Vatican II Class: Catholicism Meets Modernity

The Catholic Community at Stanford presents a lecture by Catherine Cornille on 13 May 2013. This is one of a series of talks in the course, offered Spring 2013. See the CTSF page for more information.

Though the shortest of Vatican II documents, Nostra Aetate (Declaration on Non-Christian Religions) has generally been regarded as one of the most radical and innovative documents, a watershed in the relationship of the Church to non-Christian religions. In this lecture, we will explore the contents and the context of the document, its impact on theological reflection regarding the question of the salvation of non-Christians, and its role in advancing dialogue with non-Christian.

The complete archive of Vatican II class (and Newman Night lectures and Vatican II Symposium) is available on our CCASweb channel.

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