History of Vatican II: The Mature Council 2nd Period and Intersession

by Alberigo, Giuseppe

• ISBN13: 9781570751530
• ISBN10: 1570751536
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Abbreviations and Sources	xv
I. THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND PERIOD: THE GREAT DEBATE ON THE CHURCH
Alberto Melloni
Toward a New Beginning with a New Pope	1	(16)
The First Steps of Paul VI	3	(4)
The Council Approaches: Preparations, Invitations, Letters	7	(9)
The Regulations for the Council (Ordo Concilii)	7	(6)
The Exhortations to the Bishops and the Comforting of the Curia	13	(3)
The Council of Paul VI	16	(1)
Preparation for the Assembly	17	(10)
Meetings of Bishops	17	(3)
Problems, Comments, and Positions of Non-Catholics	20	(2)
The Work of the Commissions	22	(5)
The Commissions for the Liturgy, Seminaries, and Missions	22	(1)
The Commission for Bishops	23	(1)
The Commission for the Lay Apostolate	24	(1)
The Commission for the Oriental Churches	25	(1)
The Commission for Religious	25	(1)
The Doctrinal Commission	26	(1)
The New Beginning: The Return of the Council	27	(13)
Journeys and Arrivals	27	(5)
The Bishops	27	(1)
The Laity	28	(1)
The Observers	29	(1)
The Theologians	30	(1)
The Journalists	31	(1)
The Opening: September 19, 1963	32	(8)
The Address of Paul VI	34	(5)
The Complementary Audiences	39	(1)
The Problem of the Schema on the Church: First Steps	40	(24)
The Beginning of the Debate	43	(4)
The Interventions on the Mystery of the Church (Chapter I)	47	(5)
Thematic and Procedural Intersections: Groups and Debates	52	(12)
Slow Resumptions: The Commissions for Missions and Religious, for Seminaries and Clergy, for Oriental Churches, and for Bishops	52	(1)
The Commission for Schema XVII	53	(1)
The Commission for the Lay Apostolate	54	(1)
The Commission for the Liturgy	55	(1)
The Secretariat for Christian Unity and Its Proposals	56	(2)
The Doctrinal Commission	58	(3)
Informal Groups	61	(3)
The Debate on Collegiality (Chapter II)	64	(41)
Partial or Straw Votes	70	(4)
The Announcement of the Straw Votes	74	(17)
The Crisis of October 16	77	(3)
The Debate Continues (People of God and Laity)	80	(3)
The Crisis Is Resolved: The Supercommission (October 23)	83	(8)
The Crisscrossing of the Debates	91	(7)
The Debate on Religious	91	(2)
The Commemoration of John XXIII	93	(2)
The Marian Question	95	(3)
The Meeting of the Doctrinal Commission on October 29	98	(4)
The Choice and the Votes	102	(3)
And Now What? Latent Apprehensions	105	(3)
The Subcommissions for the Schema on the Church	108	(13)
II. BISHOPS AND DIOCESES AND THE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA (NOVEMBER 5-25, 1963)
Joseph Fameree
Introduction	117	(4)
The Schema on the Bishops: Reflection of the Conservative Minority	121	(3)
The Roman Curia under Fire	124	(12)
A Supreme, Permanent Council of the Universal Church??	124	(2)
Defense of Centralism	126	(1)
Frings vs Ottaviani: A Majority-Minority Duel at the Summit	127	(5)
The ``Reasoned'' Address of a Moderator'	132	(4)
Should a Bishop Receive an Assistant or Resign at a Certain Age	136	(7)
Bishop Carli's Report	136	(1)
Ruffini against Maximos IV?	137	(2)
A ``Self-interested'' Debate?	139	(3)
An Authoritative Reply to the Attacks of the Minority	142	(1)
Episcopal Assemblies without Juridical Powers?	143	(9)
A ``Purely Pastoral'' Basis?	144	(1)
Division within the Majority	145	(4)
A New Attack on Collegiality	149	(3)
``Dioceses Neither Too Small nor Too Large''	152	(9)
A Minor, Pragmatic Chapter	152	(2)
A Debate More ``Pastoral'' Than Theological	154	(2)
An Assessment of Lights and Shadows	156	(2)
A Programmatic Report	158	(3)
Numerous Meetings on the Fringes of the Assembly	161	(9)
Tuesday Meetings with the Observers	162	(2)
The Church of the Poor Group	164	(2)
The Conciliar Commissions	166	(4)
The Coetus lnternationalis Patrum	170	(5)
Catalyst of the Minority	170	(2)
Numerous Ramifications	172	(3)
The Communications Media (November 14-25, 1963)	175	(17)
A ``Forced March'' Vote	175	(5)
A Growing But Belated Opposition	180	(3)
An Incident Showing the Council's Uneasiness	183	(9)
III. TOWARD THE REFORM OF THE LITURGY
Reiner Kaczynski
The Votes during the Second Period	192	(28)
The Votes on the Amendments	193	(9)
Chapter II: The Eucharistic Mystery	193	(3)
Chapter III: The Other Sacraments	196	(2)
Chapter IV: The Divine Office	198	(1)
Chapter V: The Liturgical Year	199	(1)
Chapter VI (formerly VII): Sacred Music	200	(1)
Chapter VII (former VI and VIII): Sacred Art and Furnishing	201	(1)
The Activity of the Liturgical Commission	202	(11)
The Votes on the Examination of the Modi and the Final Vote	213	(7)
Chapter I	214	(1)
Chapter II	214	(1)
Chapter III	215	(1)
Chapters IV-VII	216	(2)
The Concluding Vote and Public Session	218	(2)
The Significance of the Liturgical Constitution	220	(14)
Description of the Nature of the Liturgy	223	(6)
Liturgy as the Exercise of the Priestly Office of Christ	224	(1)
Liturgy Is the Sanctification of Human Beings and the Worship of God	225	(2)
Liturgy Is Performed by Means of Sensible Signs	227	(2)
The Community as Active Subject of the Liturgy	229	(3)
Liturgy as Celebration of the Entire Community	230	(1)
Liturgy as Celebration of a Structured Community	231	(1)
Active Participation in the Liturgy	232	(1)
The Juridical Organization of the Liturgy	232	(2)
The Beginning of the Postconciliar Liturgical Reform	234	(23)
Activities Having to Do with the Postconciliar Liturgical Reform	235	(6)
The Establishment of the Commission for Implementing the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy	241	(7)
The Disappointing Motu Proprio Sacram Liturgiam	248	(9)
The Application of the Liturgical Constitution	248	(1)
The Territorial Ecclesiastical Authority Competent to Apply the Liturgical Constitution	249	(1)
The Suspension of the Law and the Application of the Liturgical Constitution	249	(8)
IV. THE ECUMENICAL COMMITMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Claude Soetens
From Program to Reality	257	(38)
An Official Document on Christian Unity	257	(4)
The Debate on Ecumenism	261	(14)
Two Sensitive Issues: The Jews and Religious Freedom	275	(14)
The Voices of the Non-Catholic Observers	289	(6)
A Worrying Problem: The Organization of the Council	295	(15)
Who Was Directing the Council?	295	(5)
The Doctrinal Commission at the Center of the Disputes	300	(5)
Reorganize the Commissions or Expand Them?	305	(5)
A Subdued Ending of the Period	310	(29)
Some Situations at the End of the Period	311	(8)
Faculties Acknowledged as Belonging to the Bishops	319	(3)
The Close of the Conciliar Period	322	(1)
Two Documents Are Promulgated	323	(7)
The Pope's Address	330	(4)
General Impressions	334	(3)
The Continuation of the Council	337	(2)
Paul VI in the Holy Land	339	(13)
V. THE INTERSESSION (1963-1964)
Evangelista Vilanova
Introduction	347	(5)
First Phase: The Council's Work on the Basis of the Dopfner Plan	352	(63)
Continuation of the Many-Headed Structure of the Council	352	(2)
The Meetings of the Coordinating Commission	354	(8)
Prehistory and Context of the Dopfner Plan	355
Eleventh Meeting of the CC (December 28, 1963)	259	(101)
Twelfth Meeting of the CC (January 15, 1964)	360	(2)
The Activity of the Commissions New Members	362	(40)
Introduction	362	(1)
The Doctrinal Commission for the Schema on the Church	363	(1)
The Reworking of the Text	363	(4)
The Text on the Blessed Virgin	367	(5)
The Commission for the Schema on Revelation	372	(5)
The Secretariat for Christian Unity	377	(1)
The Schema on Ecumenism	377	(3)
The Question of the Jews	380	(1)
Religious Freedom: From Simple Chapter to Declaration	381	(1)
The Commission on Bishops and the Government of Dioceses	382	(2)
The Commission for the Lay Apostolate	384	(6)
The Commission for the Missions	390	(3)
The Commission for the Discipline of, the, Clergy, and, the Christian People	393	(2)
The Commission for Seminaries, Studies, and Catholic Education	395	(3)
The Commission for the Oriental Churches	398	(1)
The Commission for Religious	399	(2)
The Commission for the Discipline of the Sacraments	401	(1)
Schema XVII (February 1-3 and June 4)	402	(13)
The Schema at the Beginning of the Intersession	402	(1)
The First Draft of the Schema during the Intersession	403	(5)
The Zurich Schema	408	(3)
The Maturation of the Schema	411	(4)
Second Phase: The Dopfner Plan and the Initiative of Paul VI	415	(21)
Thirteenth Meeting of the CC (March 10)	415	(2)
Fourteenth Meeting of the CC (April 16-17)	417	(1)
Sending of the Schemas to the Fathers (May 11 and June 2)	417	(3)
The Activity of Some Commissions	420	(16)
The Schema on the Church	420	(1)
The Thirteen ``Suggestions'' of Paul VI on Chapter III	420	(5)
The Chapter on the Blessed Virgin	425	(3)
The Schema on Revelation	428	(2)
The Secretariat for Christian Unity	430	(1)
The Text on the Jews	430	(3)
The Text on Religious Freedom	433	(2)
The Decree on Religious Life	435	(1)
Final Phase: Fading of the Dopfner Plan	436	(21)
The Work of the Coordinating Commission	436	(2)
Fifteenth Meeting (June 26)	436	(1)
Sixteenth Meeting (September 11)	437	(1)
Toward the End of the Council?	438	(7)
The Question of the Council's Duration	438	(4)
The Attitude of Paul VI	442	(2)
The Uncertainty at the Beginning of the Third Period	444	(1)
New Changes in the Regulations (July 2, 1964)	445	(3)
The Conciliar Regulations at the Beginning of the Inter-session	445	(1)
The Revision of the Regulations during the Intersession	446	(2)
The Impact of the Encyclical Ecclesiam Suam on the Council	448	(9)
Significance of the Encyclical	449	(2)
The Sources and Content of the Encyclical	451	(3)
The Connection between Ecclesiam Suam and the Council	454	(3)
The Activity of Some Episcopal Conferences and Local Churches	457	(51)
Relations of Bishops with Their People: Pastoral Letters	457	(5)
Study of the Schemas	462	(4)
The Statutes of the Episcopal Conferences	466	(5)
The Start of the Liturgical Reform	471	(15)
The Reform in Central Europe	473	(2)
The English-speaking World	475	(2)
The Mediterranean Churches	477	(1)
The Liturgical Reform in Latin America	478	(3)
The Challenge of a Radical Inculturation	481	(1)
The Liturgy in Africa	481	(3)
India in Search of a New Liturgical Model	484	(1)
The Necessary Renewal of the Churches of the Far East	485	(1)
Ecumenical Relations	486	(7)
Privileged Contact with Orthodoxy	486	(2)
The World Council of Churches	488	(2)
An Example of Ecumenical Collaboration in Africa	490	(3)
CONCLUSION: THE NEW SHAPE OF THE COUNCIL
Giuseppe Alberigo
I. Continuity amid Novelty	493	(3)
II. Crucial Transitions	496	(5)
A. The Church	497	(1)
B. The Liturgy	498	(2)
C. Bishops	500	(1)
III. The Council Begins to End	501	(4)
IV. The Echo of Major ``External Events''	505	(1)
V. Paul VI, Pilgrim to Jerusalem	506	(1)
VI. First Skirmishes of the Postconciliar Period	507	(1)
VII. Toward the Third Period	508