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The Church as Sacrament of Unity and Salvation
On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the letter to the Hebrews (7:1-10) entitled "Melchizedek is a type of a perfect priest". Our treasure, which follows, is from the dogmatic constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council.
Lumen gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council. This dogmatic constitution was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on 21 November 1964, following approval by the assembled bishops by a vote of 2,151 to 5. As is customary with…
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