The Second Vatican Council

(Vatican II)


Vatican II - The Historical Context Arthur Wells
The Need for Vatican II
Principal Themes of Vatican II Paul Paniccia
Vatican II - Voice of The Church

Articles in Thinking Faith, the online journal of the Jesuits in Britain
50th Anniversary of Vatican II: The history and legacy of the council Oliver P. Rafferty SJ
A Ray of that Truth which Enlightens All People Isabel Smyth SND
A Hermeneutic of Discontinuity John Moffatt SJ
Thinking about the Council Ian Linden

Articles in America, a journal published by the Jesuits of the United States
The Style of Vatican II John W. OMalley
Vatican II: The Myth and the Reality Avery Dulles
Vatican II: Official Norms John W. OMalley
Vatican II: Substantive Teaching Avery Dulles

Articles in Theological Studies, a quarterly journal of theology published by the Jesuits of the United States and Canada
Otto Semmelroth and the Advance of the Church as Sacrament at Vatican II Dennis M. Doyle
Poverty of the Church--Poverty of Culture: A Contribution of Giuseppe Dossetti to Vatican II Alberto Melloni
Tridentine Motivations of Pope John XXIII before and during Vatican II Jared Wicks
The Trinitarian Depths of Vatican II Anne Hunt
Vatican II and Theological Ethics James F.S.J. Keenan
"After All, Africa Is Largely a Nonliterate Continent": The Reception of Vatican II in Africa Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator
Reception of and Trajectories for Vatican II in Asia Peter C. Phan
Revisiting Mission at Vatican II: Theology and Practice for Today's Missionary Church Stephen B. Bevans
Vatican II: Relevance and Future Gilles Routhier
The Reception of Vatican II in Latin America: A North American Perspective Robert S. Pelton
Vatican II and the Church of the Margins Massimo Faggioli
Vatican II: The History and the Narratives Massimo Faggioli
Toward a Comprehensive Interpretation of the Council & Its Documents Ormond Rush
Interpreting Vatican II: "A New Pentecost" Thomas Hughson, S.J.
Against Forgetting: Memory, History, Vatican II Stephen Schloesser
Vatican II: Did Anything Happen? John W. O'Malley
"The Times They Are a'Changin'": A Response to O'Malley and Schloesser Neil Ormerod
Reception of Vatican II in the United States Joseph P. Chinnici
Jan Hus's De Ecclesia, Precursor of Vatican II? Daniel Didomizio
The Church and Culture since Vatican II: On the Analogy of Faith and Art Charles M. Murphy
Developments, Reforms, and Two Great Reformations: Towards a Historical Assessment of Vatican II John W. O'Malley
Towards a Fundamental Theological Interpretation of Vatican II Karl Rahner
Was Vatican II Evolutionary? A Note on Conciliar Language Leo J. O'Donovan
Reform, Historical Consciousness, and Vatican II's Aggiornamento John W. O'Malley
Vatican II's Constitution on Revelation: History and Interpretation Gregory Baum
The Vatican Council on Modern War Paul Ramsey

Articles in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Grateful Remembrance of Vatican Council II Gregory Baum
The second Vatican Council: a memoir John Groutt
Memories of Vatican II William A. Norgren
The Ecumenical Legacy of the Second Vatican Council: A Disciples Perspective Robert K. Welsh
The Ecumenical Legacy of the Second Vatican Council: Reflections of an Accidental Ecumenist Karen B. Westerfield Tucker

Articles in Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education
The Council's Spirit: Vatican II: The Time for Reconciliation John W. O'Malley
The "New" Jesuits: The Response to the Society of Jesus to Vatican II, 1962-2012: Some Alacrity, Some Resistance Patrick Howell
Interreligious and Ecumenical Dialogue at Vatican II: Some Rethinking Required Peter Phan
Catholics Are "Just Like Everyone Else?": The Council and Catholic Conviction Stephen M. Fields, S.J.
Vatican II: Text and Context: Its Impact is Just Beginning Massimo Faggioli

Podcasts from Creighton University
Toward a More Dialogical Church Richard Gaillardetz
Vatican II: An Eye Witness Account - Part I Michael Lawer
Vatican II: An Eye Witness Account - Part II Michael Lawler

Articles in Compass Review, a review of topical theology published quarterly by the Australian Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
A Symphony of Voices: The Legacy of Vatican II Mark Kenney SM
Still Relevant? Vatican II Forty Years On Richard Lennan
Vatican II in Hope and Memory: The Power of Vatican II and the Structures of Power Veronica Lawson RSM
Vatican II: End of a Clerical Church? Peter Price

Articles in Church Life Journal, a journal of the McGrath Institute for Church Life
Remembering and Misremembering Vatican II Fr. Robert Imbelli
Yves Congar and the Future of the Church in Its Past Charles Taylor
Was Vatican II a Bad Seed? John Cavadini
Erasmus and the Second Vatican Council Thomas Cummings

Articles in The Way, an international journal of contemporary Christian spirituality, published by the British Jesuits
The Spirit Blows Where He Will Simone Weil in the Light Of Vatican Council II Jane Khin Zaw
The Church as Koinonia: A Central Theme of Vatican II Peter Neuner

Articles from the Vatican
Vatican Council II: Light for the Church and for the Modern World Vincenzo Carbone
The "great expectations of the Ecumenical Council" Andrea Riccardi
20 February 1959. Card. Tardini records: "An importance audience" Loris Capovilla

Articles from other sources
Forward to Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Renewing the Church in the Second Vatican Council José Casanova
Divide over Vatican II’s legacy is wider than ever Linda Hogan
Conversion, the New Evangelization, and the Call of Vatican II Susan Ross
Fr. Raymond Brown on Vatican II David Cruz-Uribe
Between Comparative Theology and Scriptural Reasoning: An Evangelical Christian Encounters Vatican II Andrew Massena
Maurice Blondel: Precursor of the Second Vatican Council Peter J. Bernardi SJ
Message to Participants in the International Conference on the Theme "The Second Vatican Council in the Pontificate of John Paul II" Pope Benedict XVI
The Church, the Council and the Unconscious: How Hidden Forces Shaped the Catholic Church James Arraj
Pope John Paul II, Vatican II, and Capital Punishment Howard Bromberg
The Ecclesiology of Vatican II Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Vatican II: 40 years later
The New Ecclesiology of Vatican II Walbert Buhlmann, OFM (Cap.)
A Jewish reaction to Catholic positions in Vatican II Marc H. Tannenbaum
Revisiting Vatican II: 50 Years of Renewal Shaji George Kochuthara
Second Vatican Council Richard McBrien, C T McIntire, and others



THE PEOPLE OF VATICAN II

Second Vatican Council II Closing Speech Pope Paul VI
The Idea of The Church: Abbot Butler & Vatican II Father Paul McPartlan
Experiences of a Council Father Bishop Remi J. De Roo
Premonitions of Vatican II in the Earlier Life of Bishop Christopher Butler Dom Daniel Rees
Vatican II: The Highlight of My Life Cardinal Franz König
Council Reminiscences Archbishop Denis E. Hurley, OMI






LUMEN GENTIUM -- DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH
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The sensus fidelium and the threefold office of Christ: a reinterpretation of Lumen gentium no. 12 Anthony Ekpo
A Response to Karl Becker, S.J., on the Meaning of subsistit in Francis A. Sullivan
Commemorating Lumen Gentium: A Short History Brian Gleeson, CP


DEI VERBUM -- DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON DIVINE REVELATION

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Dei Verbum: On the face of God 'unveiled' James Corkery SJ
"For the Sake of Our Salvation": Interpreting Dei Verbum, Art. 11, Fifty Years Later Robert P. Miller
The Obedience of Faith: Barth, Bultmann, and Dei Verbum Daniel Gallagher
Vatican II & The Bible Father Robert Murray, SJ
Bishop Christopher Butler OSB: His Role in Dei Verbum Arthur Wells
Dei Verbum and Christian Morals Fr. Benedict Ashley, O.P.
Dei Verbum 35 years later; understanding the Word of God Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap


SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM -- CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY

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Spiritus et Sponsa Pope John Paul II
The Theological Vision of Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Roman Missal American Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy


GAUDIUM ET SPES -- PASTORAL CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD

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Summary of Gaudium et Spes Gerald Darring
Critical Comments on Gaudium et Spes Gerald Darring
Gaudium et Spes: A Bibliography Gerald Darring
Gaudium et Spes - The Shape of the Church: Past, Present and to Come Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Gaudium et Spes -The Shape of the Church: Past, Present and to Come Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Pope John Paul II and the Christ-centered Anthropology of Gaudium et Spes Douglas Bushman


AD GENTES -- DECREE ON THE MISSION ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH

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Address to the Participants of the International Conference on Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Conciliar Decree "Ad Gentes" Pope Benedict XVI


INTER MIRIFICA -- DECREE ON THE MEANS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION

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Church and Social Communication: 40 years of Inter Mirifica and beyond Franz-Josef Eilers, SVD
Vatican II, 40 Years Later: Inter Mirifica Colin B. Donovan, STL


ORIENTALIUM ECCLESIARUM -- DECREE ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF THE EASTERN RITE

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UNITATIS REDINTEGRATIO -- DECREE ON ECUMENISM

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CHRISTUS DOMINUS -- DECREE CONCERNING THE PASTORAL OFFICE OF BISHOPS IN THE CHURCH

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PERFECTAE CARITATIS -- DECREE ON RENEWAL OF RELIGIOUS LIFE

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OPTATAM TOTIUS -- DECREE ON PRIESTLY TRAINING

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APOSTOLICAM ACTUOSITATEM -- DECREE ON THE APOSTOLATE OF THE LAITY

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Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium U.S. Catholic Bishops


PRESBYTERORUM ORDINIS -- DECREE ON THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PRIESTS

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DIGNITATIS HUMANAE -- DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

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The divine dignity of human persons in Dignitatis humanae Ladislas Orsy
Exploring the Roots of Dignitatis Humanae: Spanish Protestants and American Catholics Rafael Escobedo
Dignitatis humanae: The Catholic Church's Path to Political Security Sean O’Neil
The divine dignity of human persons in Dignitatis humanae Ladislas Orsy
Dignitatis Humanae and Its Contribution To International Religious Freedom Since Vatican II David Alton
Jacques Maritain and Dignitatis Humanae: Natural Law as the Common Language of Religious Freedom Brian Jones, M.A.
"Confrontation," Religious Freedom, and Theological Dialogue Rabbi Joseph H. Ehrenkranz


NOSTRA AETATE -- DECLARATION ON THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS

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Conciliar Deliberations on Nostra Aetate
The Drafting of Nostra Aetate
Nostra Aetate--the moral heart of the Second Vatican Council Michael Barnes SJ
A Ray of that Truth which Enlightens All People Isabel Smyth SND
Official Ecclesial Documents to Implement the Second Vatican Council on Relations with Jews: Study Them, Become Immersed in Them, and Put Them into Practice Philip A. Cunningham
The Genesis of Nostra Aetate Thomas Stransky, C.S.P.
Nostra Aetate: 40 Years of Catholic-Jewish Ties Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor
After 40 Years, Nostra Aetate's Christological Implications Hans Hermann Henrix
Forging an Incarnational Theology Two Score Years after Nostra Aetate Jesper Svartvik
"With Sincere Reverence": A Christological Perspective for the Interreligious Dialogue Envisioned by Nostra Aetate Paolo Gamberini SJ
A Holy Land Context for Nostra Aetate David M. Neuhaus SJ and Jamal Khader
Forty Years After Nostra Aetate Karen Howard, Ph.D.
Nostra Aetate after 40 Years: A Decisive Change Michael A. Signer
Jewish-Christian Relations: A Conciliar Discovery and Its Methodological Consequences for Dogmatic Theology Prof. Dr. Peter Hünermann
Address on the 37th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate Walter Cardinal Kasper


GRAVISSIMUM EDUCATIONIS -- DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

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