Preface to the English edition
Introduction / by Thomas P. Rausch
Opening of the Council and election of commissions
First debates on the Liturgy Schema
Early debate on revelation
Last phase of the first session
Work begins : the debate on the Church
Practical questions : bishops' conferences, bishops' council and curial reform
Interlude : the mariological question
The question of ecumenism
The achievements of the second session
The Council at the close of the session
Ecumenical problems involved in the teaching on Episcopal collegiality
Opening of the session and the New Synod of Bishops
The first topic of debate : religious liberty
The struggle over schema 13
The Council's two final discussions
The last phase of the Council
