The Episcopal and Synodal Ministry and the Vision of the Permanent Reform of the Church According to Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro at the Eve of the Second Vatican Council by Artur Antoni Kasprzak

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Posoborowa instytucjonalna odnowa Kościoła krakowskiego według kardynała Karola Wojtyły by Jan Dyduch

“…Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, inspired by the Second Vatican Council, initiated a renewal of Krakow’s Church. …”
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Paolo VI: la santitta come „dramma di amore” by Aldino Cazzago

“…It shows the context of this teaching, which was the findings of the Second Vatican Council. The article shows how the pope understood what holiness is, how he understood the relationship between holiness and love, the role of the Church and the action of the Holy Spirit. …”
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Edith Stein, Une Sainte controversée by Yael Hisch

“…This essay aims at showing that Edith Steins’ holiness stands at the center of a religious controversy, at the very moment when Catholics and Jews are attempting to establish a “fraternal dialogue” after the decisive turning point of the Second Vatican Council, and the declaration Nostra Aetate regarding the Jews.…”
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Hierarchy of truths revisited by E. J. Echeverria

“… This article explores the ecumenical significance of the notion of hierarchy of truths introduced at the Second Vatican Council. With some assistance from the great Reformed master of dogmatic and ecumenical theology, G.C. …”
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Beyond "two source theory" and "sola scriptura": ecumenical perspectives on Scripture and tradition by R. Moss

“…The Constitution, Dei Verbum, promulgated by the Second Vatican Council and the two Protestant Conferences held almost contemporaneously at Oberlin and Montreal suggest a possible convergence beyond the impasse. …”
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Human rights in a secularized society by Willem Jacobus Eijk

“…The return came with the person of John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council. Pope John Paul II proved to be a particularly important promoter of human rights. …”
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Contemplation and liturgy: The experience of St. Mary Magdalene De’ Pazzi (Florence, 1566-1607) by M. O'Neill

“…Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, the 16thcentury Italian Carmelite mystic, and the renewal of the Liturgy proposed by the Second Vatican Council, in the Constitution on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, 1963. …”
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Jesuit Fathers Beyond the Iron Curtain: Directions and Challenges of Lithuanian Jesuit Exiles in the 20th Century by Ignas Stanevičius

“…Simultaneously, the decrees of the Second Vatican Council had a parallel influence, prompting Jesuits to reconsider their affiliation with the order. …”
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Wiara w Kościele, lecz dla świata. Rekonstrukcja interpretacji nauczania Vaticanum II by Andrzej Napiórkowski

“…With more and more time perspective, it is easier and more correctly to read the meaning and spirit of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). The article shows that it was not dogmatic or even pastoral – as it is often said to be. …”
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Preparing a homily as an important element of pastoral care by Henryk Sławiński

“…The homily, which the Second Vatican Council assigned a special role among various forms of preaching the Word of God, is an important task for those, who are entrusted with pastoral care. …”
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Synodality as a return to the origins of Christianity and the way of building the God’s Kingdom by Sebastian Zygmunt

“…The extreme understanding the Pope’s role as an absolute monarch who independently decides about all dimensions of the Church has supplanted with time the known from the Apostle’s time communal management of the Mystical body of Christ. Just the Second Vatican Council and the last few popes noticed this particular problem. …”
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The Sacred Architecture of Josep Lluís Sert by Iñigo Ugalde-Blázquez, Ricardo Gómez-Val, Cinta Lluis-Teruel, Pilar Moran-García

“…Botolph (Boston, 1963–1968), and the Carmel de la Paix Chapel (Mazille, 1967–1972), designed, respectively, before, during, and after the Second Vatican Council. Using these three well-known projects as a starting point, our aim is to expand the discussion around this topic to encompass the entirety of Sert’s sacred architecture. …”
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The Perspective of Peace or Fear for the Future? An Attempt to Evaluate Christian-Muslim Dialogue by Piotr Kaczmarek

“… The paper indicates the diagnosis the Christian-Muslim dialogue conducted by the Catholic Church, especially taking into account the indications of the Second Vatican Council. The question arises whether the mutual discourse of the representatives of the two religions is currently giving rise to a perspective of peace, or rather fear for the future? …”
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Poszanowanie wolności religijnej w prawodawstwie kościelnym by Dariusz Mazurkiewicz

“…This idea found its place first in the teaching of the fathers of the Second Vatican Council, and then in the Code of Canon Law, where in can. 748 § 2, the legislator regulates that "Never and no one may force any person to accept the Catholic faith against his or her own conscience." …”
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