second vatican council
1Second Vatican Council — Infobox Ecumenical council bodystyle = width: 27em; council name = Vatican Council II council date = 1962 ndash;1965 accepted by = previous = First Vatican Council next = convoked by = Pope John XXIII presided by = Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI… …
2Second Vatican Council — noun the Vatican Council in 1962 1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms • Syn: ↑Vatican II • Hypernyms: ↑Vatican Council * * * the twenty first Roman Catholic ecumenical council (1962 65) …
3Second Vatican Council — See Vatican Council, Second …
4Second Vatican Council — noun → Vatican Council (def. 2) …
5Second Vatican Council — the twenty first Roman Catholic ecumenical council (1962 65) convened by Pope John XXIII. Its 16 documents redefined the nature of the church, gave bishops greater influence in church affairs, and increased lay participation in liturgy. Also… …
6Second Vatican Council — Twenty first Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church (11 October 1962–8 December 1965, Rome) whose Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium) became the basis for changes in the liturgy and in the practice of… …
7Second Vatican Council — Второй Ватиканский Собор …
8Vatican Council — Vatican Coun|cil, the either of two important series of meetings in the Roman Catholic Church, in which leading members of the church discussed questions of belief and practice. The First Vatican Council (1869 70) developed the idea that the Pope …
9Vatican Council — /vætɪkən ˈkaʊnsəl/ (say vatikuhn kownsuhl) noun 1. Also, Vatican I. First Vatican Council, the 20th Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in Rome in 1869–70, best known for its decree affirming the doctrine of papal infallibility …
10Vatican Council — noun each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church • Hypernyms: ↑council • Hyponyms: ↑First Vatican Council, ↑Vatican I, ↑Second Vatican Council, ↑Vatican II …
