[Vaticanum Secundum / Vatican II]. [Documenta Sacrosanctum Oecumenicum Concilium Vaticanum Secundum / Documents of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)]. The 16 Documents include: Constitutio De Sacra Liturgia/ Decretum De Instrumentis Communicationis Socialis / Constitutio Dogmatica De Ecclesia / Decretum De Oecumenismo / Decretum De Ecclesiis Orientalibus Catholicis / Decretum De Pastorali Episcoporum Munere In Ecclesia / Decretum De Institutione Sacerdotali / Decretum De Accommodata Renovatione Vitae Religiosae / Declaratio De Ecclesiae Habitundine Ad Religiones Non-Christianas / Declaratio De Educatione Christiana / Constitution Dogmatica De Divina Revelatione / Decretum De Apostolatu Laicorum / Constitutio Pastoralis De Ecclesia In Mundo Huius Temporis / Decretum De Presbyterorum Ministerio Et Vita / Decretum De Activitate Missionali Ecclesiae / Deceratio De Libertate Religiosa. [Presumed First Editions]. Rome, Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1963-1965. c 25 x 17 cm. 39, 7, 14, 74, 22, 13, 28, 19, 15, 7, 16, 18, 34, 94, 38, 49 & 16 pages. Each document with its title page. Very attractive quarter dark blue morroco over red linen covered boards. Red morroco spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Near fine. Minor shelf wear. Edges mildly dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Provenance: From the Library of Fr. Thomas Simeon Flynn OP, with his initials (T.S.F.) in gilt at the foot of the spine. Fr. Flynn was ordained a priest in 1969 and spent much of his life in historical research, with two great interests: Irish Dominican history, and the history of Christianity in Iran. His two most important publications are ‘The Irish Dominicans, 1536-1641’ (Dublin, 1993) and ‘The Western Christian Presence in the Russias and Qajar Persia, c.1760 – 1870’ (Leiden, 2017). He also contributed some thirty articles to the Dictionary of Irish Biography. Fr. Flynn died in 2026.

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the twenty-first and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. It met in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City from 11 October 1962 to 8 December 1965, during the pontificates of Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI.
John XXIII convoked the council as part of a programme of renewal often associated with the term aggiornamento, meaning “bringing up to date”. The council addressed the Church’s internal life, its relationship with other Christians and non-Christian religions, and its engagement with the modern world.
Vatican II produced sixteen documents: four constitutions, nine decrees, and three declarations. These included Sacrosanctum Concilium on the liturgy, Lumen gentium on the Church, Dei verbum on divine revelation, and Gaudium et spes on the Church in the modern world. The council was followed by changes in Catholic liturgical practice, ecclesiology, ecumenical relations, and the Church’s approach to religious freedom.

• Keywords: History & Culture · Religion
• Language: Latin
• First edition
• Inventory Number: 104859AB

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