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'''''Optatam Totius''''', the '''Decree on Priestly Training''', was a document produced by the [[Second Vatican Council]]. 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. (The full text in English is available from the [http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651028_optatam-totius_en.html Holy See's website].)
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'''''Optatam totius''''', the '''Decree on Priestly Training''', is a document which was produced by the [[Second Vatican Council]]. 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 28 October 1965. The Latin title means "desired renewal of the whole [church]".


== Contents ==
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# The Program of Priestly Training to be Undertaken by Each Country (1)
# The Urgent Fostering of Priestly Vocations (2-3)
# The Setting Up of Major Seminaries (4-7)
# The Careful Development of the Spiritual Training (8-12)
# The Revision of Ecclesiastical Studies (13-18)
# The Promotion of Strictly Pastoral Training (19-20)
# Training to be Achieved After the Course of Studies (21)
# Conclusion


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''Optatam Totius'' influenced [[Germans|German]] [[Roman Catholic theologian]] [[Karl Rahner]] to write his work ''The Founndation of Christian Faith''.

==Controversy==
The period that followed the promulgation Optatam Totius was marked by a severe drop in the number of priestly vocations in the Western World. Church leaders had argued that age-old [[secularization]] was to blame and that it was not directly related to the documents of the Council. Historians have also pointed to the damage caused by the [[sexual revolution]] in 1968 and the strong backlash over [[Humanae Vitae]]. Yet other authors have asserted that the drop in vocations was at least partly deliberate and was part of an attempt to de-clericalize the Church and allow for a more pluralistic clergy.<ref>[[Donald B. Cozzens|COZZENS, Donald B.]], ''The Changing Face of the Priesthood'', 2000</ref>

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Optatam totius, the Decree on Priestly Training, is a document which was produced by the Second Vatican Council. 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 28 October 1965. The Latin title means "desired renewal of the whole [church]".

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