The Documents of Vatican II: All Sixteen Official Texts Promulgated by the Ecumential Council 1963-1965, Translated from the Latin by Walter M. Abbott, S.J. (ed.) - 1966

Guiod Perss (American Press), 1966. Soft cover. Good. 793 pages plus 22 Roman-numeraled pages of front matter, with index and list of abbreviations. With introductions and commentaries by Catholic Bishops and experts, responses by Protestant and Orthodox scholars. The Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph Gallagher was the translation editor. Introduction by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan. Essay "An Adventure in Ecumenical Cooperation" by Bishop Reuben H. Mueller. Includes Prayer of the Council Fathers and Prayer of Pope John XXIII. Each document has a separate introduction and a response. A 48-page Appendix includes opening speech by Pope John XXIII, chronological list of the 21 ecumenical councils of the Church, chronology of Vatican II, one-paragraph i.d. of contributors to this volume. Mass-market paperback, fourth printing, wraps worn, with creases, and a bit discolored, edges and page margins age-tanned, pages themselves toned but not brittle, binding firm. Former price in pencil on ffep, underscoring and/or marks in margins on approximately 75 pages.