Recent Articles



































Optatam Totius



         


A decree of Vatican II, Optatam Totius is the Decree on Priestly Training. Approved by a vote of 2,318 to 3 of the bishops assembled at the council, the decree was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on October 28, 1965.

[Top]

Contents

  1. The Program of Priestly Training to be Undertaken by Each Country
  2. The Urgent Fostering of Vocations to the Priesthood
  3. The Setting up of Major Seminaries
  4. The Careful Development of the Spiritual Training
  5. The Revision of Eccesiastical Studies
  6. The Promotion of Strictly Pastoral Training
  7. Training to be Completed after the Course of Studies
[Top]




  View Live Article   This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License