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Index
PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION
ABBREVIATIONS OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
INTRODUCTION
AN ADVENTURE IN ECUMENICAL COOPERATION
Prayer of the Council Fathers
OPENING MESSAGE
Introduction, Walter M. Abbott, S.J.
Message to Humanity
THE CHURCH
Introduction, Avery Dulles, S.J.
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
A RESPONSE, Albert C. Outler
REVELATION
Introduction, R. A. F. MacKenzie, S.J.
Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
A RESPONSE, Frederick C. Grant
LITURGY
Introduction, C. J. McNaspy, S.J.
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
A RESPONSE, Jaroslav Pelikan
THE CHURCH TODAY
Introduction, Donald R. Campion, S.J.
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
A RESPONSE, Robert McAfee Brown
COMMUNICATIONS
Introduction, Thomas J. M. Burke, S.J.
Decree on the Instruments of Social Communication
A RESPONSE, Stanley I. Stuber
ECUMENISM
Introduction, Walter M. Abbott, S.J.
Decree on Ecumenism
A RESPONSE, Samuel McCrea Cavert
EASTERN CHURCHES
Introduction, Paul Mailleux, S.J.
Decree on Eastern Catholic Churches
A RESPONSE, Alexander Schmemann
BISHOPS
Introduction, Paul J. Hallinan
Decree on the Bishops’ Pastoral Office in the Church
A RESPONSE, Bishop Fred Pierce Corson
PRIESTLY FORMATION
Introduction, Alexander Carter
Decree on Priestly Formation
A RESPONSE, Walter A. Quanbeck
RELIGIOUS LIFE
Introduction, John J. McEleney, S.J.
Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of the Religious Life
A RESPONSE, William A. Norgren
LAITY
Introduction, Martin H. Work
Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity
A RESPONSE, Mrs. Theodore O. Wedel
PRIESTS
Introduction, Guilford C. Young
Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
A RESPONSE, John Oliver Nelson
MISSIONS
Introduction, Calvert Alexander, S.J.
Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church
A RESPONSE, Eugene L. Smith
EDUCATION
Introduction, G. Emmett Carter
Declaration on Christian Education
A RESPONSE, John C. Bennett
NON-CHRISTIANS
Introduction, Robert A. Graham, S.J.
Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
A RESPONSE, Claud Nelson
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Introduction, John Courtney Murray, S.J.
Declaration on Religious Freedom
A RESPONSE, Franklin H. Littell
APPENDIX
Pope John Convokes the Council
Pope John’s Opening Speech to the Council
Synod of Bishops Established
Catholic-Orthodox Declaration
Closing Messages of the Council
Papal Brief Declaring the Council Completed
THE ECUMENICAL COUNCILS
IMPORTANT DATES OF VATICAN II
CONTRIBUTORS
Prayer of Pope John XXIII to the Holy Spirit for the Success of the Ecumenical Council
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