The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) initiated profound changes not simply within Catholic theology, but in the religious, social, and moral lives of the world's billion Catholics. It also reconfigured, intellectually and practically, the Church's engagements with regard to other religions.
The sixteen documents formally issued by Vatican II constitute some of the most influential writings of the twentieth century. They remain an indispensable point of reference for Catholic life, from liturgy and sacraments to the Church's network of charitable and educational endeavours the world over.
This very Short Introduction distills the research on Vatican II. It employs the accounts of participants and observers, and the official proceedings of the Council to paint a rich picture of a most important event of the last century.
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