The reception of Vatican II / edited by Matthew L. Lamb and Matthew Levering.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lamb, Matthew L., contributor, editor.

Levering, Matthew, 1971- contributor, editor.

UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vatican Council--(2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano).

Vatican Council.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 469 pages.)

Other Title:

Vatican 2

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

From 1962 to 1965, in perhaps the most important religious event of the twentieth century, the Second Vatican Council met to plot a course for the future of the Roman Catholic Church. After thousands of speeches, resolutions, and votes, the Council issued sixteen official documents on topics ranging from divine revelation to relations with non-Christians. But the meaning of the Second Vatican Council has been fiercely contested since before it was even over, and the years since its completion have seen a battle for the soul of the Church waged through the interpretation of Council documents. The Reception of Vatican II looks at the sixteen conciliar documents through the lens of those battles. Paying close attention to reforms and new developments, the essays in this volume show how the Council has been received and interpreted over the course of the more than fifty years since it concluded. The contributors to this volume represent various schools of thought but are united by a commitment to restoring the view that Vatican II should be interpreted and implemented in line with Church Tradition. The central problem facing Catholic theology today, these essays argue, is a misreading of the Council that posits a sharp break with previous Church teaching. In order to combat this reductive way of interpreting the Council, these essays provide a thorough, instructive overview of the debates it inspired. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Constitutions

Sacrosanctum Concilium (the sacred liturgy) / Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B

Lumen Gentium (the Church) / Guy Mansini, O.S.B

Dei Verbum (Divine Revelation) / William M. Wright IV

Gaudium et Spes (the Church in the modern world) / Thomas Joseph White, O.P

The decrees

Christus Dominus (the pastoral office of the Bishops in the Church) / Matthew Levering

Presbyterorum Ordinis (the ministry and life of priests) / David Vincent Meconi, S.J

Optatam Totius (the training of priests) / Bishop Robert Barron

Perfectae Caritatis (the up-to-date renewal of religious life) / Sara Butler, M.S.B.T

Apostolicam Actuositatem (the apostolate of lay people) / Michele M. Schumacher

Ad Gentes (the Church's missionary life) / Ralph Martin

Unitatis Redintegratio (ecumenism) / Matthew J. Ramage

Orientalium Ecclesiarum (the Eastern Catholic Churches) / Adam A.J. DeVille

Inter Mirifica (the means of social communication) / Daniella Zsupan-Jerome

The declarations

Dignitatis Humanae (freedom of religion) / Nicholas J. Healy, Jr

Gravissimum Educationis (Christian education) / Paige E. Hochschild

Nostra Aetate (the relations of the church to non-Christian religions) / Gavin D 'Costa.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780190625832

019062583X

Publisher Number:

40027003970

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