Theological highlights of Vatican II

Theological highlights of Vatican II / Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI ; with an introduction by Thomas P. Rausch.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Paulist Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Vatican Council > (2nd : > 1962-1965 : > Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Holy Cross Note:	Jesuit author of the introduction.

Table of Contents:

Preface to the English edition
Introduction / by Thomas P. Rausch
The first session
Opening of the Council and election of commissions
First debates on the Liturgy Schema
Early debate on revelation
Last phase of the first session
The second session
Preliminary notes
Work begins : the debate on the Church
Practical questions : bishops' conferences, bishops' council and curial reform
Interlude : the mariological question
The question of ecumenism
The achievements of the second session
Afterword
The third session
The fall of 1964
The Council at the close of the session
Ecumenical problems involved in the teaching on Episcopal collegiality
Concluding remarks
The fourth session
Opening of the session and the New Synod of Bishops
The first topic of debate : religious liberty
The struggle over schema 13
The Council's two final discussions
The last phase of the Council
Epilogue.