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The Reception of Vatican II
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The Reception
of Vatican II
EditEd by
MatthEw L. LaMb and
MatthEw LEvEring
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Contributors xi
Introduction 1
Matthew L. Lamb and Matthew Levering
PART ONE: THE CONSTITUTIONS
1. Sacrosanctum Concilium 23
Jeremy Driscoll, OSB
2. Lumen Gentium 48
Guy Mansini, OSB
3. Dei Verbum 81
William M. Wright IV
4. Gaudium et Spes 113
Thomas Joseph White, OP
PART TWO: THE DECREES
5. Christus Dominus 147
Matthew Levering
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6. Presbyterorum Ordinis 170
David Vincent Meconi, SJ
7. Optatam Totius 191
Robert Barron
8. Perfectae Caritatis 208
Sara Butler, MSBT
9. Apostolicam Actuositatem 234
Michele M. Schumacher
10. Ad Gentes 266
Ralph Martin
11. Unitatis Redintegratio 292
Matthew J. Ramage
12. Orientalium Ecclesiarum 324
Adam A. J. DeVille
13. Inter Mirifica 347
Daniella Zsupan- Jerome
PART THREE: THE DECLARATIONS
14. Dignitatis Humanae 367
Nicholas J. Healy, Jr.
15. Gravissimum Educationis 393
Paige E. Hochschild
16. Nostra Aetate 425
Gavin D’Costa
Index 459
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Acknowledgments
Our gratitude goes first to the contributors to this volume. We
were blessed to find such superb contributors. David Augustine,
now a doctoral student at Catholic University of America, care-
fully standardized the footnotes and checked for typos prior to our
final submission of the manuscript. He also prepared the index.
Many thanks to him for his meticulous work. Matthew Kuhner,
a doctoral student at Ave Maria University, graciously assisted us
in the copy-editing. Without the support of Theo Calderara, there
could have been no book, and it is always a delight to work with
him and his assistant Glenn Ramirez. The editorial staff of Oxford
University Press merits our warm thanks for bringing this book to
publication. Matthew Levering’s wife, Joy, deserves thanks for her
warmth of spirit and hard work in fostering projects such as this
one. Finally, we dedicate this book to all the men and women who
are presently enrolled in doctoral programs of Catholic theology. It
will be their task to assist the Church in the ongoing interpretation
of the Second Vatican Council, and we pray that this book points
them anew to the good news of salvation from sin and death and
participation in the very life of the triune God in Christ Jesus and
his Spirit.
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Abbreviations
AA Apostolicam Actuositatem, Decree on the Apostolate of the
Laity, 1965
AG Ad Gentes, Decree on the Mission Activity of the
Church, 1965
CD Christus Dominus, Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of
Bishops in the Church, 1965
DH Dignitatis Humanae, Declaration on Religious
Freedom, 1965
DV Dei Verbum, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine
Revelation, 1965
GE Gravissimum Educationis, Declaration on Christian
Education, 1965
GS Gaudium et Spes, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the
Modern World, 1965
IM Inter Mirifica, Decree on the Means of Social
Communication, 1963
LG Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 1964
NA Nostra Aetate, Declaration on the Relation of the Church to
Non- Christian Religions, 1965
OE Orientalium Ecclesiarum, Decree on the Catholic Churches
of the Eastern Rite, 1964
OT Optatam Totius, Decree on Priestly Training, 1965
PC Perfectae Caritatis, Decree on Renewal of Religious Life, 1965
PO Presbyterorum Ordinis, Decree on the Ministry and Life of
Priests, 1965
SC Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred
Liturgy, 1963
UR Unitatis Redintegratio, Decree on Ecumenism, 1964
