The Second Vatican Council, according to Benedict XVI, “is a powerful appeal to us to make a daily rediscovery of the beauty of our faith, to understand it deeply through a more intense relationship with the Lord, and to live out our Christian vocation to the full.” This Basic Certificate in Vatican II will equip a person with knowledge of the most significant documents that were developed by the Council Fathers, and with an increased appreciation for the universal vocation to holiness that the baptized are called to embrace.

Certificate Objectives
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Certificate Requirements
Completion of following six independent study courses:

THEO-N105 The Constitution on the Church, Lumen gentium
THEO-N106 The Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et spes
THEO-N107 The Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum
THEO-N108 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum concilium
SPIR-N064   Vatican II: Lay Spirituality
CHIST-N161 History of Vatican Council II