> [[jpii-ea-08|← Previous]] | [[ecclesia-america-toc|TOC]] # Notes (1) In this regard, the ancient inscription in the Baptistery of Saint John Lateran is eloquent: “Virgineo foetu Genitrix Ecclesia natos quos spirante Deo concipit amne parit” (E. Diehl, *Inscriptiones Latinae Christianae Veteres,* No. 1513, I. I:, Berolini 1925, p. 289). (2) Homily at the Ordination of Priests and Deacons at Bogotà (August 22, 1968): *AAS* 60 (1968), 614-615. (3) No. 17: AAS 85 (1993), 820. (4) No. 38: *AAS* 87 (1995), 30. (5) Address at the Opening of the Fourth General Conference of Latin American Bishops (October 12, 1992), 17: AAS 85 (1993), 820-821. (6) John Paul II, Apostolic Letter *Tertio Millennio Adveniente* (November 10, 1994), 21: *AAS* 87 (1995), 17. (7) Address at the Opening of the Fourth General Conference of Latin American Bishops (October 12, 1992), 17: *AAS* 85 (1993), 820. (8) Cf. Apostolic Letter *Tertio Millennio Adveniente* (November 10, 1994), 21: *AAS* 87 (1995), 17. (9) Address to the Assembly of CELAM (March 9, 1983), III: *AAS* 75 (1983), 778. (10) Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Christifideles Laici* (December 30, 1988), 34: *AAS* 81 (1989), 454. (11) Propositio 3. (12) Saint Augustine, *Tract. In Ioh.* 15, 11: *CCL* 36, 154. (13) *Ibid*., 15, 17: *loc. cit.,* 156. (14) “Salvator... ascensionis suae eam (Mariam Magdalenam) ad apostolos instituit apostolam”. Rabanus Maurus, *De Vita Beatae Mariae Magdalenae*, 27: *PL* 112, 1574. Cf. Saint Peter Damian, *Sermo 56*: *PL* 144, 820; Hugh of Cluny, *Commonitorium*: *PL* 159, 952; Saint Thomas Aquinas, *In Ioh. Evang. Expositio*, c. 20, l. 3. (15) Address for the Closing of the Holy Year (December 25, 1975): *AAS* 68 (1976), 145. (16) *Propositio* 9; cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World *Gaudium et Spes*, 22. (17) Encyclical Letter *Redemptoris Mater* (March 25, 1987), 21: *AAS* 79 (1987), 369. (18) *Propositio* 5. (19) Third General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, Puebla, February 1979, *Message to the Peoples of Latin America*, No. 282. For the United States, cf. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Pastoral Letter *Behold Your Mother. Woman of Faith* (Washington, 1973), p. 37. (20) *Propositio* 6. (21) John Paul II, Address at the Opening of the Fourth General Conference of Latin American Bishops (October 12, 1992), 24: *AAS* 85 (1993), 826. (22) Cf. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, *Behold Your Mother. Woman of Faith* (Washington, 1973), 37. (23) Cf. *Propositio* 6. (24) Propositio 4. (25) Cf. *ibid*. (26) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy *Sacrosanctum Concilium*, 7. (27) Encyclical Letter *Mysterium Fidei* (September 3, 1965): *AAS* 57 (1965), 764. (28) *Ibid*., *loc. cit.*, 766. (29) *Propositio* 4. (30) Address at the Final Public Session of the Second Vatican Council (December 7, 1965): *AAS* 58 (1966), 58. (31) Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation *Reconciliatio et Paenitentia* (December 2, 1984), 16: *AAS* 77 (1985), 214-217. (32) Cf. Propositio 61. (33) Propositio 29. (34) Cf. Bull *Sacrosancti Apostolatus Cura* (August 11, 1670), § 3: *Bullarium Romanum*, 26VII, 42. (35) Among others, we may mention the following: the martyrs John de Brébeuf and his seven companions, Roque Gonzales and his two companions; the saints Elizabeth Ann Seton, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Peter Claver, Juan de Castillo, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Marguerite d'Youville, Francisco Febres Cordero, Teresa Fernández Solar de las Andes, Juan Macías, Turibius of Mongrovejo, Ezechiel Moreno y Diaz, John Neumann, Maria Ana de Jesús Paredes y Flores, Martin de Porres, Alfonso Rodriguez, Francisco Solano, Frances Xavier Cabrini; and those beatified: José de Anchieta, Pedro de San José de Betancur, Juan Diego, Katharine Drexel, Maria de la Encarnación Rosal, Rafael Guizar Valencia, Dina Bélanger, Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Elias del Socorro Nieves, Maria Francisca de Jesús Rubatto, Mercedes de Jesús Molina, Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán, Miguel Pro, Maria de San José Alvarado Cardozo, Junípero Serra, Kateri Tekakwitha, Laura Vicuña, Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão and many others who have been beatified and whom the peoples of America invoke with faith and devotion (cf. *Instrumentum Laboris,* 17). (36) Cf. Second Ecumenical Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium,* 50. (37) *Propositio* 31. (38) *Propositio* 30. (39) No. 37: *AAS* 87 (1995), 29; cf. *Propositio* 31. (40) *Propositio* 21. (41) Cf. *ibid*. (42) Cf. *ibid*. (43) Cf. *ibid*. (44) Cf. *Propositio* 18. (45) *Propositio* 19. (46) Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches Orientalium Ecclesiarum, 5; cf. *Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches*, Canon. 28; *Propositio* 60. (47) Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter *Redemptoris Mater* (March 25, 1987), 34: *AAS* 79 (1987), 406; Synod of Bishops, Special Assembly for Europe, Declaration *Ut Testes Simus Christi Qui Nos Liberavit* (December 13, 1991), III, 7: *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 13, 647-652. (48) Cf. *Propositio* 60. (49) Cf. Propositiones 23 and 24. (50) *Propositio* 73. (51) Propositio 72; cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter *Centesimus Annus* (May 1, 1991), 46: *AAS* 83 (1991), 850. (52) Cf. Synod of Bishops Special Assembly for Europe, Declaration *Ut Testes Simus Christi Qui Nos Liberavit* (December 13, 1991), I, 1; II, 4; IV, 10; *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 13, 613-615; 627-633; 660-669. (53) *Propositio* 72. (54) *Ibid*. (55) Cf. Propositio 74. (56) Cf. Apostolic Epistle Octogesima Adveniens (May 14, 1971), 8-9: *AAS* 63 (1971), 406-408. (57) *Propositio* 35. (58) Cf. *ibid.* *(59) Propositio* 75. (60) Cf. Pontifical Commission “Iustitia et Pax”, *At the Service of the Human Community: An Ethical Approach to the International Debt Question* (December 27, 1986): *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 10, 1045-1128. (61) *Propositio* 75. (62) Propositio 37. (63) No. 5: *AAS* 90 (1998), 152. (64) Propositio 38. (65) *Ibid*. (66) *Propositio* 36. (67) Cf. *ibid*. (68) Synod of Bishops, Second Extraordinary General Assembly, Final Summary *Ecclesia sub Verbo Dei Mysteria Christi Celebrans pro Salute Mundi* (December 7, 1985), II, B, a, 2: *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 9, 1795. (69) *Propositio* 30. (70) Propositio 34. (71) *Ibid*. (72) *Ibid*. (73) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 31. (74) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World *Gaudium et Spes*, 76; John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Christifideles Laici* (December 30, 1988), 42: *AAS* 81 (1989), 472-476. (75) *Propositio* 26. (76) *Ibid*. (77) Propositio 28. (78) *Ibid*. (79) *Ibid*. (80) *Propositio* 27. (81) *Ibid*. (82) Cf. *ibid*. (83) Decree on the Renewal of Religious Life *Perfectae Caritatis*, 7. Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Vita Consecrata* (March 25, 1996), 8: *AAS* 88 (1996), 382. (84) *Propositio* 27. (85) Cf. *Propositio* 28. (86) Cf. *Propositio* 29. (87) Cf. *Lumen Gentium*, Chapter V; Synod of Bishops, Second Extraordinary General Assembly, Final Report *Ecclesia sub Verbo Dei Mysteria Christi Celebrans pro Salute Mundi* (December 7, 1985), II, A, 4-5: *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 9, 1791-1793. (88) *Propositio* 29. (89) *Ibid*. (90) *Propositio* 32. (91) Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter *Dies Domini* (May 31, 1998), 40: *AAS* 90 (1998), 738. (92) *Propositio* 33. (93) Cf. Encyclical Letter *Redemptor Hominis* (March 4, 1979), 20: *AAS* 71 (1979) 309-316. (94) *Propositio* 33. (95) *Ibid.* (96) *Ibid*. (97) Propositio 40; cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 2. (98) Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion *Communio Notio* (May 28, 1992), Nos. 3-6: *AAS* 85 (1993), 839-841. (99) *Propositio* 40. (100) *Ibid*. (101) First Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ *Pastor Aeternus*, Prologue: *DS* 3051. (102) Ecumenical Council of Florence, Bull of Union *Exultate Deo* (November 22, 1439): *DS* 1314. (103) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 11. (104) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests *Presbyterorum Ordinis*, 5. (105) *Propositio* 41. (106) *Ibid*. (107) Cf. Ecumenical Council of Trent, Session VII, *Decree on the Sacraments*, Canon 9: *DS* 1609. (108) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 26. (109) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter *Redemptor Hominis* (March 4, 1979), 20: *AAS* 71 (1979), 309-316. (110) *Propositio* 42; cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter *Dies Domini* (May 31, 1998), 69: *AAS* 90 (1998), 755-756. (111) *Propositio* 41. (112) *Propositio* 42; cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy *Sacrosanctum Concilium*, 14; Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 10. (113) Cf. *Propositio* 42. (114) *Propositio* 41. (115) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity *Apostolicam Actuositatem*, 8. (116) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 23. (117) Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church *Christus Dominus*, 27; Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests *Presbyterorum Ordinis*, 7; Paul VI, Motu Proprio *Ecclesiae Sanctae* (August 6, 1966), I, 15-17: *AAS* 58 (1966), 766-767; *Code of Canon Law*, Canons 495, 502, 511; *Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches*, Canons 264, 271, 272. (118) *Propositio* 43. (119) Cf. *Propositio* 45. (120) Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion *Communio Notio* (May 28, 1992), Nos. 15-16: *AAS* 85 (1993), 847-848. (121) Cf. *ibid*. (122) Cf. *Propositio* 44. (123) *Ibid*. (124) *Ibid*. (125) Cf. Propositio 60. (126) Propositio 49. (127) *Ibid*. (128) *Ibid*.; cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests *Presbyterorum Ordinis*, 14. (129) *Propositio* 49. (130) *Ibid*. (131) Cf. Propositio 51. (132) *Propositio* 48. (133) *Propositio* 51. (134) *Propositio* 52. (135) Cf. *ibid*. (136) Cf. *ibid*. (137) Cf. Propositio 46. (138) *Ibid.* (139) *Ibid*. (140) *Propositio* 35. (141) Cf. Fourth General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, Santo Domingo, October 1992: *New Evangelization, Human Promotion and Christian Culture*, 58. (142) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter *Redemptoris Missio* (December 7, 1990), 51: *AAS* 83 (1991), 298-299. (143) *Propositio* 35. (144) Cf. *Propositio* 46. (145) *Ibid*. (146) Cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 29; Paul VI, Motu Proprio *Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem* (June 18, 1967), I, 1: *AAS* 59 (1967), 699. (147) *Propositio* 50. (148) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 29. (149) Cf. *Propositio* 50; Congregation for Catholic Education and Congregation for the Clergy, *Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Diaconorum Permanentium* and *Directorium pro Ministerio et Vita Diaconorum Permanentium* (February 22, 1998), *AAS* 90 (1998): 843-926. (150) Cf. Propositio 53. (151) *Ibid*.; cf. Third General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, Puebla 1979, *Message to the Peoples of Latin America*, No. 775. (152) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Vita Consecrata* (March 25, 1996), 57: *AAS* 88 (1996), 429-430. (153) Cf. *ibid*., 58, *loc. cit*., 430. (154) *Propositio* 53. (155) *Ibid*. (156) Propositio 54. (157) *Ibid*. (158) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 31. (159) *Propositio* 55; cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 34. (160) *Propositio* 55. (161) Cf. *ibid*. (162) *Propositio* 56. (163) Cf. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Christifideles Laici* (December 30, 1988), 23: *AAS* 81 (1989), 429-433. (164) Cf. Congregation for the Clergy et al., Instruction *Ecclesiae de Mysterio* (August 15, 1997): *AAS* 89 (1997), 852-877. (165) *Propositio* 56. (166) *Ibid*. (167) Cf. Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem (August 15, 1988): *AAS* 80 (1988), 1653-1729; *Letter to Women* (June 29, 1995): *AAS* 87 (1995), 803-812; *Propositio* 11. (168) Apostolic Letter *Mulieris Dignitatem* (August 15, 1988), 31: *AAS* 80 (1988), 1728. (169) *Propositio* 11. (170) *Ibid*. (171) *Ibid*. (172) *Ibid*. (173) Cf. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Christifideles Laici* (December 30, 1988), 49: *AAS* 81 (1989), 486-489. (174) *Propositio* 12. (175) *Ibid*. (176) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 11. (177) *Ibid*. (178) Cf. *Propositio* 12. (179) Propositio 14. (180) *Ibid*. (181) Cf. *ibid*. (182) Propositio 15. (183) *Ibid*. (184) *Ibid*. (185) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on Ecumenism *Unitatis Redintegratio*, 3. (186) *Propositio* 61. (187) *Ibid*. (188) Decree on Ecumenism *Unitatis Redintegratio*, 3. (189) Cf. Propositio 62. (190) Cf. Synod of Bishops, Special Assembly for Europe, Declaration *Ut Testes Simus Christi Qui Nos Liberavit* (December 13, 1991), III, 8: *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 13, 653-655. (191) *Propositio* 62. (192) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration on the Church's Relation to Non-Christian Religions *Nostra Aetate*, 2. (193) Cf. *Propositio* 63. (194) *Ibid*. (195) *Propositio* 67. (196) Cf. *ibid*. (197) Propositio 68. (198) *Ibid*. (199) Propositio 69. (200) Cf. Synod of Bishops, Second Extraordinary General Assembly, Final Report *Ecclesia sub Verbo Dei Mysteria Christi Celebrans pro Salute Mundi* (December 7, 1985), II, B, a, 4: *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 9, 1797; John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution *Fidei Depositum* (October 11, 1992): *AAS* 86 (1994), 117; *Catechism of the Catholic Church*, 24. (201) *Propositio* 69. (202) Propositio 74. (203) *Ibid*. (204) Cf. *Propositio* 67. (205) Propositio 70. (206) *Ibid*. (207) Cf. *Propositio* 73. (208) Cf. *Propositio* 70. (209) *Propositio* 72. (210) *Ibid*. (211) *Ibid*. (212) Third General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, Puebla 1979, *Message to the Peoples of Latin America*, No. 306. (213) Propositio 73. (214) Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction *Libertatis Conscientia* (March 22, 1986), 68: *AAS* 79 (1987), 583-584. (215) *Propositio* 73. (216) Cf. Propositio 75. (217) Apostolic Letter *Tertio Millennio Adveniente* (November 10, 1994), 51: *AAS* 87 (1995), 36. (218) *Propositio* 75. (219) *Ibid*. (220) Propositio 37. (221) Cf. *ibid*. Regarding the publication of these texts, cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Issued “Motu Proprio” *Apostolos Suos* (May 21, 1998), IV: *AAS* 90 (1998), 657-658. (222) Cf. Propositio 38. (223) Cf. *ibid*. (224) *Ibid*. (225) Cf. *ibid*. (226) Cf. Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, *The International Arms Trade. An Ethical Reflection* (May 1, 1994): *Enchiridion Vaticanum* 14, 1071-1154. (227) Cf. *Propositio* 76. (228) *Ibid*. (229) Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 2267, which cites John Paul II, Encyclical Letter *Evangelium Vitae* (March 25, 1995), 56: *AAS* 87 (1995), 463-464. (230) Cf. *Propositio* 13. (231) Cf. *ibid*. (232) Cf. *ibid*. (233) *Ibid*. (234) Cf. Propositio 19. (235) Cf. *Propositio* 18. (236) Propositio 20. (237) Cf. Congregation for Bishops, Instruction *Nemo Est* (August 22, 1969), No. 16: *AAS* 61 (1969), 621-622; *Code of Canon Law,* Canons 294 and 518; *Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches,* Canon 280 § 1. (238) Cf. *ibid*. (239) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Christifideles Laici* (December 30, 1988), 33: *AAS* 81 (1989), 453. (240) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 31. (241) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Christifideles Laici* (December 30, 1988), 34: *AAS* 81 (1989), 455. (242) Cf. *ibid*., 2, *loc. cit*., 394-397. (243) Paul VI, Apostolic Exhortation *Evangelii Nuntiandi* (December 8, 1975), 14: *AAS* 68 (1976), 13. (244) Cf. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation *Christifideles Laici* (December 30, 1988), 34: *AAS* 81 (1989), 455. (245) Address to the Assembly of CELAM (March 9, 1983), III: *AAS* 75 (1983), 778. (246) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Exhortation *Evangelii Nuntiandi*, 22: *AAS* 68 (1976), 20. (247) Cf. ibid., 7: *loc. cit.*, 9-10. (248) John Paul II, Message to CELAM (September 14, 1997), 6: *L'Osservatore Romano*, October 1, 1997, p. 4. (249) *Propositio* 8. (250) Cf. *Propositio* 57. (251) Cf. *Propositio* 16. (252) *Ibid*. (253) *Propositio* 2. (254) *Ibid*. (255) *Ibid*. (256) Propositio 10. (257) Final Report *Ecclesia sub Verbo Dei Mysteria Christi Celebrans pro Salute Mundi (December 7, 1985), II, B, a, 4: Enchiridion Vaticanum* 9, 1797. (258) Cf. Apostolic Letter *Laetamur Magnopere* (August 15, 1997): *AAS* 89 (1997), 819-821. (259) Congregation for the Clergy, *General Directory for Catechesis*, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997. (260) *Propositio* 10. (261) *Ibid*. (262) *Ibid*. (263) Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi (December 8, 1975), 20: *AAS* 68 (1976), 19. (264) *Propositio* 17. (265) Cf. *ibid*. (266) Cf. *ibid*. (267) Cf. Propositio 22. (268) *Propositio* 23. (269) Cf. *ibid*. (270) *Ibid*. (271) *Propositio* 24. (272) *Ibid*. (273) *Ibid*. (274) Cf. *Propositio* 22. (275) Cf. *ibid*. (276) *Ibid*. (277) Cf. Propositio 25. (278) Cf. *Ibid*. (279) Cf. *Ibid*. (280) Cf. Instrumentum Laboris, 45. (281) Cf. Decree on Ecumenism *Unitatis Redintegratio*, 3. (282) Cf. *Propositio* 64. (283) Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on Ecumenism *Unitatis Redintegratio,* 3. (284) Cf. *Propositio* 65. (285) *Ibid*. (286) Cf. Fourth General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, Santo Domingo, October 1992: *New Evangelization, Human Promotion and Christian Culture*, 139-152. (287) Cf. *Propositio* 65. (288) Cf. *Propositio* 86. (289) *Ibid*. (290) *Propositio* 58. (291) *Ibid*. (292) *Ibid*. (293) Cf. *Ibid*. (294) Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church *Lumen Gentium*, 11. (295) *Propositio* 12. © Copyright 1999 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana --- ![[maps/bibliography#^biblio-jpii-ea]]