Appendix 3: Referencing the Vatican II Documents
The Documents of Vatican II (1962-1965) have standard abbreviations (from the Latin); foreign words are usually in italics:
- AA
- Apostolicam Actuoisitatem (Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity)
- AG
- Ad Gentes (Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity)
- CD
- Christus Dominus (Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church)
- DH
- Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration on Religious Liberty)
- DV
- Dei Verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation)
- GE
- Gravissimum Educationis (Decree on Christian Education)
- GS
- Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)
- IM
- Inter Mirifica (Decree on the Means of Social Communication)
- LG
- Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
- NA
- Nostra Aetate (Declaration on the Church's Relations with non-Christian Religions)
- OE
- Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Decree on the Catholic Oriental Churches)
- OT
- Optatam Totius (Decree on the Training of Priests)
- PC
- Perfectae Caritatis (Decree on the Up-to-date Renewal of Religious Life)
- PO
- Presbyterorum Ordinis (Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests)
- SC
- Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)
- UR
- Unitatis Redintegratio (Decree on Ecumenism)