The Roman Catholic Council of Vatican II said that historical criticism as it's practiced in the twentieth century is perfectly legitimate to practice on the New Testament documents.

第二次梵帝冈大公会议说，20世纪的历史批判主义，完全有资格可以批判，新约文体。

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Also, despite the Vatican II council of the 1960s, popes kept expanding their authority.

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In 1962, he served as a consultant during the pivotal Vatican II council to Cardinal Frings, a reformer who was the archbishop of Cologne, Germany.

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Some hoped that the new pope would be a progressive figure, perhaps like John XXIII, who surprised many by convening the liberalising Vatican II council in the 1960s.

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