Matthew Hazell

The Preparatory Period of Vatican II (1960-62)

Acta et Documenta Concilio Oecumenico Vaticano II Apparando.

Series II (Praeparatoria)



Volumen I: Acta Summi Pontificis Ioannis XXIII

This volume contains all the documents, letters, speeches, etc. given by Pope John XXIII during the preparatory period of the Second Vatican Council.



Volumen II: Acta Pontificiae Commissionis centralis praeparatoriae Concilii oecumenici Vaticani II

The four parts of this volume contains the acts of the Central Preparatory Commission, which met over seven sessions from June 1961 to June 1962 in order to discuss and refine the schemata that would be put before the Council at its first session. This volume contains all the documents, letters, speeches, etc. given by Pope John XXIII during the preparatory period of the Second Vatican Council.The four parts of this volume contains the acts of the Central Preparatory Commission, which met over seven sessions from June 1961 to June 1962 in order to discuss and refine the schemata that would be put before the Council at its first session.

The Bishops and Prelates of the world at the Council

The Second Vatican Council (1962-65)

Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II



Volumen I: Periodus prima

Pars I: Consilium praesidentiae (1962). Secretariatus de Conc. negotiis extra ordinem (1962). Commissio de Conc. laboribus coordinandis (Sessiones I-VII: 21 ianuarii - 23 octobris 1963)

Consilium praesidentiae (1962). Secretariatus de Conc. negotiis extra ordinem (1962). Commissio de Conc. laboribus coordinandis (Sessiones I-VII: 21 ianuarii - 23 octobris 1963) Pars II: Commissio de Concilii laboribus coordinandis (Sessiones VIII-XVII: 29 octobris 1963 - 7 octobris 1964)

Commissio de Concilii laboribus coordinandis (Sessiones VIII-XVII: 29 octobris 1963 - 7 octobris 1964) Pars III: Commissio de Concilii laboribus coordinandis (Sessiones XVIII-XXIII: 15 octobris 1964 - 1 decembris 1965). Moderatores (30 octobris 1963 - 26 octobris 1965)

Pars I: Periodus prima : MCMLXII

Periodus prima : MCMLXII Pars II: Periodus secunda : MCMLXIII

Periodus secunda : MCMLXIII Pars III: Periodus tertia : MCMLXIV

Periodus tertia : MCMLXIV Pars IV: Periodus quarta : MCMLXV

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The two parts of this volume contain the final drafts of the schemata from the ten Preparatory Commissions and two Secretariats.The three parts of this volume (part 3 in two tomes) contain the acts of the various subcommissions of the Central Preparatory Commission that also examined the draft schemata before the Council started.The four parts of volume I cover the first session of the Council (October 11 - December 8, 1962).The six parts of volume II cover the second session of the Council (September 29 - December 4, 1963).The eight parts of volume III cover the third session of the Council (September 14 - November 21, 1964). Parts I, V and VIII have been digitised to date.The seven parts of volume IV cover the fourth and final session of the Council (September 14 - December 8, 1965). Parts I, II, IV and VII have been digitised to date.The three parts of volume V contain the documentation relating to the Central Coordinating Commission of the Council in its various forms. These parts currently await digitisation.The four parts of this volume contain the documentation relating to the General Secretary of the Council, Archbishop Pericle Felici, covering the four sessions of the Council (with some of part 4 also going up to 1967). These parts currently await digitisation.This volume, keyed into Volumes I-IV, contains various indices, the major one being the index of names of bishops and prelates at the Council. Currently awaiting digitisation.Although published as part of the, the two parts of the appendix also partly cover the antepreparatory and preparatory periods. The first part mainly contains extra material and documentation found in the archives after the publication of the. The second part is mostly extra indices, to be used in conjunction with the relevant volumes of theIf some NLM readers are waiting on the material for the latter half of the Council in particular, please be assured that this project continues, and I would like it to be finished by the time the 60th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II arrives. However, I cannot say with any certainty when particular books will be digitised!