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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Küng, Hans, 1928- Council in action. New York : Sheed and Ward, c1963 (OCoLC)644733168 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Hans Küng |
| OCLC Number: | 404452 |
| Notes: | "Published in Great Britain under the title: The living church." |
| Description: | ix, 276 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Could the council be a failure? -- What do Christians expect of the council? -- Has the council come too soon? -- What is an ecumenical council? -- Vatican II : a good start -- Procedural differences -- Liturgical reform in the light of history -- Importance of liturgical reform for Christian unity? -- Latin : the church's mother-tongue? -- The renewal of the canon -- Reform of the breviary in the light of history -- "Early Catholicism" in the New Testament as a problem in controversial theology -- Why are dogmatic pronouncements so difficult to make today? -- What is and what is not the theological task of this council? -- The Petrine office and the apostolic office -- The missions in the ecumenical age -- What has been achieved? |
| Responsibility: | Hans Küng; translated by Cecily Hastings. |
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