Vatican II: a very short introduction

1. What is an 'ecumenical council'?

2 .Before the Council : roots of reform

3. The event of the Council : what happened and when?

4. Liturgy

5. Dei Verbum and divine revelation

6. Ecclesiology : the nature of the Church

7. Church and world

8. Conciliar 'hermeneutics' : making sense of the debates over Vatican II

Appendix : the Council's 16 documents

Glossary

References and further reading

Index.