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Second Vatican Council

Worldwide council of Catholic bishops held from 1962 to 1965

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The Second Vatican Council was the worldwide council of Catholic bishops convened from 1962 to 1965 under John XXIII and Paul VI. Its documents addressed liturgy, revelation, the Church, religious liberty, ecumenism, and the Church's relation to the modern world.

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Dignitatis Humanae

Second Vatican Council

1965 · Postwar Contemporary · Political Theory

Dignitatis Humanae, the Second Vatican Council's declaration on religious freedom, argues that the human person has a right not to be coerced by individuals, groups, or the state in religious matters. The document grounds that right in dignity, conscience, and the nature of truth, while insisting that the right concerns immunity from coercion rather than indifference about religious truth.

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