| Description |
xi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-372) and index. |
| Summary |
During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated frontpage 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. Remarkable 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; and to locate the issues that emerge in this narrative in their contexts, large and small, historical and theological, thereby providing keys for grasping what the council hoped to accomplish. |
| Subject |
Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
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| Added Title |
What happened at Vatican 2 |
| ISBN |
9780674031692 alkaline paper |
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0674031695 alkaline paper |
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29.95 |
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