50 Years on

Pope John XXIII prayed that the Second Vatican Council would proveto be a new Pentecost. The articles gathered here appeared originally ina series solicited by and published in Theological Studies (September 2012 toMarch 2014). The purpose of the series was and remains threefold:--To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council--To assist in appropriating the reform envisioned by Pope John XXIII--To help readers more fully appreciate the council's significance not onlyfor the Catholic Church itself but also for the entire world that theChurch encounters in proclamation and reception of ongoing revelation