Ormond Rush is a priest of the diocese of Townsville, Australia, with a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. He currently lectures at St Paul’s Theological College, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus. His publications include Still Interpreting Vatican II: Some Hermeneutical Principles (New York: Paulist Press, 2004) and The Eyes of Faith: The Sense of the Faithful and the Church’s Reception of Revelation (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009).

“Rush’s book is without a doubt one of the most important books on Vatican II published in the last two decades. It draws upon an incredible range of schol­arship while offering a synthetic and constructive account of the council.”Newman Studies Journal

• ContentsAcknowledgments ixAbbreviations xiPrologue xiiiPART I: HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: The Council/The Documents 3Principle 2: Pastoral/Doctrinal 12Principle 3: Proclamation/Dialogue 14Principle 4: Ressourcement/Aggiornamento 17Principle 5: Continuity/Reform 22Principle 6: Vision/Reception 27PART II: THEO-LOGICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 7: Revelation/Faith 39Principle 8: Christological/Pneumatological 54Principle 9: Mystery/Sacrament 81Principle 10: Soteriological/Ecclesiological 100Principle 11: Protological/Eschatological 109PART III: ECCLESIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 12: Scripture/Tradition 141Principle 13: Faith/History 165Principle 14: Particular/Universal 188Principle 15: Communio/Missio 200Principle 16: Unity/Diversity 230Principle 17: Ad Intra/Ad Extra 250Principle 18: Fideles/Fidelis 259Principle 19: People of God/Hierarchy 284Principle 20: College of Bishops/Bishop of Rome 309Principle 21: Magisterium/Theologians 336Principle 22: Catholic/Ecumenical 371Principle 23: Christian/Religious 425Principle 24: Church/World 480Epilogue: Receiving the Vision 533Bibliography 547Index of Names 585Index of Subjects 591Index of References to Council Documents  597

Ormond Rush is a priest of the diocese of Townsville, Australia, with a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. He currently lectures at St Paul’s Theological College, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus. His publications include Still Interpreting Vatican II: Some Hermeneutical Principles (New York: Paulist Press, 2004) and The Eyes of Faith: The Sense of the Faithful and the Church’s Reception of Revelation (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009).

“Rush’s book is without a doubt one of the most important books on Vatican II published in the last two decades. It draws upon an incredible range of schol­arship while offering a synthetic and constructive account of the council.”Newman Studies Journal

• ContentsAcknowledgments ixAbbreviations xiPrologue xiiiPART I: HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: The Council/The Documents 3Principle 2: Pastoral/Doctrinal 12Principle 3: Proclamation/Dialogue 14Principle 4: Ressourcement/Aggiornamento 17Principle 5: Continuity/Reform 22Principle 6: Vision/Reception 27PART II: THEO-LOGICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 7: Revelation/Faith 39Principle 8: Christological/Pneumatological 54Principle 9: Mystery/Sacrament 81Principle 10: Soteriological/Ecclesiological 100Principle 11: Protological/Eschatological 109PART III: ECCLESIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 12: Scripture/Tradition 141Principle 13: Faith/History 165Principle 14: Particular/Universal 188Principle 15: Communio/Missio 200Principle 16: Unity/Diversity 230Principle 17: Ad Intra/Ad Extra 250Principle 18: Fideles/Fidelis 259Principle 19: People of God/Hierarchy 284Principle 20: College of Bishops/Bishop of Rome 309Principle 21: Magisterium/Theologians 336Principle 22: Catholic/Ecumenical 371Principle 23: Christian/Religious 425Principle 24: Church/World 480Epilogue: Receiving the Vision 533Bibliography 547Index of Names 585Index of Subjects 591Index of References to Council Documents  597

Ormond Rush is a priest of the diocese of Townsville, Australia, with a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. He currently lectures at St Paul’s Theological College, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus. His publications include Still Interpreting Vatican II: Some Hermeneutical Principles (New York: Paulist Press, 2004) and The Eyes of Faith: The Sense of the Faithful and the Church’s Reception of Revelation (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009).

“Rush’s book is without a doubt one of the most important books on Vatican II published in the last two decades. It draws upon an incredible range of schol­arship while offering a synthetic and constructive account of the council.”Newman Studies Journal

• ContentsAcknowledgments ixAbbreviations xiPrologue xiiiPART I: HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: The Council/The Documents 3Principle 2: Pastoral/Doctrinal 12Principle 3: Proclamation/Dialogue 14Principle 4: Ressourcement/Aggiornamento 17Principle 5: Continuity/Reform 22Principle 6: Vision/Reception 27PART II: THEO-LOGICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 7: Revelation/Faith 39Principle 8: Christological/Pneumatological 54Principle 9: Mystery/Sacrament 81Principle 10: Soteriological/Ecclesiological 100Principle 11: Protological/Eschatological 109PART III: ECCLESIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple 12: Scripture/Tradition 141Principle 13: Faith/History 165Principle 14: Particular/Universal 188Principle 15: Communio/Missio 200Principle 16: Unity/Diversity 230Principle 17: Ad Intra/Ad Extra 250Principle 18: Fideles/Fidelis 259Principle 19: People of God/Hierarchy 284Principle 20: College of Bishops/Bishop of Rome 309Principle 21: Magisterium/Theologians 336Principle 22: Catholic/Ecumenical 371Principle 23: Christian/Religious 425Principle 24: Church/World 480Epilogue: Receiving the Vision 533Bibliography 547Index of Names 585Index of Subjects 591Index of References to Council Documents  597