Table of Contents
Preface to the English Edition vii
Introduction Thomas P. Rausch, SJ 1
Part 1 The First Session
I Opening of the Council and Election of the Commissions 19
II First Debates on the Liturgy Schema 28
III Early Debate on Revelation 40
IV Last Phase of the First Session 49
Part 2 The Second Session
I Preliminary Notes 57
II Work Begins The Debate on the Church 71
III Practical Questions: Bishops' Conferences, Bishops' Council and Curial Reform 91
IV Interlude: The Mariological Question 94
V The Question of Ecumenism 96
VI The Achievements of the Second Session 118
VII Afterword 122
Part 3 The Third Session
I The Fall of 1964 127
II The Council at the Close of the Session 151
III Ecumenical Problems Involved in the Teaching on Episcopal Collegiality 161
IV Concluding Remarks 192
Part 4 The Fourth Session
I Opening of the Session and the New Synod of Bishops 199
II The First Topic of Debate: Religious Liberty 206
III The Struggle over Schema 13 212
IV The Council's Two Final Discussions 244
V The Last Phase of the Council 253
VI Epilogue 259