The Council, Reform and Reunion
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original gray cloth over blue paper boards, original dust jacket. Only slightest of edge-wear to bright and fresh dust jacket. Nearly-fine. Item #40
"ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING BOOKS I HAVE READ IN YEARS" (THOMAS MERTON)
First edition of Hans Küng's work on the ecumenical awakening of the Catholic Church during the Second Vatican Council. An excellent copy.
The book by the young Swiss theologian generated much enthusiasm with Thomas Merton calling it "one of the most exciting books I have read in years. There is really a breath of new life about this book and about his outlook. It is awake and frank, not wild, but objectively Catholic in the finest sense."
Contents: The Ecumenical Task of the Church, The Permanent Necessity of Renewal in the Church, The Framework for Catholic Renewal, Renewal of the Church, Past and Present, The Ecumenical Council and Renewal. With two appendices: Appendix 1. A Declaration of the German Bishops on the Relation between the Episcopate and the Papal Primacy. Appendix 2. Chronological Table of the Twenty Ecumenical Councils so far held in the History of the Church. Imprimi Potest.
Price: $75.00