Religion:Gravissimum educationis

Gravissimum educationis is the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Christian Education. It was promulgated on 28 October 1965 by Pope Paul VI, following approval by the assembled bishops by a vote of 2,290 to 35.

Description

The document is generally referred to, not by its English-language title, "Declaration on Christian Education", but by the opening words of its original Latin text, which mean "extremely important education".

The document quotes at length from Divini illius Magistri (That divine teacher, 1929) by Pope Pius XI.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Meaning of the Universal Right to an Education
3. Christian Education
4. The Authors of Education
5. Various Aids to Christian Education
6. The Importance of Schools
7. The Duties and Rights of Parents
8. Moral and Religious Education in All Schools
9. Catholic Schools
10. Different Types of Catholic Schools
11. Catholic Colleges and Universities
12. Faculties of Sacred Sciences
13. Coordination to be Fostered in Scholastic Matters
14. Conclusion

See also

• Catholic education
• Catholic university
• Parochial school

External links

• English translation of Gravissimum educationis