1962-1965
Second Vatican Council
The 21st Ecumenical Council — 16 documents that shaped the modern Catholic Church.
4
Constitutions
9
Decrees
3
Declarations
Constitutions (Highest Authority)
Constitution
Sacrosanctum Concilium
On the Sacred Liturgy
ConstitutionLumen Gentium
On the Church
ConstitutionDei Verbum
On Divine Revelation
ConstitutionGaudium et Spes
On the Church in the Modern World
Decrees & Declarations
decree
Inter Mirifica
On the Media
decreeUnitatis Redintegratio
On Ecumenism
decreeOrientalium Ecclesiarum
On Eastern Churches
decreeChristus Dominus
On Bishops
decreeOptatam Totius
On Priestly Formation
decreePerfectae Caritatis
On Religious Life
decreeApostolicam Actuositatem
On the Apostolate of the Laity
decreeAd Gentes
On Missionary Activity
decreePresbyterorum Ordinis
On Priestly Life
declarationGravissimum Educationis
On Christian Education
declarationNostra Aetate
On Non-Christian Religions
declarationDignitatis Humanae
On Religious Freedom