Chapter 61 Outline

Outline:

CH 61 VATICAN II AND POPE PAUL VI

TIMELINE                                                                                                   

1965    1967    1968    1978

                                    Paul VI died

                                    John Paul I dies

                        Humanae Vitae

            celibacy confirmed

Gaudium et Spes published

Vatican II closes; Dec. 8

OUTLINE

I.  The Council Documents 

            The joy and hope, grief and anguish of the men of our times, especially of those who are poor or afflicted in anyway, and the joy and hope, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well

Gaudium et Spes

Part I:

A.  Human Dignity

B.  Human Community

C.  Human Activity

D.  The Role of the Church in the World

Part II: Current Problems:

A.  Marriage and Family

B.  Culture

C.  Economy and Society

D.  Peace

II. Pontificate of Paul VI

Peace and Justice; Collaboration with bishops, collegiality; unparalleled vital forces within the Church.

Humanae Vitae and dissent

            a) Primacy of personal conscience

            b) Theologians’ hermeneutical authority

            c) Population bomb fears

III. The Legacy of Paul VI

            A global church; peace and justice

IV. An introduction to John Paul II

V.  Post-War World

            Yalta Decisions:  United Nations and the Security Council

QUESTIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

George Weigel,