Matthew Hazell

Back in May on NLM, I started a project to make the Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II easily available for anyone who is interested in precisely what was said and discussed at the Second Vatican Council. Diaries and memoirs written by some of those who were periti at the Council have recently been published (e.g. Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar, Lawrence McReavy), some for the first time in an English translation. But as interesting and valuable as these are in their own right, ultimately they cannot substitute for the speeches and written submissions of the Council Fathers themselves.



My intended schedule has had to be lengthened, but I am happy to announce that the second session of Vatican II (29th Sep - 4th Dec 1963) is now available to download from the links below:



2nd Session, Part 1:

Introductory material

Summary of General Congregations XXXVII-LXXIX

Public Session II (29th Sep 1963)

General Congregations XXXVII-XXXIX (30th Sep - 2nd Oct 1963)

2nd Session, Part 2:

General Congregations XL-XLIX (3rd - 16th Oct 1963)

2nd Session, Part 3:

General Congregations L-LVIII (17th - 30th Oct 1963)

2nd Session, Part 4:

General Congregations LIX-LXIV (31st Oct - 11th Nov 1963)

2nd Session, Part 5:

General Congregations LXV-LXXIII (12th-25th Nov 1963)