Catholic Theology of Revelation on the Eve of Vatican II

Karim Schelkens, Ph.D. (2007) in Theology, Catholic University of Leuven, has studied in Leuven and at the Université Laval, Canada. He has published extensively on the history of the Second Vatican Council, including an edition of the Carnets conciliaires de Mgr. Gerard Philips (Peeters, 2006).

Winner of the Charles De Clercq Award of The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts."This book is a remarkable piece of scholarship both in terms of its depth of analysis and its conclusion ... Especially helpful is the historical background that S. provides throughout to contextualize the debates. The result is a new discovery."Michael Attridge, University of St. Michael’s College Toronto. In: Theological Studies 73 (2012), p. 249. "Cet ouvrage bien documenté nous impose de réfléchir à nouveaux frais, et c’est ce que l’on attend d’un bon livre." Gilles Routhier", Université Laval. In: Laval théologique et philosophique, Vol. 67, No. 2 (June 2011), pp. 362-366.“For defining the battle lines within the Catholic community and suggesting the dissonance with other contemporary interpretative frames, this is a very useful book.”James P. McCartin, Seton Hall University. In: Church History, Vol. 81, No. 4 (December 2012), pp. 1033-1034.“While the book is a technical marvel in many ways, Schelkens does not forget that he is telling a story and in so doing records some of the major shifts in Catholic theology during the period in question.”D. Minch. In: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, Vol. 88, No. 4 (2012), pp. 537-538.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Preconciliar Vota and their Background. The Belgian Example1. The Antepreparatory Vota2. Background: Five Decades of Debates2. The Preparatory Theological Commission1. Composition2. Establishment and Presidency3. Electing Members and Consultors3. The Schema Compendiosum (1960)1. First Draft2. Background and Reactions4. The Constitutio de fontibus (January 1961) 1. A Roman Controversy2. Constitutio de fontibus: Redaction5. The Constitutio de fontibus revelationis (June 1961) 1. Background2. Reactions to the January Draft3. A Subcommission at Work (April – June) 6. Reception of the June Draft1. The Theological Commission2. The Central Preparatory Commission3. The Schema on the Sources: A Compromise DraftConclusions1. Some Notes on the Opening Days of the Council2. Opening of Vatican II: A Schema Rejected3. An Ill-Reputed Text4. A Renewed AppraisalArchival Sources and Selected BibliographyIndex of names