Second Vatican Council

Documents

• Sacrosanctum Concilium

  4 Dec 1963 Constitution Read here

  Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

• Lumen gentium

  21 Nov 1964 Constitution Read here

  Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

• Dei Verbum

  18 Nov 1965 Constitution Read here

  Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation

• Gaudium et spes

  7 Dec 1965 Constitution Read here

  Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

• Inter mirifica

  4 Dec 1963 Decree Read here

  Decree on the Means of Social Communication

• Orientalium Ecclesiarum

  21 Nov 1964 Decree Read here

  Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite

• Unitatis redintegratio

  21 Nov 1964 Decree Read here

  Decree on Ecumenism

• Christus Dominus

  28 Oct 1965 Decree Read here

  Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops

• Perfectae caritatis

  28 Oct 1965 Decree Read here

  Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life

• Optatam totius

  28 Oct 1965 Decree Read here

  Decree on Priestly Training

• Apostolicam actuositatem

  18 Nov 1965 Decree Read here

  Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity

• Ad gentes

  7 Dec 1965 Decree Read here

  Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church

• Presbyterorum ordinis

  7 Dec 1965 Decree Read here

  Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests

• Gravissimum educationis

  28 Oct 1965 Declaration Read here

  Declaration on Christian Education

• Nostra aetate

  28 Oct 1965 Declaration Read here

  Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions

• Dignitatis humanae

  7 Dec 1965 Declaration Read here

  Declaration on Religious Freedom