An Introduction to Vatican II As an Ongoing Theological Event... - 9780813229300

An Introduction to Vatican II As an Ongoing Theological EventAuthor(s): Matthew Levering\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The Catholic University of America Press, United States\nImprint: The Catholic University of America Press\nISBN-13: 9780813229300, 978-0813229300\nSynopsis\nContemporary scholars often refer to the event of Vatican II, but what kind of an event was it? In this first book of the new CUA Press series Sacra Doctrina, Matthew Levering leads his readers to see the Council as a theological eventa period of confirming and continuing Gods self-revelation in Christ into a new historical era for the Church. This is an introduction to Vatican II with a detailed summary of each of its four central documentsthe dogmatic constitutionsfollowed by explanations of how to interpret them. In contrast to other introductions, which pay little attention to the theological soil in which the documents of Vatican II germinated, Levering offers a reading of each conciliar Constitution in li.