Title
What happened at Vatican II / John W. O'Malley.
ISBN
9780674047495 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0674047494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xi, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
BX830 1962 .O46 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
262.52
Summary
"During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated front-page news on a near-weekly basis. By virtually any assessment, it was the most important religious event of the twentieth century, with repercussions that reached far beyond the Catholic church. Remarkably enough, this is the first book, solidly based on official documentation, to give a brief, readable account of the council from the moment Pope John XXIII announced it on January 25, 1959, until its conclusion on December 8, 1965." -- Back cover.
Note
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
"First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2010" -- T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Big perspectives on a big meeting
The long nineteenth century
The council opens
The first period (1962) : the lines are drawn
The second period (1963) : a majority prevailing
The third period (1964) : triumphs and tribulations
The fourth period (1965) : bringing the ship into port.