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What Happened at Vatican II

By John W. O'Malley S. J.

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780674031692, 9780674047495, 2008016924
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
1 MB (1395472 bytes)
Pages
395\0
Topic
Religion
Time added
2020-08-12 01:05:24
catholicism

Description

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.

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