Unitatis Redintegratio is the Second Vatican Council'sDecree on Ecumenism. It was passed by a vote of 2,137 to 11 of the bishops assembled and was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964. The title in Latin means "Restoration of Unity," and is from the first line of the decree, as is customary with major Catholic documents. (The full text in English is available from the Holy See's website.) The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... His Holiness Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
Contents
The numbers given correspond to the section numbers within the text.
Introduction(1)
Catholic Principles on Ecumenism(2-4)
The Practice of Ecumenism(5-12)
Churches and Ecclesial Communities Separated from the Roman Apostolic See(13-24)
The Special Consideration of the Eastern Churches (14-18)
Separated Churches and Ecclesial Communities in the West (19-24)
Unitatisredintegratio, 5, 11 y 24; Ut unum sint, 18, 36 y 79).
Unitatisredintegratio, 5-8; Ut unum sint, 15 ss, 21-27).
Unitatisredintegratio, 3; Ut unum sint, 14), pero ahora toma conciencia de ello entablando un diálogo, teniendo en cuenta a las demás Iglesias y comunidades eclesiales.
This phrase suggests a quantitative, almost materialistic, dimension, as though it were possible to quantify or count all the elements, checking to see whether their numbers were complete.
UnitatisRedintegratio affirms that it is in the Eucharist where "the unity of the Church is both signified and brought about" (UnitatisRedintegratio, n.
Therefore, the contribution of UnitatisRedintegratio to the solution of the ecumenical problem is not "the ecclesiology of the elements" but the distinction between full communion and partial communion (cf.
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