Sacrosanctum Concilium

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Catholic magisterial document Constitution of the Second Vatican Council conciliar document liturgical constitution

Sacrosanctum Concilium is the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which initiated major reforms in Catholic worship, including greater use of vernacular languages and active participation by the laity.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Sacrosanctum Concilium canonical	12
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium	2
Constitutio de Sacra Liturgia	1
Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium	1
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy	1
General Instruction of the Roman Missal	1
Sacrosanctum Concilium de sacra Liturgia	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T229169 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sacrosanctum Concilium
Context triple: [Second Vatican Council, producedDocument, Sacrosanctum Concilium]

A. Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council was a major 20th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that introduced significant reforms in liturgy, church governance, and the Church’s engagement with the modern world.
B. Summorum Pontificum
Summorum Pontificum is a 2007 apostolic letter by Pope Benedict XVI that broadened permission for the traditional Latin (Tridentine) Mass within the Roman Catholic Church.
C. Missale Romanum
Missale Romanum is the official liturgical book of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that contains the prayers, readings, and rubrics for the celebration of Mass.
D. Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
E. Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sacrosanctum Concilium
Target entity description: Sacrosanctum Concilium is the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which initiated major reforms in Catholic worship, including greater use of vernacular languages and active participation by the laity.

A. Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council was a major 20th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that introduced significant reforms in liturgy, church governance, and the Church’s engagement with the modern world.
B. Summorum Pontificum
Summorum Pontificum is a 2007 apostolic letter by Pope Benedict XVI that broadened permission for the traditional Latin (Tridentine) Mass within the Roman Catholic Church.
C. Missale Romanum
Missale Romanum is the official liturgical book of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that contains the prayers, readings, and rubrics for the celebration of Mass.
D. Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
E. Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic magisterial document ⓘ Constitution of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ conciliar document ⓘ liturgical constitution ⓘ
affects	Divine Office ⓘ linked to: Liturgy of the Hours Roman Rite of the Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Rite celebration of the Mass ⓘ celebration of the sacraments ⓘ
aimsTo	adapt the liturgy to the needs of modern times ⓘ foster liturgical renewal ⓘ promote active participation of the faithful in the liturgy ⓘ
approvedBy	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
articleCountApproximate	130 ⓘ
authorityScope	universal Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: universal Church
belongsTo	corpus of Vatican II constitutions ⓘ
callsFor	greater use of Scripture in the liturgy ⓘ liturgical formation of clergy and laity ⓘ restoration of elements of the early Christian liturgy ⓘ revision of liturgical books ⓘ simplification of liturgical rites ⓘ
dateOfPromulgation	1963-12-04 ⓘ
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Rite
emphasizes	the Paschal Mystery as the center of the liturgy ⓘ the communal nature of liturgical celebration ⓘ the importance of sacred art and architecture ⓘ the importance of sacred music ⓘ the role of the bishop as chief liturgist of the diocese ⓘ
encourages	use of vernacular languages in the liturgy ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	dogmatic constitution on liturgy in the broad sense of authoritative teaching ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle	Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy ⓘ linked to: Sacrosanctum Concilium
hasLatinTitle	Constitutio de Sacra Liturgia ⓘ linked to: Sacrosanctum Concilium
influenced	Liturgy of the Hours reform ⓘ linked to: Liturgy of the Hours Missale Romanum of 1969 ⓘ linked to: Missale Romanum introduction of new lectionary ⓘ post–Vatican II liturgical reforms ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
openingWords	Sacrosanctum Concilium de sacra Liturgia ⓘ linked to: Sacrosanctum Concilium
partOf	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
placeOfPromulgation	St. Peter’s Basilica ⓘ linked to: St. Peter's Basilica
promulgatedBy	Pope Paul VI ⓘ
regulates	use of Latin in the liturgy ⓘ use of vernacular languages in the liturgy ⓘ
relatedDocument	Dei Verbum ⓘ Gaudium et Spes ⓘ Lumen Gentium ⓘ
subject	Catholic worship ⓘ reform of the Roman Rite ⓘ sacred liturgy ⓘ

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