The Spirituality of the Second Vatican Council

by Gerald O’Collins

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2014

Overview

This book presents the rich spirituality that Vatican II offers to all the faithful, a spirituality that has been widely neglected. Debates over the Council’s theological and pastoral teaching continue to distract attention from the Council’s central message about the universal call to holiness. Such holiness attends to the manifold presence of the risen Christ, the life of the liturgy, the Scriptures that lead and feed us, the prophetic, priestly and pastoral mission of all believers, and the need to hear the cry of the poor. Gerald O’Collins opens up some of the spiritual treasures to be found in the Vatican II documents, an area that has seldom come into view.

Product Details

• Title: The Spirituality of the Second Vatican Council
• Author: Gerald O’Collins
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Spirituality › Catholic Church; Vatican Council (2nd: 1962-1965: Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano); Catholic Church › Doctrines
• ISBNs: 9780809148707, 9781587683596, 0809148706, 1587683598
• Resource ID: LLS:SPRTLTYSCNDCNCL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:55:47Z

About Gerald O’Collins

Gerald O’Collins SJ, is a Jesuit priest and former dean of theology at Gregorian University in Rome. He is an honorary research fellow of MCD University of Divinity and an honorary adjunct professor at Australian Catholic University. He earned his BA and MA from the University of Melbourne, and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1963. He earned his PhD from Cambridge University in 1968. He taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1974 to 2006. He holds several honorary doctorates, and has earned many awards and honors. In 2006 he was made a Companion of the General Division of the Order of Australia for his contributions to theological scholarship and ecumenical initiatives. He is author or coauthor of 60 books, including A Concise Dictionary of Theology, 3rd ed., Jesus: A Portrait and The Legacy of John Paul II.