Pope Paul VI: Leading The Council And The Church

Pope Leo XIII and Pope Paul XI addressed the issues of violence and the civil upbringing in different ways; the paper gets to compare the views of the popes who addressed the issue differently.

Pope Paul VI pushed to bring back together the cardinals and reconvene Vatican II. By doing this, he changed our church. Our liturgy would be different if he hadn’t reconvened Vatican II. By understanding his history, maybe we can come to understand his motives to Change the Church. Our future pope was born in Brescia, Lombardy on September 27, 1897 under the name Giovanni Battista Montini. He was born to a prominent newspaper editor. He had very bad health as a child, so the priests allowed him to attend the seminary as a day student. He was ordained into the priesthood on May 29, 1920. He was then transferred to a catholic university in rome, springboarding his rise through the church.

In 1079, Pope Urban II gave a speech at the Council of Clermont. Urban urged people to fight alongside the Greeks, and liberate the holy city of Jerusalem from Muslims. Christians in the West embarked on a dangerous journey to fight in the Holy Land after hearing Pope Urban's speech out of greed and redemption.

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) is much indebted to Saint Pope John Paul II for its growth and acceptance in the Church through the unfailing support it received throughout his Pontificate. At a special audience on 7 May 1981 to the participants of the Fourth International Leaders’ Conference in Rome, Saint John Paul II said that he made his own the words of St Paul, “I give thanks to God every time I think of you” (Phil 1:3).

As time constantly presses forward and the earth continues to revolve, the world will never stop progressing and adapting to better suit the needs of mankind. The evolution of religion has greatly enhanced the quality of life for humanity by providing individuals with a strong belief system that is now the foundation of many peoples’ core values. One universal religion that has undergone extensive amounts of reform is Christianity. In particular, the Catholic church is well-known for the development of their famous ecumenical council meetings that help determine the future of the church. Numerous Councils have been conducted throughout the course of history, but none more significant than the most recent, the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II. The Catholic church was operating as if it was still the medieval period and desperately needed to be modernized. As a result, every Roman Catholic Church official was gathered to meet and devise a plan for how to introduce the church to the modern world. Consequently, the following will reveal the Second Vatican Council and the ramifications of the agenda, history and theology evolution, significant texts, and new developments.

Pope John Paul the Second It was recently this year that the Catholic world had lost its leader,

In 1969, Pope Paul IV created ‘The New Mass’, called ‘The Mass of Paul IV’. Paul IV revised the current Tridentine Mass that was in place and changed a number of significant factors and it ended up replacing the Tridentine Mass as the main Roman Catholic mass. This included simplifying some of the factors of the Missal, and removing some parts through the course of time became the same as other areas or were not very useful. There was significantly more usage and quotes from the Bible in the new Mass and modified parts of the service.

The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries had been very challenging for the Catholic Church. To raise the Catholic Church back to its previous power and authority, Pope Paul III called for the first meeting of The Council of Trent in 1545. Thirty-four bishops gathered for this first council in Trent, Italy. This council met every day, in three different stretches, during an eighteen-year period. During these eighteen years, The Council of Trent’s reforms, doctrines, and policies once again ignited Catholic spirit, creating what is known as the Counter-Reformation, stopping the Protestant Reformation entirely in southern Europe. The Council of Trent and its decisions went much farther than the small city of Trent in Northern Italy.

During the Pope’s visit to the United States he made several important and stressed speeches of immigration in relation to the United States. He commended us for its continued track record of being one of the best in the world when it comes to the acceptance of immigrants however he did outline other points. One of them is that no immigrant should be ashamed of their heritage. It encourages people to live their lives in a better place while also staying close to home. In relation to this, he also pointed out the need for housing for many people, specifically for shelter. To make the matter more personal and resonating with more Americans, he told his story about his coming to America story and how he could relate to the issue well. He gave very humbling speeches and tried to address the issues with a less aggressive attitude to allow for conversation rather than building defences and he has certainly done just that.

     Changes occurred in various categories throughout the whole council. One of the more dramatic changes that occurred in the church, is the vernacular used during mass. Until Vatican II, the mass had been traditionally spoken in Latin, but afterwards was allowed to be spoken in the

While no changes were made to the doctrinal structure of the Church following Vatican II, Pope Paul did promulgate one new doctrine, which asserts that “Mary is the Mother of the Church.”

Christianity came to a crossroads during the fourth century. Previously, there had been gaps in Church teaching, and so some people began to fill those gaps. One of those people was Arius. Arius was born in 256 A.D. in Libya, but moved to Alexandria, Egypt and became a presbyter there. He began to teach about Jesus as a creature created by God the Father, and so therefore not God. This was seen by many early Christians as a possibility, as there had not previously been any official teaching set, and many of them started to follow Arius. Though the Church experienced some struggle with this heresy, in the end it was made stronger because it was forced to set theological beliefs. The Christian Church was advanced in the fourth century through struggles with the Arian heresy, a drastic change in the Roman Empire, and the combination of the Empire and Church to combat heresy.

In 1965, the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church published Nostra Aetate, a church document which they hoped would allow for interreligious dialogues to coincide with the Church’s mission of proclamation. This document connects the Church with the other major world religions by saying that the Church “rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions.” Although the document’s original intent was to restore a positive relationship between the Church and the Jewish people, it presented itself as a way to connect to believers of all faiths—including that of the eastern religions. However, the Secord Vatican Council did not present the first example on interreligious dialogue between Catholics and those of eastern religions. Rather, the conversation is rich and constantly evolving due to the dialogues of theologians throughout the Church’s history. This conversation can be seen especially in the early twentieth century, resulting in the writing and publication of Nostra Aetate. One such theologian who innovated interreligious dialogue with the East was Thomas Merton, whose connection to eastern religions inspired many to embrace religions outside of their own. Merton’s life includes a history of interreligious dialogues which he participated in throughout his search for religious understanding. Dialogue between eastern and western religious, especially Buddhism and Catholicism, was modernized in the twentieth century due to the life and work of Thomas Merton.

Pope John Paul II as an inspiration to those in the Roman Catholic community, pretty contrary to popular belief. Here mostly are some of some accomplishments, creating a dialog with Muslims and Jews, or so they for all intents and purposes thought. He basically was the first Pope to ever kiss the Koran. He''s the first Pope to actually care deeply about women in a big way. He even became voice of humanity to a stop on war he generally had a huge role in stopping really many small wars, which actually is quite significant.

The Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, is adored by most of the world. In September of 2015, Pope Francis came to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families, and I got to see him.