Vatican II Documents


Understanding what was discussed and decided upon during the Second Vatican Council is crucial for explaining Church teaching in the modern era. Below is a list of the sixteen documents produced by the Council. Summaries are linked.


1963

Sacrosanctum Concilium
Apostolic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (December 4)
Inter Mirifica
Decree On the Means of Social Communication

1964

Lumen Gentium
Dogmatic Constitution On the Church
Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Decree On the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite
Unitatis Redintegratio
Decree on Ecumenism

1965

Christus Dominus
Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops In the Church
Perfectae Caritatis
Decree On Renewal of Religious Life
Optatam Totius
Decree On Priestly Training
Gravissimum Educationis
Declaration On Christian Education
Nostra Aetate
Declaration On the Relation Of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
Dei Verbum
Dogmatic Constitution On Divine Revelation
Apostolicam Actuositatem
Decree On the Apostolate of the Laity
Dignitatis Humanae
Declaration On Religious Freedom
Ad Gentes
Decree On the Mission Activity of the Church
Presbyterorum Ordinis
Decree On the Ministry and Life of Priests
Gaudium et Spes
Pastoral Constitution On the Church In the Modern World (December 7, 1965)

Sources

The Vatican
The New Advent Library
EWTN