John W. O'Malley's What Happened at Vatican II, Harvard University Press, Belknap Press, 2008, is the widely cited one-volume scholarly history of the Second Vatican Council, covering its four ten-week sessions held each autumn from 1962 to 1965. O'Malley, a historian of early modern Catholicism who attended sessions of the council as a student, traces the council's reforms to liturgy, ecumenical relations and the church's posture toward the modern world.
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Major university press academic monograph, widely regarded as the standard one-volume scholarly history of the council, written by a historian who was present as a student at some of its sessions; used for the 1962 to 1965 dates and the council's significance. NotesUsed for the Second Vatican Council, 1962 to 1965.
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AuthorJohn W. O'Malley
PublisherHarvard University Press (Belknap Press)
Publication Year2008
Source Typeacademic monograph
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