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Gravissimum Educationis — Declaration on Christian Education

Second Vatican Council · 92 words · English Translation

  1. Gravissimum Educationis, 28 October 1965

Gravissimum Educationis, 28 October 1965

The declaration on Christian education. It asserts the right of every person to an education directed to the full development of the human person; the primary duty and right of parents in the education of their children; the right and duty of the Church to maintain schools of every grade; and the obligation of Catholic schools to form their pupils in both sound learning and Christian virtue.

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