There were exactly no doctrines defined at the Second Vatican Council. The Second Vatican Council was the first purely pastoral council ever held in the Church.
Papal Infalibility .
You may find the entire list of decrees from the First Vatican Council at the link below. The Council issued a Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith, which included God, the creator of all things, on revelation, on faith, on faith and reason. Finally, it addressed the permanence of the primacy of the Blessed Peter in the Roman pontiffs, the power and character of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, the infallible teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff, and a full definition of Papal infallibility.
The Second Vatican Council was held at the Basilica in Rome. During the years of 1962-1965, it was called by pope John XXIII..Catholic AnswerVatican Council II was held in Vatican City (which is in Rome, Italy). Church councils have always been named after the city in which they were held, from the Council of Jerusalem through the two Vatican Councils (which are the latest). Vatican Council II opened October 11th, 1962 and was closed December 8th, 1965, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. In Vatican City though some sessions were held elsewhere in Rome and within Italy as a whole..AnswerThe Vatican Council II met in St. Peter's Basilica when all the Council Fathers came together for a vote or some such. I don't think there was any other building that could hold all the Bishops from the entire world at one time:The Vatican had over 2600 Bishops and another addition to theologians and other experts, adding up to 3000. It consisted of;1089 bishops from Europe489 bishops from South America404 bishops from North America374 bishops from Asia296 bishops from Africa84 bishops from Central America75 bishops from Oceania, , which included Papua New Guinea, The Solomon Islands, New Zealand and Australia63 observers from other Christian Churches52 lay men and women over the whole four years.Please note, only Bishops were official members of the Vatican Council. Smaller meetings were held all over the Vatican in different meeting halls according to the size need.
The Second Vatican Council (otherwise known as Vatican II) was a pastoral council, convened in order to update and review the disciplines, policies and attitude of the Catholic Church vis-a-via the modern world. Many documents were drafted and voted on in this Council that had a very progressive flavor that ultimately caused a rift among the Council fathers as Conservatives fought to organize and resist the changes. What came out of this was a series of vague documents that both sides could effectively interpret. After Vatican II, the liberal forces having triumphed, the progressive view was adopted which led to the liturgical reforms that brought forth the modern Novus Ordo Missa or New Mass as well as the attitudes towards liturgy in general in its conduct, literature, prayers, architecture and ecumenism. The Council made no dogmatic definitions nor did it declare itself a full ecumenical council versus just a pastoral one. Traditionalists that continue to resist the effects of Vatican II point to this as their justification for rejecting outright or resisting the modern changes. An excellent and remarkably objective book on the Council is "The Rhine Flows into the Tiber" by Ralph M. Wiltgen, who was a journalist covering it at the time.
No, the censorship of books goes back to pre-Christian times, and the first record we have of books being condemned and burned was in the Acts of the Apostles. The first document we have condemning books was at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. The Index, as we knew it up until the Second Vatican Council only came into existence in the early 16th century due to the advent of the printing press. See the articles below about both.
The State of Vatican City.
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.Catholic AnswerBlessed Pope John XXIII, of happy memory, called the Second Vatican Council to "update" the Church: NOT to change anything, such as dogma or doctrines, but to find new and more contemporary ways of presenting Our Blessed Lord's message of salvation to modern man. The Council, in its sixteen documents (see below) attempted to update the language and presentation of the faith in numerous areas. It called for greater participation of the laity in the life of the Church pointing out that every single baptized member of the Church is called to holiness, not just an elite group of clergy, nuns, sisters, and brothers. As such, the Council called for holiness of all its members. The most regrettable failure of the Council (so far) has been that its message was hijacked by those who were preaching the "Spirit of Vatican II" (as opposed to the letter). Their agenda has been shown to be an abysmal failure as witnessed by the wholesale departure of priests, brothers, nuns, and sisters from the religious life, the wholesale departure of the faithful from the Church, and the nearly complete neglect of the sacraments and ridicule of Church doctrines by those who claim to be "Catholic".