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Vatican II Reading Challenge
Pope Leo XIV has called Catholics throughout the world to return to the documents of the Second Vatican Council and read them anew.
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Week 1
Chapter 1
Week 2
Chapter 2
Week 3
Chapter 3
Week 4
Chapter 4
Week 5
Chapter 5
Week 6
Chapter 6
Week 7
Chapter 7
Week 8
Chapter 8
Read the Council in continuity.
We believe this is an important moment—and an important opportunity.
Join Pillars of Faith for a 7-week guided journey through Lumen Gentium, the Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. Together, we will go directly to the text, examining it in the light of Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the perennial teaching of the Church.
The Catholic faith did not begin at Vatican II. The Council must be understood within the fullness of the faith handed down to us through the centuries.
This is our opportunity to read, understand, and rediscover Lumen Gentium through the lens of continuity with the Church’s 2,000-year inheritance.
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Three anchors for the journey.
The challenge approaches the text within the fullness of the Catholic faith, not as an isolated document.
Sacred Scripture
Read the Council’s teaching on the Church in the light of the Word of God.
Sacred Tradition
Understand the text within the faith handed down through the centuries.
Perennial Teaching
Rediscover Lumen Gentium through the lens of continuity with the Church’s inheritance.
DAY ONE – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
HOW CATHOLICS SHOULD READ THE COUNCIL:Â AN INTRODUCTION TO READING DEI VERBUM
DAY FIVE – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
DEI VERBUM: CONTINUITY DOES NOT MEAN EQUAL PRECISION
DAY EIGHT – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
DEI VERBUM: THE MARVELOUS CONDESCENSION OF GOD
DAY NINE – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
DEI VERBUM: GOD PREPARES A PEOPLE FOR THE SAVIOR
DAY TEN – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
DEI VERBUM: THE OLD TESTAMENT FINDS ITS FULLNESS IN CHRISTÂ
DAY ELEVEN – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
DEI VERBUM: THE WORD BECAME FLESH – AND THE APOSTLES BORE WITNESSÂ
DAY TWELVE – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
DEI VERBUM: WHAT CHRIST REALLY DID AND TAUGHT – AND THE APOSTOLIC WITNESS THAT FOLLOWED
DAY THIRTEEN – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
THE WORD OF GOD IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH – SCRIPTURE, THE EUCHARIST, AND WHO HAS AUTHORITY TO INTERPRET
DAY FOURTEEN – 14 Days Through Dei Verbum
THE WORD OF GOD IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH – THEOLOGY, PREACHING, PRAYER,
AND THE FINAL VERSION OF DEI VERBUM