TY - BOOK AU - Kung,Hans AU - Hastings,Cecily TI - The Council in action;: theological reflections on the Second Vatican Council. PY - 1963/// CY - New York PB - Sheed and Ward KW - Theology N1 - With hardcover; Cont.: 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? ER -