Vatican II at 60: ‘Lumen Gentium’ Harks Back to Traditional Truths

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Vatican II at 60: ‘Lumen Gentium’ Harks Back to Traditional Truths
Lothar Wolleh
Pope Paul VI during the Second Vatican Council.

COMMENTARY: Chapter 7 of Lumen Gentium presents the Council’s teaching on some essential aspects of the Church’s teaching: judgment, the souls in purgatory, and our union with the saints in heaven.