Synopses & Reviews
Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents is now available in the widely used study edition translated by Irish Dominican Austin Flannery (+October 21, 2008). This is the translation chosen for inclusion in The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the text that both students of the Council and students of the Catechism will want. It contains all sixteen documents of the Second Vatican Council plus the forty-nine later documents from popes and Vatican congregations that implement the details of the Council's decisions.
Special features of this study edition:
· Larger page size, with larger print and more generous margins
· Focus questions after each Council document help the reader comprehend the main points
· Creative questions assist the reader in applying the content of the Council documents to personal experience or to future development in the Church
Review
“In this student edition of the Second Vatican Council documents, students will discover a readable, reliable text and helpful questions to guide them in the study of the Council.”
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Synopsis
Revised to a new larger size, Volume I includes the 16 original constitutions and decrees and 49 documents issued after the close of the Council; Volume II contains 56 additional documents.
Synopsis
This study edition of Irish Dominican Austin Flannery's (+2008) earlier translation contains all sixteen documents of the Second Vatican Council, plus the forty-nine later documents from popes and Vatican congregations that implemented the details of the Council's decisions. Flannery attempted to include all documents of general interest that form part of the postconciliar process--documents which might be described as organically linked with the conciliar process.
This is the translation used in The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the text that both students of the Council and students of the Catechism will want for the complete reference of the Council and its decisions.
Special features of the study edition:
- Larger page size, with larger print and more generous margins
- Focus questions after each Council document help the reader comprehend the main points
- Creative questions assist the reader in applying the content of the Council documents to personal experience or to future development in the Church