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9781570751554

History of Vatican II: The Council and The Transition, The Fourth Period and The End Of The Council, Spetember 1965-December 1965

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-05-04
  • Publisher: Orbis Books

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The final volume of the definitive history of the Second Vatican Council takes the reader through the approval of texts such as the "Constitution on Divine Revelation," the "Decree on Religious Liberty," the "Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity." and the "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World."

Table of Contents

Prefacep. XIII
Abbreviations and Sourcesp. XIX
Sources and Archivesp. XXIII
Toward the Fourth Periodp. 1
The Difficulties of the Initial Receptionp. 1
Expectations of the New Conciliar Periodp. 9
Activity of the Episcopal Conferences in Anticipation of the New Periodp. 14
Paul VI and the End of the Councilp. 19
Signs of Concernp. 19
The "Final" Period: Uncertainties and Strategies for the Futurep. 23
The Commissions Resume Their Workp. 33
The Coordinating Commissionp. 33
The Work of the Commissionsp. 38
The Doctrinal Commissionp. 38
The Mixed Commission for Schema XIIIp. 39
The Secretariat for Christian Unityp. 44
Finishing the Work begun: The Trying Experience of the Fourth Periodp. 49
The Synod of Bishopsp. 55
Works and Daysp. 61
Religious Freedomp. 63
First Morning: Setting their Sightsp. 65
The Schema Comes under Heavy Firep. 69
Dangerous Innovation or Traditional Teaching?p. 69
Between Two Minorities: The Churches of Different Catholic Worldsp. 74
A Shaken Confidencep. 79
To Vote or Not to Votep. 82
The Vote in Suspensep. 82
A Vote at Any Costp. 85
Toward an Agreementp. 89
The Authority of Experience and of a Confessor of the Faithp. 90
The Non-Aligned Decidep. 91
Building a Majorityp. 92
The Opponents Run out of Ammunitionp. 93
The Secretariat Challengedp. 94
Paul VI's Decisive Stepsp. 96
September 21 - "The Big Day" - "A Day of Destiny"p. 101
"Re-re-amending" the Textp. 109
Tenacity and Exhaustionp. 112
Schema XIIIp. 122
Philosophical Presuppositions and Theological Optionsp. 136
Two Readings of the Contemporary Worldp. 138
Conciliar Constitution or Synodal Letter?p. 139
Winning the Vote to Accept the Schemap. 142
The Signs of the Timesp. 143
Atheism and Communismp. 148
Disputed Questionsp. 153
From Casti connubii to Vatican IIp. 153
Rethinking the Church's Teaching on Marriage and Familyp. 154
Marriage: West and East by Way of Africa and Asiap. 161
Less Important Problems?p. 163
Culturep. 163
Economic and Social Lifep. 167
The Life of the Political Communityp. 170
War and Peacep. 171
The Schema on the Pastoral Office of Bishops and the Government of Diocesesp. 177
Completing the Conciliar Agendap. 185
The Renewal of Religious Lifep. 186
A New Spirit in Ancient Institutions: The Training of Priestsp. 192
The Church and the Problem of Educationp. 199
The Schema during the Third Periodp. 199
The Revision of the Schemap. 202
The Final Votes on the Schemap. 205
The Decree on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religionsp. 211
The Seventh Public Session (October 28)p. 221
Warning Signsp. 221
The Public Session of October 28 and the Promulgation of the Documentsp. 226
The Vicissitudes of the Schema on Priestsp. 231
The Question of Celibacyp. 231
The Conciliar Debate: Nostalgia for the Past vs. a Sense of Crisisp. 237
The Work of the Commissionp. 247
The Intervention of the Pope and the Presentation of the Correctionsp. 254
The Laity: A Role in the Church?p. 264
The Church under the Word of Godp. 275
An Irreducible Doctrinal Conflictp. 278
The Text Presented for the Votep. 278
Amendment of the Text by the Small Advisory Commissionp. 287
The Impasses in the Doctrinal Commissionp. 296
Safeguarding the "Economic" Approach to Revelationp. 297
Should the Schema Speak More Clearly about the Constitutive Nature of Tradition?p. 299
Do the Scriptures Teach "Saving Truth"?p. 311
Should the Historical Character of the Gospels Be Asserted?p. 314
Is Reading the Bible for Everyone?p. 316
The Intervention of Higher Authorityp. 321
The Atmosphere in the Councilp. 321
Cardinal Cicognani's Letterp. 324
The Debate in the Doctrinal Commission on October 19p. 334
The Report of October 29 and the Final Votesp. 339
The Significance of the Doctrinal Compromise and Its Initial Receptionp. 342
The Text of Dei Verbum, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelationp. 342
The Significance of the Final Phase of the Drafting and of the Abiding Doctrinal Conflictp. 347
Dei Verbum and the Other Conciliar Documentsp. 350
Enabling Theology to Become Fully Evangelicalp. 353
A Magisterium above all Pastoralp. 357
November 18: Paul VI Looks Ahead to the Postconciliar Periodp. 358
Institutional Reforms for the Postconciliar Periodp. 359
Starting the Process for the Canonization of Pius XII and John XXIIIp. 361
The Final Weeks of the Councilp. 363
A Hectic Pace and Setting a Course for after the Councilp. 363
The Assembly Ready to Leave, Pope and Curia in High Gearp. 363
The Decisive Work of the Commissions in the Final Labors of the Councilp. 369
The Working Method of the Commissionsp. 369
Important Figures in the Commissionsp. 372
The Discussion of Indulgences: An Unpleasant Affairp. 379
Final Work on Gaudium et Spesp. 386
The Starting Point of the Commission's Workp. 386
Paul VI at the United Nations - A Conciliar Eventp. 391
General Trends in the Amending of the Schemap. 394
The Problem of Atheism and Its Condemnationp. 398
The Social Responsibilities of Ownershipp. 399
The Purposes of Marriage and Birth Controlp. 400
War and Peace and the International Community of Nationsp. 402
The Textus Recognitus and the Votes (November 15-17)p. 404
A Violation of the Rules of Procedure?p. 406
The Marriage Question and the Papal Modip. 408
Outlawing War Once Againp. 419
A System of Open Relations: The Church in the Modern Worldp. 422
Evangelization of the World or "Propaganda Fide"?p. 427
The Schema of the Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Churchp. 429
The Introductionp. 430
Chapter 1: Doctrinal Principlesp. 430
Chapter 2: Missionary Workp. 432
Chapter 3: Missionariesp. 433
Chapter 4: The Organization of Missionary Activityp. 434
Chapter 5: Collaborationp. 435
The Discussion in the Hallp. 435
Present-day Realityp. 436
The Grounds for the Church's Missionary Activityp. 438
The Essence of the Church's Missionary Activityp. 439
Directing the Church's Missionary Activityp. 440
The Role of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faithp. 441
The Revision of the Schema and the Final Votesp. 443
Mission and Faith Go Together: An Appraisal of Ad gentesp. 447
Dignitatis Humanae: A Creative Solutionp. 451
A Half-hearted Reform: The Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priestsp. 457
An Overall Description of the Decreep. 458
The Basic Problemp. 459
The Ambivalent Answersp. 460
The Perspectives of Presbyterorum ordinisp. 465
The Solemn Ceremonies at the Close of the Councilp. 465
The Ecumenical Liturgy of the Word, December 4, 1965p. 466
The Last General Congregation, December 6, 1965p. 469
The Public Session, December 7, 1965p. 472
The Concluding Celebration in St. Peter's Square, December 8, 1965p. 478
The Council as an Event in the Ecumenical Movementp. 485
The New Atmospherep. 485
Regional Differencesp. 489
The Role of the Observersp. 491
Effects on the Already Existing Ecumenical Communityp. 493
Reflections and Initiatives of the World Council of Churchesp. 496
Developments in the Worldwide Confessional Familiesp. 508
Lutheran World Federationp. 509
The Christcatholic Church (Old Catholics)p. 512
The Anglican Communionp. 515
World Methodist Councilp. 519
World Alliance of Reformed Churchesp. 522
Other Confessional Traditionsp. 525
Orthodoxyp. 526
United Bible Societiesp. 536
A Transitional Council?p. 538
The Conclusion of the Council and the Initial Receptionp. 541
The Wearying Task of Ending and the "Revenge" of the Preparatory Periodp. 542
Characteristic Features of the Assembly: Method and New Subjectsp. 543
The Burden of Voting and the Maturing of the Episcopal Conferencesp. 546
Charles Journet and Jacques Maritainp. 548
The Results of the Fourth Period and the Final Messagesp. 549
Toward the Postconciliar Periodp. 552
From Vatican II to the Postconciliar Period: Context and Conditions for Receptionp. 559
Ecumenical Attitudes as the Council Concludedp. 564
Perspectives for Interpreting the Councilp. 565
The Conclusion of the Councilp. 566
Transition to a New Agep. 573
Too Soon or Too Late?p. 574
A Council for the Sake of Aggiornamentop. 576
A Pastoral Councilp. 580
A Council of Unionp. 585
The Shape of the Church and Dialogue with the Worldp. 588
Vatican II and Traditionp. 592
The Parallelogram of Forces: Episcopate - Pope - Curia - Public Opinionp. 595
Theology at the Councilp. 602
A Turning Point?p. 604
The "Secret" or Hidden Councilp. 614
Council and Societyp. 620
Prospectsp. 624
Historical Importancep. 628
Locating Vatican II in Historyp. 640
Excursus: The Sources for the Second Vatican Councilp. 645
Index of Namesp. 653
Index of Subjectsp. 673
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