Vatican II War and Peace

Vatican II War and Peace

    Presenter(s)

    John W. Ruff

    Description

    Vatican II was the most recent ecumenical council that has been conducted within the Catholic Church. One of the most common said phrases in describing this council is that this council “updated church teachings to match the signs of our time”. Indeed, something did happen at Vatican II; many things did. A prevalent theme found within world culture around the time period of Vatican II was war. This makes sense particularly because Vatican II took place following world war II. The council did address this issue of war and peace, in one of their constitutions, Guadium et Spes. Within this presentation, I will address and analyze what Vatican II said in Guadium et Spes about war. Secondly, I will conduct an analysis on the progression of the Church’s teaching on war and peace throughout history while focusing on the Church’s peacemaking stance. Next, I will analyze the option/viewpoint of the possibility of the other argument, the argument for the legitimacy of war. Finally, I will compare and contrast the two points of views.

    Publication Date

    4-22-2020

    Project Designation

    Capstone Project

    Primary Advisor

    William H. Johnston

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Religious Studies

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium project, College of Arts and Sciences

    Vatican II War and Peace

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