Editing Perfectae Caritatis (section)

{{Short description|Catholic decree on religious life}}
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'''''Perfectae Caritatis''''', the '''Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life''', is the document issued by the [[Second Vatican Council]] which deals specifically with institutes of consecrated life in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Confoy |first=Maryanne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZCHGpmyJsIC |title=Religious Life and Priesthood: Perfectae Caritatis, Optatam Totius, Presbyterorum Ordinis |date=2008 |publisher=Paulist Press |isbn=978-0-8091-4454-9 |language=en}}</ref>  One of the shorter documents of the Council, the decree was approved by a vote of 2,321 to 4 of the assembled bishops, and promulgated by [[Pope Paul VI]] on 28 October 1965.  As is customary for Church documents, the title is taken from the first words ([[incipit]]) of the decree: "of Perfect Charity" in [[Latin]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Madhavath |first=Maryann |date=2020 |title=Perfect Love through Perfect Worship: A Critical Appraisal of Perfectae Caritatis in relation to Sacrosanctum Concilium |url=https://ixtheo.de/Record/1756854564 |journal=Ephrem's Theological Journal |language=English |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=185}}</ref>