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Lumen Gentium, “Light of the Nations,” is one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council. This document examines what Blessed Pope John Paul II tells us is the primary question of the Council: “Church, what do you say of yourself?” The Council fathers examine the inner nature of the Church and that their approach would be one of continuity and faithfulness to the teachings of...

Lesson 2 covers both chapters II (“On the People of God”) and III (“The Hierarchical Structure of the Church and In Particular on the Episcopate”) of Lumen Gentium. Chapter II discusses “the new People of God” in the broadest sense as those who are visibly united to Christ and fully incorporated into the community of His Church through Baptism. By entering the Church through the door of Baptism, the new People
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