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Pope John XXIII’s opening speech laid the foundation for the Council and addressed the questions such as why the Council had been called, what goals the Council Fathers were to achieve, and the relationship to past councils. The Opening Address provides valuable insight into the “mind of the Church.” Dei Verbum, the Word of God, presents Church teaching concerning the ways God has revealed...

On October 11, 1962, after three years of meticulous planning and preparation, Pope John XXIII formally opened the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. As we discovered in lessons 1 and 2, the Holy Father’s vision for the Council was a rather straight-forward one the Council Fathers were to teach the truths of the faith to modern man in the most efficacious way possible, while remaining ever mindful of their “greatest concern,” the safeguarding of the sacred deposit
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