Lumen Gentium (134474)

Description

One of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, articulates the origin, identity, nature, and mission of the Catholic Church.

Issued on November 21, 1964, Lumen Gentium was the fruit of much prayer, conversation, and reflection on the part of the Council Fathers.

Given that the ardent desire of St. John XXIII was the renewal of the Church for the sake of evangelizing the modern world, this document is of central importance for it seeks to teach anew the wonder and gift of the Church, as the Body and Bride of Christ, as the People of the New Covenant, as the saving presence of Christ in the world.