Author |
: Yves Congar |
Publisher |
: ATF Press |
Total Pages |
: 1048 |
Release |
: 2012-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781921817458 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1921817453 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis My Journal of the Council by : Yves Congar
Download or read book My Journal of the Council written by Yves Congar and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yves Congar was a theological advisor to the preparatory commission for Vatican II, and attended all sessions of the Council (1962-1965) as a theological expert. His daily journal provides a window into the Council's workings and into the development of what would become a series of historical documents and declarations. Theologian Yves Congar op, silenced and exiled in 1955, was in 1960 made a theological advisor to the preparatory commission for Vatican II. From then on, and all through the Council (1962-1965), he was an influential day-to-day participant in its work. His diary provides a window into the Council's workings and the development of what would become a series of historical documents and declarations. It also offers Congar's own down-to-earth and candid perspective on many of the remarkable people and events that shaped the Council.