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The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) origins are associated with the Second Vatican Council which met intermittently from 1962–1965. Pope John XXIII wanted the Catholic Church to engage in the contemporary ecumenical movement. He established a "Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity" on 5 June 1960 as one of the preparatory commissions for the Council, and appointed Cardinal Augustin Bea as its first president. The Secretariat invited other Churches and World Communions to send observers to the Council. ==Description== The Secretariat prepared and presented a number of documents to the Council: *Ecumenism (''Unitatis redintegratio''); *Non-Christian religions (''Nostra aetate''); *Religious liberty (''Dignitatis humanae''); *With the doctrinal commission, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (''Dei verbum''). Following the Second Vatican Council, in 1966 Pope Paul VI confirmed the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity as a permanent dicastery of the Holy See. In the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus (28 June 1988), Pope John Paul II changed the Secretariat into the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The PCPCU has two sections dealing with: *The Eastern Churches - The Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches as well as the Assyrian Church of the East; *The Western Churches and Ecclesial Communities and for the World Council of Churches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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