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This authoritative encyclopedia combines a wealth of information with an attractive, easy-to-read format into a reference of value for professionals, parishes, and families alike. A generation has passed since Vatican Council II, and the enthusiasm and euphoria which exhilarated Catholic life in the years that followed the council are misted memories now. The council handed down to us new hopes,...

derived from a particular church; according to the Second Vatican Council it belongs to the fullness of the Church (LG 14). The catholicity of the Church is not just spatial or geographical; catholicity implies an inclusiveness towards Church membership. As a sign of reconciliation and communion in Christ, the Church must embrace all peoples, classes, races, and cultures as its birth on the feast of Pentecost suggests (Acts 2:5–11). From the earliest days, infant children of believing parents have
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