensitive to the issues in the modern world. Unlike the previous Councils which settled heresies, the Church had to deal with a number of heresies that arose after the Council.
In the United States there were more Protestants than Catholics at the start of the Civil War. The great immigration of Roman Catholics to the United States came after the First Vatican Council. The Bishop of Arkansas voted No when the issue of Papal infallibility was raised. He was one of 2 Bishops to vote against the measure. For some reason a number of Catholics wanted to come to a country that had freedom of religion and where the Pope had no political power. I have no idea why.
The Vatican City is a city-state that came into existence in 1929 and is thus clearly distinct from the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church, known as the Holy See, which existed long before 1929. As with any city around the world, the Vatican is never 'finished' as there are always improvements and new construction going on.