(21) The Miracles of Jesus also confirm that the Kingdom has already arrived on earth: "If I cast out devils by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you". Encycl. (125) On account of their fathers this people remains most dear to God, for God does not repent of the gifts He makes nor of the calls He issues. 285 Cf. From this arises their duty of working to implant and strengthen the Kingdom of Christ in souls and to extend that Kingdom to every clime. Virg. Let all then have care that they guide aright their own deepest sentiments of soul. Sagnard, Sources Chr., p 398. X, Apologia Pauperum, c. 3, 3: cd. The Second Vatican Council met from 1962 to 1965 in four sessions (October-December 1962, September-December 1963, September-November 1964, and September-December 1965). Funk, Didascalia, II, p. 103. 959 (1766). Some indeed He has strengthened to the extent of the shedding of their blood. (142) And in this mission they were fully confirmed on the day of Pentecost(143) in accordance with the Lord's promise: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and in Samaria, and even to the very ends of the earth". (22*) But it exhorts theologians and preachers of the divine word to abstain zealously both from all gross exaggerations as well as from petty narrow-mindedness in considering the singular dignity of the Mother of God. 14, 37: PL 45, 1015 s.: Non tantum continenti Dei donum est, sed coniugatorum etiam castitas. Paschasius Radb., In Matth. But they are by reason of their particular vocation especially and professedly ordained to the sacred ministry. 2300 (3850). T HE critical study of the dogmatic Constitution De Ecclesia, also called Lumen gentium is the main axis of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. (133) Wherefore she makes the words of the Apostle her own: "Woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel",(134) and continues unceasingly to send heralds of the Gospel until such time as the infant churches are fully established and can themselves continue the work of evangelizing. (15) Conc. 1950: AAS 42 (1950) Denz. 2008 2382 et passim. Cfr. (230) From the earliest times, then, some Christians have been called uponand some will always be called uponto give the supreme testimony of this love to all men, but especially to persecutors. 1: PG 98 (6), 340-348; Serm. Annus sacer, 8 dec. 1950: AAS 43(1951) p. 28 8. 21:24. Leo XIII, Const. (7) Cfr. 199-200. 44, 3; ed. Hartel, p. 696. 3. (282), THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF GOD IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH, 52. 232, 2: col. 1108. 1896; AAS 28 (1895-96) pp. 5, 22; 2 Tim. I De Ecclesia Christi, cap. Paulus Pp. 15, 296: PG 30, 637 C. (35) S. Coelestinus, Epist. The Church in this is mindful that she must bring together the nations for that king to whom they were given as an inheritance,(121) and to whose city they bring gifts and offerings. The Word of the Lord is compared to a seed which is sown in a field;(19) those who hear the Word with faith and become part of the little flock of Christ,(20) have received the Kingdom itself. The faithful of Christ bind themselves to the three aforesaid counsels either by vows, or by other sacred bonds, which are like vows in their purpose. 2. The laity have the principal role in the overall fulfillment of this duty. 10: PL 2, 925 C. S. Cyprianus, Hab. (13) Cfr. (14*) For there are many who honor Sacred Scripture, taking it as a norm of belief and a pattern of life, and who show a sincere zeal. (55) S. Leo M., Serm. 590-591. In this way they may make Christ known to others, especially by the testimony of a life resplendent in faith, hope and charity. (10) Cfr. In matters of faith and morals, the bishops speak in the name of Christ and the faithful are to accept their teaching and adhere to it with a religious assent. They live in the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, from which the very web of their existence is woven. "(15*) For every genuine testimony of love shown by us to those in heaven, by its very nature tends toward and terminates in Christ who is the "crown of all saints,"(16*) and through Him, in God Who is wonderful in his saints and is magnified in them. In this way, that person is ordained to the honor and service of God under a new and special title. (208) Further, He has shared this power so that serving Christ in their fellow men they might by humility and patience lead their brethren to that King for whom to serve is to reign. Leo XIII, Epist. They should raise all of society, and even creation itself, to a better mode of existence. : PG 48, 533 u. The central purpose of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) is "to unfold more fully to the faithful of the Church and to the whole world its own inner nature and universal . (25) Cfr. Cf. The Church indeed, contemplating her hidden sanctity, imitating her charity and faithfully fulfilling the Father's will, by receiving the word of God in faith becomes herself a mother. They are called there by God that by exercising their proper function and led by the spirit of the Gospel they may work for the sanctification of the world from within as a leaven. The people of God have no lasting city here below, but look forward to one that is to come. Origenes, Comm. Chrysostomus, In 2 Tim. S. Gregorius M., Hom in Evang. (3*) The Spirit and the Bride both say to Jesus, the Lord, "Come! Dei Filius, 3: Denz. S Augustinus, Serm. Rom; 8:17; Col. 1:24; 2 Tim. (14) Cfr. 17-33; The mystery of the holy Church is manifest in its very foundation. Alloc. : Denz. They conduct themselves as children of the promise, and thus strong in faith and in hope they make the most of the present,(201) and with patience await the glory that is to come. Dei, XVIII, 51, 2: PL 41, 614. 47. I, ib. 6 de Alexandria et Antiochia, et can. Lumen Gentium affirms the absolute necessity of the Church, founded by the Lord Himself, as the means of our salvation in Christ. VIII: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in the Mys tery of Christ & of the Church (52-69) -Preface (52-54) a. Mary's relation to Christ in the divine plan of redemptive Incarnation (52) 1) God revealed that to save us He sent His Son "born of a woman" (Gal 4:4f) (207) Now Christ has communicated this royal power to His disciples that they might be constituted in royal freedom and that by true penance and a holy life they might conquer the reign of sin in themselves. Provida Mater, 1. c., p. 1145. 11, de Ecclesia Christi, c. 4: Mansi S3, 310. 60. (14*) Therefore, the Sacred Council teaches that bishops by divine institution have succeeded to the place of the apostles, (15*) as shepherds of the Church, and he who hears them, hears Christ, and he who rejects them, rejects Christ and Him who sent Christ. They also know that they were not ordained by Christ to take upon themselves alone the entire salvific mission of the Church toward the world. Cfr. 10. S. Petrus Canisius, Catechismus Maior seu Summa Doctrinae christianae, cap. (52) Really partaking of the body of the Lord in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread, we are taken up into communion with Him and with one another. Pius XII Litt. Damascenus, Adv. Officii 20 dec. 1949: AAS 42 (1950) p.142. Pius XII, Const. 20. S. Cornelius I, apud S. Cyprianum, Epist. S. Gregorius M., Moral, IV, 7, 12: PL 75, 643 C. Ps.Basilius, In Is. de sacr. The following is an excerpt from: . (98) For He has bought it for Himself with His blood,(99) has filled it with His Spirit and provided it with those means which befit it as a visible and social union. Vat. (37*) This variety of local churches with one common aspiration is splendid evidence of the catholicity of the undivided Church. S. Augustinus, passim. "(7*) Comparing Mary with Eve, they call her "the Mother of the living,"(8*) and still more often they say: "death through Eve, life through Mary. M., Philad. n. 22, end of 1 1. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He might have the first place. 18. Pius XII, Alloc. omnium diaconus factus .. Cfr. With it He set up a covenant. 5. He is before all creatures and in Him all things hold together. Encycl. S. Augustinus, D Praed. I, Const.Dogm. 24:45-48; Jn. De Sacra Liturgia, cap. In explicit terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism(124) and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church. : PL 16, 320. "(1*) This divine mystery of salvation is revealed to us and continued in the Church, which the Lord established as His body. Nicaenum II, anno 787: Mansi 13. Lumen Gentium has played a most significant role in defining the nature and mission of the Catholic Church in contemporary times, and has had a monumental impact on theology in general, ecclesiology in particular, and in the thought, preaching, and writing of the four post-conciliar popesPaul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI, all (24*) The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God and Mother of men that she, who aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers, may now, exalted as she is above all the angels and saints, intercede before her Son in the fellowship of all the saints, until all families of people, whether they are honored with the title of Christian or whether they still do not know the Saviour, may be happily gathered together in peace and harmony into one people of God, for the glory of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. However, until there shall be new heavens and a new earth in which justice dwells,(243) the pilgrim Church in her sacraments and institutions, which pertain to this present time, has the appearance of this world which is passing and she herself dwells among creatures who groan and travail in pain until now and await the revelation of the sons of God.(244). (6*) Among those various ministries which, according to tradition, were exercised in the Church from the earliest times, the chief place belongs to the office of those who, appointed to the episcopate, by a succession running from the beginning,(7*) are passers-on of the apostolic seed. For this reason, in reply to Modus 12 it is expressly said of the Twelve that the Lord set them up "as a college or stable group." Tr. When Jesus, who had suffered the death of the cross for mankind, had risen, He appeared as the one constituted as Lord, Christ and eternal Priest,(24) and He poured out on His disciples the Spirit promised by the Father. 18, 1-2, ad Conc. To these definitions the assent of the Church can never be wanting, on account of the activity of that same Holy Spirit, by which the whole flock of Christ is preserved and progresses in unity of faith. . Litt. Florentinum, Decretum pro Graecis: Denz. The Church recognizes that in many ways she is linked with those who, being baptized, are honored with the name of Christian, though they do not profess the faith in its entirety or do not preserve unity of communion with the successor of Peter. S. Methodius, Symposion, VII, 3: GCS (Bodwetseh), p. 74. S. Cyprianus, Epist. ier., 1, 2: PG 3, 372 D. (67) Cfr. Let them heed the admonition of the Apostle to those who use this world; let them not come to terms with this world; for this world, as we see it, is passing away. ib., III, 19, 26: col. 152; V, 18, 24: col. 189; In Io. V. Mary the sign of created hope and solace to the wandering people of God. dogm. (1) Cfr. 1683 (2879). S. Io. Magisterial Documents: Lumen Gentium 8 Dogmatic Constitution on the Church November 21, 1964. By martyrdom a disciple is transformed into an image of his Master by freely accepting death for the salvation of the worldas well as his conformity to Christ in the shedding of his blood. Caritatis studium, 25 iul. 23. 3, 7. (10) He is the Spirit of Life, a fountain of water springing up to life eternal. A council is never ecumenical unless it is confirmed or at least accepted as such by the successor of Peter; and it is prerogative of the Roman Pontiff to convoke these councils, to preside over them and to confirm them. 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