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Pedro Arrupe, S.J.  \nThe Plague of Modern Society…………………95  \nBishop Elko  \nAtheism Is People …………………………………………………96  \nArchbishop Marty  \nTruth and Clarity………………………………………………99  \nBishop Rusnak  \nVII THE DEFINITIVE TEXT:Pastoral  \nConstitution on the Church in the  \nModern World (nn. 19-21)………………………105  \n## Introduction\n\nThis book consists of the speeches delivered atVatican Council II on the subject of atheism.Oneor two have been excluded because their authors didnot give permission,but happily they were of littleconsequence.The speeches-henceforward called in-terventions-are preceded by the text placed beforethe fathers in September,1965,and followed by thetext finally adopted by a considerable majority(2,309placet,75 non placet,7 null)at the public session ofDecember 7,1965.A comparison of the two texts willindicate how far the Council traveled in a short time,and a reading of the interventions will show how theycontributed to the definitive text.In this way onecan hope to illustrate two things:first,to show howthe Council worked in one particular field,and thenarrower the field the better;second,of course,tothrow light on how the Church views atheism todayIt should be emphasized from the outset that the sec-tion on atheism is a relatively short part of the lengthyPastoral Constitution on the Church in the ModernWorld.The purpose of this introduction is to pro-vide an account of the genesis and setting of the con-ciliar text,and in this way to throw light on itsmeaning.  \nIntroduction  \nIt may seem that to ask\"How does the Churchview atheism today?\"is to ask a somewhat redundantquestion.Surely everyone knows.But the momentone begins to think seriously about the question-as the fathers were so invited-th","cbCaicrJYrrM5Yid","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicrJYrrM5Yid","pdf",4222662,116,"English","# Introduction\n## Purpose and background of the conciliar text on atheism\n## Meaning and ambiguity of the term “atheism”\n## The Church’s attitude toward atheism and atheists","[{\"question\":\"What does the book collect and how are the speeches organized?\",\"answer\":\"It consists of the interventions (speeches) delivered at Vatican Council II on atheism. 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