On this day in 1965, the Vatican II’s “Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions,” also known as “Nostra Aetate,” was promulgated by the council—despite surprises, shocks and setbacks along the way.
Vatican II
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Building and renovating places of worship
Churches and cathedrals are not merely temples built according to some preconceived pattern to honor the deity, an enterprising designer or a loyal benefactor. They are powerful epiphanies or metaphors of what the church is, how it behaves and what it stands for in the modern world.
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The Style of Vatican II
John W. O’Malley, S.J.: The ‘how’ of the church changed during the council.
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Reflections on Walter Kasper’s ‘On the Church’
Maybe the devil made me do it, but after reading Bishop (now Cardinal) Walter Kasper’s essay “On the Church” (reprinted in America, 4/23) for the second or third time, I went back through the text and conducted a little test.
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The Infallibility Debate: From July 7, 1973
When Hans Küng’s Infallible? An Inquiry appeared in 1971, it drew ample praise and blame, including sharp criticisms by his theological colleague, Karl Rahner, S.J.. AMERICA carried discussions of the book’s theological and philosophical aspects by
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Vatican II: Early Appraisal: From March 9, 1963
Any attempt to evaluate all the accomplishments of the Second Vatican Council’s first session would be not only presumptuous but also premature. Some things, however, may be profitably noted.
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American Catholic Panorama: From April 14, 1962
Some day you would like to write a book about Catholicism in America as you have known it. You keep putting it off, and the relentless years keep passing. The book will probably never be written.