The History of Christian Theology

Lecture 35: From Vatican I to Vatican II

Decrees of Vatican I, in Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, vol. 2, 234–

271; Creeds of the Churches, in Leith, 447–457 (contains only the decree on

papal infallibility.)

Flannery, Vatican Council II, “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church”

(Lumen Gentium).

———, Vatican Council II, “Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the

Modern World” (Gaudium et Spes).

Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors, in Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, vol. 2,

213–233.

Rahner, Foundations of Christian Faith.

1. When you think of Catholicism, is it the Catholicism of Pius IX or the
   Catholicism of Vatican II that ¿ rst comes to mind?


2. How deep do you think is the difference between the two?

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